Adil Hussain

Q: Has Adil Hussain won any awards?

Adil Hussain has received several awards, including the Best Actor award at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles for his role in 'Naseeruddin Shah's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'.

Q: What was Adil Hussain's first film?

Adil Hussain's first film was 'Kahaani', released in 2012, where he played a supporting role. This marked the beginning of his successful film career.

Q: Which films are considered Adil Hussain's most successful?

Some of Adil Hussain's most successful films include 'Life of Pi', 'Naseeruddin Shah's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', and 'Tooth Pari: When Love Bites'.

Q: What is known about Adil Hussain's personal life?

Adil Hussain is married to Kalyani B. since 2010, and they have one child together. He keeps his personal life relatively private.

Q: What is Adil Hussain's estimated net worth?

Adil Hussain's estimated net worth is around 1 million USD, reflecting his successful acting career in both Indian and international cinema.

Q: What are some milestones in Adil Hussain's filmography?

Milestones in Adil Hussain's filmography include his notable performances in 'Life of Pi', 'Naseeruddin Shah's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', and his recent lead role in 'Tooth Pari: When Love Bites'.

Q: Is Adil Hussain involved in any theater work?

Yes, Adil Hussain has a strong background in theater and has worked extensively in various stage productions, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

Known for

Life of Pi (2012)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2012 / Action, Adventure / 121mins

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a...

English Vinglish (2012)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

2012 / Comedy, Drama / 133mins

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

What Will People Say (2017)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

2017 / Drama / 106 min

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends,...

Name

Adil Hussain

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

5 September 1971, Goalpara, Assam, India

Spouses

Kalyani B. (2010–present)

Children

1, Name not publicly known

Parents

Mohammad Hussain, Nasrin Hussain

Estimated Net Worth

1 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business Sequel to Lakadbaggha (2023). Plot TBA.	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie 52 Blue Isolated by his father, Ashish escapes home aged 23 with his mother's unwavering support to meet his idol, Messi, in...	Unknown character	Not rated
2025	Movie Secret of a Mountain Serpent In a 1990s Himalayan town, teacher Barkha, whose husband serves at the border, develops feelings for enigmatic newcomer Manik amid...	Manik Guho	Not rated
2025	Movie The Confession A new film.	Krishna Swamy	Not rated
2025	Movie Mercy On the eve of Christmas, Shekhar is faced with the life-altering predicament of having to end life support for his...	Father Joel	Not rated
2024	Movie Ulajh The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous...	Dhanraj Bhatia	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2024	Movie The Umesh Chronicles Radha, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a privileged, middle class home in the 1980s, is surrounded by family, books,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2023	Movie Otta Otta is the thrilling saga of two young men and their unexpected journey towards an unforeseen future. Amidst the tumultuous...	Unknown character	Not rated
2023	Movie Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein ‘Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein’ is an ode to love and alienation in small-town India.	Unknown character	Not rated
2023	Movie Sergeant Sergeant Nikhil Sharma suffers from severe depression after losing a limb while on duty. However, after meeting Monica, he gains...	Haider Ali	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2023	Movie Footprints on Water The story travels through the life of the family, who faces a tough time when their daughter goes missing.	Raghu	Not rated
2023	TV Tooth Pari: When Love Bites A rebellious vampire with a broken tooth falls for a shy dentist on the streets of Kolkata but will human...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Dr. Bezbaruah 2 Shantanu finally agrees to return to his birthplace Assam after seven long years to attend his sister's wedding but his...	Dr. Bezbaruah	Not rated
2023	Movie A Knock on the Door As they prepare to celebrate their wedding anniversary, politically committed professors Hari and Ramona receive a group of unwanted visitors...	Hari	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2022	TV Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy After the Sino-India war, a highly trained Indian spy enters Pakistan on a mission to gather crucial intelligence and stop...	Ramkishore Negi	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie Max, Min and Meowzaki Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including their cat, Meowzaki, whom...	Ramesh Mahadevan	Not rated
2022	Movie The Storyteller After decades of working in the printing industry in Kolkata in eastern India, Tarini has reached retirement age. He spends...	Ratan Garodia	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2022	Movie Child of Empire Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and...	Ishar Das Arora	Not rated
2021	Movie India Sweets and Spices A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.	Ranjit Kapur	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2021	Movie Bell Bottom By the early ‘80s, India had already witnessed multiple airplane hijacks. In 1984, the country was made to face another...	Santook	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2021	Movie The Illegal A gritty realistic story about a young film school student from middle-class India who's forced to drop out to support...	Papa	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2020	Movie Marichjhapi In January 1979, refugees in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh encounter police surrounding their island.	Unknown character	Not rated
2020	Movie Pareeksha The film revolves around the story of an ordinary rickshaw driver in Bihar who aspires and dreams of providing maximum...	Buchchi Paswan	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2020	Movie Lord of the Orphans Lord of the Orphans is the story of a family (The Palit Family) reeling under a hundred year old curse....	Father	Not rated
2020	Movie Abyakto Abyakto is a poignant tale of a mother and son. The story encapsulates the unusual journey of Indra from his...	Rudra	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2019	Movie Good Newwz Two couples with the same surnames pursue in-vitro fertilisation and wait for their upcoming babies. Trouble ensues when they find...	Dr. Anand Joshi	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2019	Movie Lorni - The Flaneur Shem (Adil Hussain), an out of work, self-styled detective with a sharp sense of the streets escapes the lethargy of...	Shem	Not rated
2019	Movie The Wayfarers It is a story of two strangers, perpetually on the fringes of survival. They share a journey and meet a...	Lakhua	Not rated
2019	Movie Nirvana Inn Jogi, once a dancer but now a boatman, deliberately overthrows his boat full of people to kill himself, but manages...	Jogiraj	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie Axone This bittersweet comedy follows North-east Indians in Delhi who are attempting to organize a wedding party, but soon find everything...	Guest Appearance	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie Kabir Singh Kabir, a genius yet hostile medical student, falls in love with Preeti from his college. When Preeti's father spots the...	College Dean	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	Movie MEAL A child in school uniform picks up broken remnants from a wall clock. Today happens to be the first day...	Father	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2019	TV Delhi Crime Following the police force as they investigate high-profile crimes in Delhi, this series has seasons inspired by both real and...	Kumar Vijay	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	Movie Bombairiya It follows the story of Meghna, who gets embroiled in a series of events after her phone gets stolen.	Pandya	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	Movie 2.0 An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone...	Home Minister	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2018	Movie Love Sonia Inspired by a real story of young girl's journey escape from the world of international sex trafficking.	Shiva	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	Movie Maati Meghla, who after years discovers that her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East Pakistan by a...	Jamil	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2018	Movie Ahare Mon A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise...	Purnendu Pahari	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2018	Movie Bioscopewala Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s famous short story 'Kabuliwala', the film is about a young girl’s quest to discover more about...	Robi Basu	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	Movie Aiyaary An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threatens to disrupt...	Retd. Colonel Mukesh Kapoor	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2017	Movie Maj Rati Keteki After a long gap of more than ten years, renowned writer Priyendu Hazarika returns to the town where once he...	Priyendu Hazarika	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie What Will People Say Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when...	Mirza	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2017	TV Star Trek: Discovery Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer...	Aditya Sahil	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie Nawal the Jewel Asma Beevi, a 14-year-old Muslim girl is married to an old Arabic man. After few days of the wedding, her...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2017	Movie Crash Test Aglae Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When...	Shankar	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie Dobaara: See Your Evil An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional...	Alex Merchant	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2017	Movie Mantra An Indian business owner struggles to keep his company afloat amid global competition while trying to make up for lost...	Man from Jharkhand	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by...	Vicky Chadda	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2017	Movie Raag Raag is a 2014 Assamese language drama film, starring Adil Hussain and Zerifa Wahid in the lead roles. The film...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2016	Movie Chutney Chutney is a short film written and directed by Jyoti Kapur Das. Produced by Tisca Chopra The stars Adil Hussain...	Viriji	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Force 2 ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.	Brijesh Yadav	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie The Violin Player A Bollywood session violinist finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art,...	The Stranger	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	Movie Mukti Bhawan An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son...	Rajiv	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie Feast of Varanasi An investigator is dispatched to Varanasi to look into a series of grisly murders.	Arjun	Not rated
2015	Movie Har Har Byomkesh Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to celebrate his recovery...	Zamindar	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie Angry Indian Goddesses A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.	Police Superintendent	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	Movie Parched In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.	Mystic Lover	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie Main Aur Charles In the 1980s, Charles, an enigmatic con man and a vicious killer and Commisioner Amod Kanth are embroiled in a...	Amod Kanth	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2015	Movie Kothanodi: The River of Fables Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.	Devinath	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2015	TV Comedy Nights Bachao Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2015	Movie Yatchan A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong place due...	Selvam/Vetri	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie Umrika When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he...	Agent de l’Immigration	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2015	Movie Unfreedom A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New...	Devraj Singh	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2015	Movie Hail Democracy! The Mess. The Madness. The Mockery of the greatest Democracy in the world by the writers of Jaane Bhi Do...	Major Baruah	Not rated
2014	Movie Zed Plus Aslam (Adil Hussain), a villager who runs a small business, accidentally meets the prime minister of India, who grants him...	Aslam Puncturewala	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	Movie Tigers Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he works for after he realizes they...	Bilal	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie Rodor Sithi Rodor Sithi is a Assamese language musical drama film directed by Baharul Islam; based on a play titled Beyond the...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2014	Movie Sringkhal Sringkhal is a Assamese drama film directed by Prabin Hazarika, based on an Assamese short story by Dr. Bhabendra Nath...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	Movie Sunrise Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she was six. In his...	Joshi	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie The Xposé This is a dramatic chain of events in the most glamorous ,swinging era of Hindi films... the 1960s. It was...	Rajan	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2014	Movie Nanak Shah Fakir Nanak Shah Fakir is a biographical film on the life and teachings of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.	Rai Bullar	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	TV Comedy Nights with Kapil Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist...	Mustafa Fazil	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	Movie Lessons in Forgetting The film revolves around Meera, a happy corporate wife and cookbook writer whose life turns upside down when her husband...	Jak	Not rated
2013	Movie Lootera In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings...	K. N. Singh	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2012	Movie Life of Pi The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena,...	Santosh Patel	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2012	Movie English Vinglish In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into...	Satish Godbole	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	Movie Agent Vinod Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague. Terror...	Colonel	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2011	Movie Gangor Sent to cover a story on the exploitation of tribal people, Upin meets a woman he believes is the epitome...	Upin	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2010	Movie Ishqiya While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.	Vidyadhar Verma	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Kaminey Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a...	Flight Purser	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie Iti Srikanta The film portrays the disreputable life of Srikanta and his encounters with various women. After facing many failures in love...	Srikanta	TMDB 9.7 / 10
2003	Movie Calendar Girls Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.	Jem's Friend 1	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2003	Movie In Othello Within the Delhi based English theater group, a crisis in the personal and professional relationships of the actors is doomed...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	TV Operation Safed Sagar A squadron of Indian Air Force pilots push beyond their limits to attempt a daring and dangerous mission.	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	TV Musafir Cafe	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Ram Part I	Chithambaravel	Not rated
TBA	Movie Riding on the Moon Boat The film follows an adolescent girl who struggles to survive through drought, hardship and discrimination as her father is shunned...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Golmaal Gharana "Golmaal Gharana" is a quirky and hilarious film about an eccentric joint family living in an ancestral haveli in Lucknow....	Mr. Khanna	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2012	Movie Life of Pi The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena,...	Production Office Assistant Crew	TMDB 7.4 / 10

52 Blue

2026

Secret of a Mountain Serpent

2025

The Confession

2025

Mercy

2025

Ulajh

2024 / TMDB 5.4

The Umesh Chronicles

2024

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What are some career highlights of Adil Hussain?

Adil Hussain's career highlights include his roles in 'Life of Pi', 'Naseeruddin Shah's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', and various acclaimed Indian films. His performance in 'Naseeruddin Shah's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' earned him international recognition.

Has Adil Hussain won any awards?

What was Adil Hussain's first film?

Which films are considered Adil Hussain's most successful?

What is known about Adil Hussain's personal life?

What is Adil Hussain's estimated net worth?

What are some milestones in Adil Hussain's filmography?

Is Adil Hussain involved in any theater work?

Known for

Life of Pi (2012)

English Vinglish (2012)

What Will People Say (2017)

Personal details

Credits

Latest Release

52 Blue

Secret of a Mountain Serpent

The Confession

Mercy

Ulajh

The Umesh Chronicles

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