Murtaza Danish Husaini, credited by his stage name Danish Husain, is an Indian actor, storyteller, poet[1] and theatre director.[2] [3] He has also been credited as Dan Husain[4] and Murtaza Danish Husain.[5]
Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family. His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University. His father was an economist.
Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management.
Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old.
Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, and in 2016 developed Qissebaazi, multilingual storytelling.[6] His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory.
He has performed in many feature films, including Dhobi Ghat (2010), Peepli Live (2010), Newton (2017), and Soorma (2018). He has also acted in televisions series, such as Taj Mahal 1989 (2020),[7] Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021)[8] and Bard of Blood (2019).[9] [10]
Husain resides in Mumbai.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Peepli Live | Vijay Ranjan Prasad | ||
| Dhobi Ghat | Salim | |||
| 2013 | Ankhon Dekhi | Gopi | ||
| 2015 | Welcome 2 Karachi | Pakistani Minister | ||
| 2017 | Newton | DIG of Police | ||
| 2018 | Soorma | Kartar Singh | ||
| 2019 | Baazaar | Dubey | ||
| 2020 | Mee Raqsam | Salim | ||
| Jai Mummy Di | Gurpal Bhalla | |||
| 2021 | Albert Rozario | |||
| 2022 | Dasvi | Rai Bareli | Film released on Netflix | |
| Ariyippu | Kailash | Film released on Netflix Malayalam film | ||
| 2023 | Tiger 3 | General Riaz |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bard of Blood | Mullah Khalid | |
| Taj Mahal 1989 | Sudhakar Mishra | ||
| 2020 | Hostages | Arjun Bhasin | |
| 2021 | Bombay Begums | Naushad Irani | |
| 2022 | Tanaav | ||
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