Adil Hussain

Biography

Adil Hussain is known for his critically acclaimed performances in award winning films such as Ang Lee’s Oscar winning Life of Pi, Subhashish Bhutiani’s Hotel Salvation/Mukti Bhavan, Iram Haq’s What Will People Say, Danis Tanovic’s Tigers, Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Pan Nalin’s Angry Indian Goddesses, Partho Sen-Gupta’s Sunrise, Italo Spinelli’s Gangor, Prashant Nair’s Umrika, Leena Yadav’s Parched and Bauddhayan Mukherji’s The Violin Player . For his lead role in Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Ketaki, he received a National Award in India in 2017. He also received the Kanon Prisen award in Norway for Best SupportingAactor for his work in What Will People Say in 2018. For Mukti Bhavan which has received over 25 International awards, he has been nominated for numerous Best actor awards and won at the DCSAFF and Rajasthan International Film Festival . He received Best actor award for his work in Lessons in Forgetting at the NJSCF. His is widely known for his roles in English Vinglish, Lootera, Main aur Charles, Dobaara, Aiyaary etc. and has acted in numerous independent as well as commercial films in the Hindi, Bengali , Assamese, Malayali, Tamil film industries as well as in many Indo-European art house films. He speaks English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese fluently.