Arif Zakaria

Actor
BirthdayNov 11, 1966 (59 years old)
Place of birthBombay, Maharashtra, India
GenderMale

Arif Zakaria (born 11 November 1966) is an Indian actor. He has had roles in many films, beginning with his debut film Darmiyaan (1997), 1947 Earth (1998), Dance like a man (2004), and biographical projects such as Mardana and the controversial Nanak Shah Fakir. Arif Zakaria's uncle Rafiq Zakaria was a veteran politician from the Indian National Congress. His brother Asif Zakaria is also an INC politician and cousin Fareed Zakaria is an American journalist. Zakaria completed his graduation from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. Zakaria married Namrata Sharma, a Fashion Writer, in 2002. The couple divorced in 2010. Zakaria began acting in theatre while in college and later moved on to work in television and films. He acted in numerous television serials like Chunauti, Karambhoomi, Mrityudand, Dhund, Aarzoo, Campus, Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha, etc. Arif acted in diverse roles in films like Darmiyaan, Hero, Asambhav and Dance Like a Man (English). Zakaria travelled the globe since 2005 with the Australian musical show Merchants of Bollywood, performing major roles in the production across Europe, China, France, Poland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (the last season in Sydney in 2010). The actor portrayed Rustom Sethna in Deepa Mehta's Earth/1947 and Major Dhillon in Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero. He also appeared in Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Deewaar and the Shah Rukh Khan film My Name is Khan. In 2011, Arif played the ghost that haunts the female protagonist in Vikram Bhatt's Haunted and was appreciated for the ghastly portrayal of a piano teacher falling in love with his young student who gets murdered while making advances towards her and rapes her as a ghost, which forces her to commit suicide in the movie. He played the role of a police officer in Jism 2, starring Sunny Leone, appeared in Lootera and in Krrish 3 as Dr. Varun Shetty. Other releases of the actor are Dee Saturday Night, Darr At The Mall, Blue Mountain (all 2014) and Nanak Shah Fakir and Ishq Forever (both 2015). He is also acting in the play Gardish Mein Taare, directed by Saif Hyder Hasan, which is based on the life of Guru Dutt. In 2015, Zakaria produced a children's film "Pinti Ka Sabun" for the Children's Film Society of India; (CFSI) this film is directed by Pramod Pathak. In 2017, Arif was seen in Vikram Bhatt's web series Spotlight - Web series as famous actor/director/producer Dev Bannerjee. Featured in the short film Aamad - written and directed by Neeraj Udhwani for the Terribly Tiny Tales web portal. Arif Zakaria also worked in Raazi, directed by Meghna Gulzar, along with Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal and the film Ahaan, directed by first-time director Nikhil Pherwani; a tender story of a young man suffering from down syndrome. He is slated to shoot for an English film Swords and Sceptres, a re-telling of the story of the Rani of Jhansi. Plays the role of Gaus Khan. Shooting commenced from October 2017 in Jaipur. At present the actor is playing the role of Gen. Bakhtiyar in a romance-thriller series Qubool Hai 2.0 that will be streamed on all ZEE5 platform. Source: Article "Arif Zakaria" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Faisal Rahman

Feb 10, 2010

War

6.8

Utpal Bisbas

Oct 2, 2019

Deva (voice)

May 9, 2018

Dr. Varun Shetty

Nov 1, 2013

Abdul

May 10, 2018

Bajpai

Apr 4, 2013

Suicide bomber

Mar 23, 2012

Professor Iyer

May 5, 2011

Sadiq

May 3, 2013

Rustom Sethna

Sep 16, 1998

Police Chief

May 4, 2012

Dr. Iyer

Jun 14, 2019

Guru Saldanah

Aug 3, 2012

Jamil Jalali

Apr 1, 2022

Daryll

Dec 22, 2003

Manchanda

Feb 21, 2014

Shyam

Aug 15, 2003

DG Om Chakravarti

Oct 6, 2023

Col. Khan

Mar 31, 2017

Faisal Rahman

Feb 10, 2010

War

6.8

Utpal Bisbas

Oct 2, 2019

Deva (voice)

May 9, 2018

Dr. Varun Shetty

Nov 1, 2013

Abdul

May 10, 2018

Bajpai

Apr 4, 2013

Acting


Participated in 36 movies, 6 TV series

2024

Muhammad Ali Jinnah


2023

DG Om Chakravarti


2023

Wazir


2022

Jamil Jalali


2021

Sinha


2021

Ozzy


2021

General Bakhtiyar Farouqi


2020

Ali Raza Khan


2020

Sufi Mohammed



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