Arif Zakaria

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 Zakarias 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 Mehtas Earth1947 and Major Dhillon in Shyam Benegals 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 Bhatts 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 childrens film Pinti Ka Sabun for the Childrens Film Society of India CFSI this film is directed by Pramod Pathak In 2017 Arif was seen in Vikram Bhatts web series Spotlight Web series as famous actordirectorproducer 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 firsttime 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 retelling 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 romancethriller series Qubool Hai 20 that will be streamed on all ZEE5 platform Source Article Arif Zakaria from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30