Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain

Birth : , Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

History

Zakir Hussain is an Indian film actor who is known for his negative and comic roles. His best-known performances include those of Rashid in Ramgopal Varma's 2005 film Sarkar, and Shardul in Sriram Raghavan's 2007 film Johnny Gaddaar. Prakash Rao in Singham Returns [Rohit Shetty] and many more.

Profile

Zakir Hussain

Movies

Mission Majnu
Sharma
Set in the 1970s, an undercover Indian spy takes on a deadly mission to expose a covert nuclear weapons program in the heart of Pakistan.
Heropanti 2
Babloo is a computer genius and Inaaya is a self-made billionaire. The two fall in love but due to unforeseen circumstances they suddenly part ways as the cybercrime lord, Laila wants him dead.
Ferrous
Minister Madhyadheesh
A hitman, disguised as a cab driver, gets an assignment to dispose off a body. In between the task, he is robbed by a couple on the run. While the girl is in love, the boy has other plans.
Velle
Riya's Father
Rishi is a writer/director who is narrating a script close to his heart to Rohini - possibly the lead protagonist of his film. As he begins his narration, we step into the world of Rahul, Riya, Rambo and Raju - four friends living their best days amusing people with childish shenanigans in school. These four "Vellas" are complete and content with each other's company and couldn't care less about the world around them until life hits them in the face. An enthralling script narration on one end, and four immature kids trying to correct a plan gone wrong on the other - Velle is about laughter, friendships, frenzy and the unpredictability of life.
Satyameva Jayate 2
Minsiter Shankar Prasad
Satya Azad, an upright Home Minister wants to cleanse the country of corruption with his Anti-Corruption Bill. However, it fails to get enough ‘Ayes’, not only from his allies, but also from his wife Vidya a member of the Opposition, who votes ‘Nay’ in the Vidhan Sabha. When a couple of gruesome killings take place in the city, ACP Jay Azad is brought in to nab the murderer, never mind his motive.
Flight
Raman Khanna
The movie follows the journey of Ranveer Malhotra, who against all the odds, has to face deadly obstacles on a plane in order to survive.
The Power
Anwar
It is a hair-raising journey into the world of two lovers as both their families are ripped apart for the sake of revenge and power, and an entertaining look at how they rise out of that pit of blood lust and despair, together.
Khaali Peeli
Inspector Tavde
The story is about two childhood sweethearts Pooja and Blackie who gets separated due to certain circumstances when they were kids. Pooja, who is now aprostitute, decides to escape the brothel on turning 18, with a bag full of stolen money. She bumps into Blackie who is now a very ‘chalu’ Bombay taxi driver. He agrees to ‘drive’ her to freedom, in exchange for a hefty amount.This leads to a series of chase and escape – with the goons on Pooja's trail and the cops on the goons’ trail.
Pagalpanti
3 men, considered as losers in their lives by the people, plan to get rich along with their girlfriends by fooling 2 gangsters and robbing their money.
P Se Pyaar F Se Faraar
High-school sweethearts Suraj Maali and Janvi Singh are well aware of their diverse socio-economic backgrounds and so, the young lovers opt for marriage by elopement. This, in turn, conjures up a storm the couple isn't prepared for.
Prassthanam
Majid Maqbool
A rural politician marries a widow with kids and gains a respectable position and trusts his stepson more than his own in political matters; thus upsetting his son beyond limits.
Ammaa Ki Boli
Hari
Ammaa Ki Boli is a comical genre movie directed by Narayan Chauhan and produced by Mukesh Chaudhary under the banner of Street Act Production. The story revolves around an old-aged husbandless mother, her 5 grown-up children’s and a second-rate two-seater scooter. The movie features Faruk Zafar as Ammaa in lead role, following with Priyal Patil, Govind Namdev, Sitaram Panchal, Sanjay Mishra, Hrishita Bhatt, Zakir Hussain Actor, Ishtiaq Khan, Shekhar Singh and others in their respective important roles
Chicken Curry Law
Sharad Joshi
When a foreign national is raped by an influential minister’s sons, she attempts to seek justice, but it only leads to an agonising and infuriating series of events.
One Day: Justice Delivered
MP Rawat
A Crime Branch Special Officer Investigates serial disappearances of high profile individuals in a state capital.
Kissebaaz
Once partners-in-crime and wannabe prominent political figures, Shukla and Pandey turn foes when tragedy befalls. But, who is pitting them against one another, and why?
Hotel Milan
Chachaji
Two friends start a hotel called Milan, a convenient destination for lovers to meet but things don't turn as planned as they are attacked by the anti-Romeo squad and political hooligans.
Andhadhun
Dr. Swami
A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
Page 16
Vikram Singhaniya
Page 16 is a Supernatural thriller. It's a story about an ambitious builder Ajay, whose life turned upside down when he bought a book for his son Harsh. It all started with page 16 of that book where his past and present life gets entangled.
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3
Bunny's Uncle
It’s the third edition of Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster series where it’s survival of the wittiest and the wealthiest. Will the royal couple Madhavi Devi and Aditya Pratap Singh live to tell the tale of relentless plotting, scheming and backstabbing?
Mumbai Underworld
Mumbai Underworld tells the tale of two 12 year old boys (Vijay and Yakub) who grow up in the slums of India. Wanting to make a name for themselves in the mafia world, they start delivering drugs and loot people with the help of their transvestite friend. Things go wrong when they are sent to a juvenile reformatory after being wrongly convicted for a murder. They learn life is much tougher in the reformatory than the world they came from. They are tortured by the warden and senior inmates. But instead of reforming they develop a more sinister plan in their quest for ultimate power. Unexpected events force the two men to decide between redemption and their quest for power. Will they find redemption, if so, at what price?
Judwaa 2
Charles
Separated at birth and peculiarly connected via their reflexes, twins Prem and Raja are reunited with each other as they set out to take down the underground smuggling world.
Raag Desh
Three officers of the Indian National Army are on trial for treason. An ailing lawyer must help them face the consequence of their courage.
Naam Shabana
Aseem Gupta, a RAW agent
Shabana Khan is the special agent who is entrusted the task of assassinating a deadly arms dealer by the Indian Intelligence Agencies.
Guru
Dev Khatri
A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.
Baaki Itihaas
A timeless Bengali classic, this drama explores the history of mankind - fights, riots, wars, death, destruction, exploitation, molestation. Through the story of 40-year-old Sitanath’s suicide, Sharad and Vasanthi force the audience to introspect and analyse their self-centred and monotonous lives.
Rajdarshan
When Lambodar Bhatt is given the opportunity to have his soul transported into King Nand’s body, he thinks of it as a way to make things right and become rich. However, once Lambodar becomes the King, he finds himself turning into the same exploitative and frivolous king that Nand was.
Coffee with D
D
A celebrated journalist interviews one of the world's most dreaded terrorists, "D".
Shivalinga
Pigeon Race Organizer
Shivalinga is story weaved around a murder mystery. Who killed Rahim? Why was he killed? Is it murder of Suicide, CID Shivu (Shivrajkumar) investigates the murder mystery. But, what is Shivu's wife's involvement...
Ghayal Once Again
Commissioner
Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting trauma of losing his loved ones, Ajay manages to make a credible name for himself in investigative journalism. Working with a strange team of RTI activists, ex-criminals and ilk; and even stranger ways of unearthing and presenting truth, Ajay Mehra has earned quite a fan following among the youths, who finds his fearless and unforgiving approach in dealing with all kinds of sociopaths very inspiring.
Irudhi Suttru
Dev Khatri
A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.
Four Pillars of Basement
A woman finds herself stuck in a basement car park with an unhinged security guard.
Bumper Draw
Sunderlal and Farooq who befriend each other in a strange situation. After which, they both encounter Pestonji, an old Parsi man who adds to their existing list of problems.
Malini & Co.
A woman runs a massage parlor in Dharavi, Mumbai.
Jadoogadu
Srisailam
Krishna, a villager who is determined to become wealthy, bumps into a moneylender, Anakonda, and joins a gang. However, after climbing the ranks, he realises that his gang leader plans to trap him.
Badlapur
Patil
After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.
Alone
Namit
Conjoined at birth, Anjana and Sanjana were twin sisters who lived by one promise made to each other - 'We will always be together. We will never separate'. Mysterious circumstances lead to the death of one while the other survived. Years later, the ghost of the dead comes back to haunt the surviving sister. Why was the promise broken?
Chaarfutiya Chhokare
Lakkhan
Neha comes to a small village in Bihar, India to construct a school building, for her NGO. She meets the principal to discuss the plans. While leaving from there Neha is shocked to know that the three boys who guided her to the school building are hardcore criminals and have been involved in several murders. Faces of all three in their adolescence, get etched in Neha's mind. With the news of the Rupees twenty million fund coming to the village spreads, politics of greed germinates. Paras, a contractor, lure the five school trust members and promises them to redo their houses if they help him construct the school. The trustee members agree but before they can proceed, Lakhan who has a strong foothold over the village hires the three boys to kill Paras. They kill Paras and the tender goes to Lakhan. Neha meets Janki, mother of one of the boys and is shocked to know about the circumstances that led the three boys to crimes.
Singham Returns
Prakash Rao
Singham Returns is an Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgn reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the female lead.
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Tabla
A journey in sound through the unusual life and career of jazz legend Charles Lloyd. Lloyd's own voice, and those who worked with him over the last five decades help us discover and better understand this enigmatic man and his spiritual pursuit through music.
Holiday
Alvin D'souza
A soldier on vacation finds himself hunting down a terrorist. A military officer attempts to hunt down a terrorist, destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Revolver Rani
Udaybhan Tomar
Alka Singh, the leader of a political party, and her obsessive love for Rohan Mehra, a rising star of Bollywood.
Maazii
Mahinder
Tarun and his wife Shrishti are living a happy life with there daughter . One day to save the Honor of a woman, Tarun accidentally kills two gangsters. After this his black past unfolds and starts haunting his present life. Tarun has to go back to his roots and get out of his past to make his family secure and happy.
Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Deepak Ghorpade
Vishwas, an aspiring actor, is mistaken for an inspector while dressed for a photo shoot.
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Rao
A wealthy NRI falls hard for a country girl during a visit to his homeland.
Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga
Loan Inspector
A satire on inflation-hit middle-class Indian family from a small city in North India. The story revolves around our protagonist who is struggling to survive in this spiraling inflation and how he comes up with a solution to battle it, only to find himself in an even bigger mess due to their innocence and naivety.
Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story
Altaf Bhai
A street thug with a soft heart and a young, hot-headed former company executive end up as neighbours.
Thuppakki
Kameeruddin
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Paan Singh Tomar
MPS Rathore
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Shakal Pe Mat Ja
Omama
Delhi Airport's Chief Security Officer, Om Prakash, is told that his officers have apprehended four males on airport property, filming and taking photographs without authorization. The four suspects are Ankit Sharma, his school-going brother, Dhruv; Rohan Goverdhan Malhotra, and Bulai. The suspects ridicule them and mockingly ask the guards to let them go. A check of their belongings, including a video camera, shows pictures of prominent places, prompting Om Prakash to summon Vijay D. Chauhan, from the Anti-Terrorist Squad. The latter shows up, is initially skeptical, but after he overhears a rather incriminating conversation between Ankit and a woman named Prachi, is convinced that the four may be terrorists and interrogates them. The four steadfastly deny their involvement in any terrorist activity - but must face up to the situation when a fifth suspect, a woman named Diana, claims that they belong to her group - which has already made plans to blow up the airport today.
Shabri
Inspector Irfan Qazi
An impoverished woman faces off against gangsters as well as the police after her brother is killed.
Not a Love Story
Inspector Mane
An aspiring movie actress and her boyfriend are arrested and charged with homicide.
Double Dhamaal
Mohsin Bhai
Four slackers decide to avenge their humiliation at the hands of a con-man.
Shagird
Rajmani Yadav
Hanumant Singh is the quirky cop in the police department. He is a man of action who delivers most of the time but he has unusual ways to accomplish his mission. More importantly, he doesn't think twice before hobnobbing with corrupt politicians and gangsters and taking bribes for services rendered. Trouble begins when a new and seemingly honest recruit joins his team.
Payback
A man decides to re-pay a good Samaritan but regrets doing so after he finds out that he is an assassin.
Phoonk 2
Manja
While on vacation, children and their father are terrorized by their mother and wife respectively.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Sajid Don
When his love interest doesn't show up for a meeting, a man and his friends go to Goa in order to find her, where they discover she loves someone else.
Phoonk
Murtaza Kapasi
A realtor fires one of his co-workers and out of spite, the co-worker and his wife does black magic on his daughter. Being an atheist, he shuns his mother and wife's theories on the supernatural and relies on a doctor for his daughter's treatment.
Contract
Sultan
After witnessing the brutal death of his family, an embittered ex-army officer agrees to infiltrate a gang of terrorists.
Krazzy 4
Srivastav
A psychiatrist spends the majority of his time treating four patients, but he becomes so involved in their lives that his wife attempts to get rid of them.
Remember Shakti - The Way Of Beauty
Remember Shakti is a quintet which combines elements of traditional Indian music with elements of jazz. The band consists of English guitarist John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain (tabla), U. Srinivas (mandolin), Shankar Mahadevan (vocals), and V. Selvaganesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam), who are all of Indian descent. The band's name is derived from John Mclaughlin's acoustic Indian fusion band Shakti which was active in the 1970s.
Johnny Gaddaar
Shardul
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed.
Darling
Sameer
A man cheats on his wife with his secretary, but things take a haunting shift after he accidentally kills his mistress.
Fool N Final
J.D.
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Risk
S.P. Naidu
"Ek crore meh laitha hai RISK!". Risk! is a movie about a police inspector named Suryakanth who vows to clean up the Mumbai underworld. The police have been trying for 11 years to arrest the biggest don of the underworld, Khalid Bin Jamal. But Khalid isn't in Mumbai. He is living in Bangkok, free from the Mumbai police. Suryakanth starts killing Khalid's men in Mumbai. This alarms Khalid and he entraps Suryakanth in a bad scheme. How much risk is Suryakanth willing to take in order to catch Khalid? Watch Risk! and find out.
Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante
Kabir
Heart surgeon Dr. Viren Goenka, his wife Sanjana and their seven-year-old daughter Anishka live in Mumbai. Their joys have just multiplied with Viren being honored with a prestigious award for his contribution to the medical world. Viren is all set to visit New Delhi to receive this award. He promises to celebrate his daughter's birthday once he returns. But fate has something else planned for Viren and his family: Anishka is kidnapped under Sanjana's nose. She is startled with the presence of a creepy man named Krish in her house. Krish tells her that Anishka will be fine as long as Sanjana and Dr. Goenka follow his instructions.
Shiva
Inspector Sawant
Shiva Kumar re-locates to Mumbai to live with his brother, and joins the police force. However, he befriends a rebel journalist hoping to expose the corruption of the force he works for.
The Killer
Jabbar
A cold-blooded contract killer hires the services of a cab driver for a full night. He forces the driver to go around Dubai as he keeps finishing off witnesses scheduled to testify against a gangster.
Darna Zaroori Hai
Police Officer
Five children enter a haunted house and find an old woman. She promises to tell them six scary stories that they won't be able to handle.
James
Shankar Narayan
James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, and ends up working as a bouncer at a club there, and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the brother of an MP who is always causing crime. James has a little fight in club which cause causes a huge conflict between the two, this also gets his brother and MP Shanthi Narayana involved. This conflict then causes death of James's friend, whom he lives with, Babloo, and because of this James is set on revenge.
Sarkar
Rashid
Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
D
Babban Bhai
Deshu, a mechanic from Dubai, comes home to Mumbai, and gets embroiled in a crime by accident. The film shows his meteoric rise from common, law-abiding man to underworld kingpin.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (also known as Bose: The Forgotten Hero) is a 2005 film directed by Shyam Benegal and starring Sachin Khedekar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajit Kapur, Arif Zakaria, and Divya Dutta. The movie depicts the last five years of the life of the Indian independence leader "Netaji" Subhash Chandra Bose. It starts out at the point where Bose resigns from his position as the president of the Indian National Congress (I.N.C.) to the meeting with Italians by crossing Afghanistan's rugged terrains and entering into Europe, to romancing his German secretary and appointment with Adolf Hitler in Berlin, to his inspiring of the Indian P.O.W.s (Prisoners Of War) of the 'Punjab Regiment' (British Army) for fighting against the British forces in India, to the patriotic speeches.
Bill Laswell - World Beat Sound System: Live at Soundstage
Musician
Throughout three decades, Bill Laswell has been a constant innovator, fusing seemingly disparate genres into a whole new sound. Touching upon everything from worldbeat, funk, rock, hip-hop and jazz, there are no limits to his experimental approach. Among his many talents is his ability to bring together well-matched singers and players to create a distinct style that defies easy classification. His Soundstage episode embodies his unique approach, transcending any genre boundaries and delivering an engaging performance. From the World Beat of Tabla Beat Science, to the jazzy flavors of Pharoah Sanders backed by Material, it’s an exciting mix. Other surprises include a rocking Buckethead set that includes a little breakdancing and songs by Praxis. The show culminates with an all-star performance, funked up by Bootsy Collins.
Vaastu Shastra
Dinesh Dubey - Zombie
A couple and their sister move to their new house with their young son, but soon discover that an old tree outside the house holds a strange curse which is haunting their house.
Black Friday
Nand Kumar Chougale
Bombs tear through Bombay, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive drive to unmask the truth behind these events.
Ek Hasina Thi
Sanjiv Nanda
A woman falls for a charming and mysterious businessman. The whirlwind romance turns sour when she is framed for his underworld crimes. Now, finally out of prison she is ready for sweet revenge.