Adil Hussain

Acting

Adil Hussain

Born

1963-10-05 (63)

Place of birth

Goalpara, Assam, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

68 titles

Adil Hussain (born October 5, 1963) is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films. As an actor, he first received acclaim in Othello: A Play in Black and White (1999), which was awarded the Edinburgh Fringe First, and later Goodbye Desdemona also directed by Roysten Abel. He remained the artistic direct…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 18 titles

Reporting Live poster
7.9

A young reporter and her reluctant cameraman chase a story, only to get entangled in an illegal sand-mining racket run by a ruthless syndicate.

Reporting Live

2026

No artwork available
NR

In 1966 Kerala, the murder of Marie shakes a small community. Father Benedict holds the key to the truth in confession, but revealing it would break his holy obligations.

The Confession of Mary

2025

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie poster
7.0

After the Sino-Indian war, a highly trained Indian spy enters Pakistan on a mission to gather crucial intelligence and stop Pakistan from launching an attack against India. Will he succeed?

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie

2026

India Sweets and Spices poster
5.7

A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.

India Sweets and Spices

2021

The Storyteller poster
7.1

After decades of working in the printing industry in Kolkata in eastern India, Tarini has reached retirement age. He spends his days at home, having declined his son’s invitation to come to the United States. Then a friend shows him a help-wanted ad. Although he has never published a book, Tarini used to tell made-up stories to his friends in his youth, and the ad for a storyteller in Ahmedabad in western India piques his interest.

The Storyteller

2022

Bell Bottom poster
6.2

By the early ‘80s, India had already witnessed multiple airplane hijacks. In 1984, the country was made to face another such challenge. BellBottom, a RAW Agent, sees through the plan and thus begins India's first overseas covert operation. An operation, lead by a forgotten hero, that went on to create one of the most defining moments for India.

Bell Bottom

2021

Ulajh poster
5.6

The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous personal conspiracy while far from her home turf, at a career-defining post.

Ulajh

2024

Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2 poster
NR

After years of living in America, Prasanta returns to his ancestral village in Assam, carrying cherished memories of his childhood elephant companion. When his American-raised grandson Ankur visits, a generational divide keeps them apart. As Ankur reconnects with his roots and discovers the warmth of village life, the family embarks on a heartfelt journey of love, belonging, and self-discovery. This movie become a major success movie in 2026 and collected over 7.10 crore Indian rupees in Assamese box office against the budget of 5 crore Indian rupees

Koka Deuta Nati Aru Hati 2

2026

Secret of a Mountain Serpent poster
NR

In a 1990s Himalayan town, teacher Barkha, whose husband serves at the border, develops feelings for enigmatic newcomer Manik amid a community of waiting women where silence and local myths prevail.

Secret of a Mountain Serpent

2025

A Knock on the Door poster
2.0

As they prepare to celebrate their wedding anniversary, politically committed professors Hari and Ramona receive a group of unwanted visitors claiming to be from a central intelligence agency. Dressed in white hazmat suits and wearing multifaced masks, the team of men and women raids their house, traumatising the couple and taking away their hard drives. The professors contact the police, but when their friends and acquaintances doubt their claims, Hari begins to break down.

A Knock on the Door

2023

The Illegal poster
10.0

A gritty realistic story about a young film school student from middle-class India who's forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented worker.

The Illegal

2021

52 Blue poster
5.0

Isolated by his father, Ashish escapes home aged 23 with his mother's unwavering support to meet his idol, Messi, in the 2022 world cup in Qatar. Starting a journey that leads him to discover himself and the world for the first time.

52 Blue

2026

Max, Min and Meowzaki poster
NR

Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including their cat, Meowzaki, whom they have named after their favorite artist Miyazaki Hayao. Max’s father Ramesh, who lost his wife and has since been suffering from insomnia, meets charming therapist Dhaara. Max’s grandfather Sridhar, secretly enjoys drinking with his new friend Jennifer at the nursing home.

Max, Min and Meowzaki

2026

Pareeksha poster
5.8

The film revolves around the story of an ordinary rickshaw driver in Bihar who aspires and dreams of providing maximum possible quality education to his son by making arrangements for him to study at a private English medium school.

Pareeksha

2020

Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business poster
NR

Sequel to Lakadbaggha (2023). Plot TBA.

Lakadbaggha 2: The Monkey Business

2026

Otta poster
NR

Otta is the thrilling saga of two young men and their unexpected journey towards an unforeseen future. Amidst the tumultuous relationship with their parents, Hari and Ben embark on a personal journey where actions and reactions spiral out of control.

Otta

2023

Abyakto poster
9.0

Abyakto is a poignant tale of a mother and son. The story encapsulates the unusual journey of Indra from his childhood and adolescence to adulthood. A series of unexplained events turn him into a man he never ought to be.

Abyakto

2020

The Umesh Chronicles poster
NR

Radha, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a privileged, middle class home in the 1980s, is surrounded by family, books, and music. She has limited contact with Sundar, a boy who works for her family but whose presence opens her eyes.

The Umesh Chronicles

2024

2010s · 35 titles

Life of Pi poster
7.4

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 Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Life of Pi

2012

Gangor poster
5.7

Sent to cover a story on the exploitation of tribal people, Upin meets a woman he believes is the epitome of Indian beauty. His pictures of her change both of their lives forever.

Gangor

2011

Love Sonia poster
7.1

Inspired by a real story of young girl's journey escape from the world of international sex trafficking.

Love Sonia

2018

The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster
6.6

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

2.0 poster
5.9

An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.

2.0

2018

What Will People Say poster
7.3

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, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

What Will People Say

2017

English Vinglish poster
7.3

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

English Vinglish

2012

Lootera poster
7.0

In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?

Lootera

2013

Parched poster
7.3

In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

Parched

2015

Angry Indian Goddesses poster
6.8

A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.

Angry Indian Goddesses

2015

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail poster
5.9

India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by the Malaysian authorities, along with his wife. A team of four is being sent to Malaysia to bring them to India. Apart from the growth of inter-personal relationships, the mission has quite a few twists and turns on its way. The story follows Karan as he uses his brain and brawn to recover all of the laundered black money.

Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

2017

Good Newwz poster
6.5

Two couples with the same surnames pursue in-vitro fertilisation and wait for their upcoming babies. Trouble ensues when they find that the sperms of each couple have been mixed with each other.

Good Newwz

2019

Tigers poster
7.1

Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he works for after he realizes they knowingly marketed a baby formula that's responsible for the death of hundreds of babies everyday.

Tigers

2017

Crash Test Aglae poster
6.2

Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.

Crash Test Aglae

2017

Unfreedom poster
5.2

A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her activist bisexual lover with intent to marry. The resulting torture and violence evokes a brutal struggle of identities against unfreedom.

Unfreedom

2015

Ishqiya poster
6.5

While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.

Ishqiya

2010

The Xposé poster
4.5

This is a dramatic chain of events in the most glamorous ,swinging era of Hindi films... the 1960s. It was a decade when film stars tasted success and carried their larger than life screen image on to real life with unbridled pomp and splendour. It was during this time that two ambitious films were made... Ujwal Nirmal Sheetal and Reena Mera Naam. The latter became a runaway hit while the former was struggling at the box office.

The Xposé

2014

Aiyaary poster
5.7

An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threatens to disrupt the country’s government and army.

Aiyaary

2018

Maati poster
9.0

Meghla, who after years discovers that her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East Pakistan by a trusted retainer of the family. And many years after the tragedy, she visits Dhaka to trace her roots and faces the murderer's family who now occupies her house. Maati traces Meghla's trials with truth and humanity while tackling issues of migration, human displacement, and relationships.

Maati

2018

Agent Vinod poster
5.5

Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague. Terror strikes when he unfolds an even bigger conspiracy.

Agent Vinod

2012

Kabir Singh poster
6.3

Kabir, a highly intelligent but short-tempered medical surgeon spirals into addiction after his intense relationship with his girlfriend turbulently ends.

Kabir Singh

2019

Dobaara: See Your Evil poster
4.7

An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha Merchant played by Huma Qureshi and Kabeer Merchant played by Saqib Saleem dealing with the death of their parents.

Dobaara: See Your Evil

2017

Force 2 poster
6.7

ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.

Force 2

2016

Bioscopewala poster
7.0

Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s famous short story 'Kabuliwala', the film is about a young girl’s quest to discover more about her dead father’s friend who used to play bioscope shows for her as a kid.

Bioscopewala

2018

Umrika poster
6.0

When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.

Umrika

2015

Yatchan poster
6.3

A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong place due to a mix-up. Now, the gangster who ordered the hit is after all the three of them.

Yatchan

2015

No artwork available
5.0

The Mess. The Madness. The Mockery of the greatest Democracy in the world by the writers of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

Hail Democracy!

2015

Mukti Bhawan poster
6.9

An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son Rajiv, knowing he wants to breathe his last in the holy city of Varanasi and end the cycle of rebirth, by attaining salvation. Being the dutiful son he is, Rajiv is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his stubborn father. Daya and Rajiv check into Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) in Varanasi, a guesthouse devoted to people who want to die there. But as the days go by, Rajiv struggles to juggle his responsibilities back home, while Daya starts to bloom in the hotel. Rajiv gives his father a shot at salvation but as family bonds are tested, he finds himself torn, and not knowing what he must do to keep his life together.

Mukti Bhawan

2016

Main Aur Charles poster
4.6

In the 1980s, Charles, an enigmatic con man and a vicious killer and Commisioner Amod Kanth are embroiled in a game of cat and mouse.

Main Aur Charles

2015

Nanak Shah Fakir poster
8.0

Nanak Shah Fakir is a biographical film on the life and teachings of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.

Nanak Shah Fakir

2014

Ahare Mon poster
6.3

A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love.

Ahare Mon

2018

Sunrise poster
6.2

Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she was six. In his despair, life converges with a recurring dream in which Joshi pursues a shadowy figure who leads him to 'Paradise', a night-club where teenage girls dance to a leering crowd. He is convinced he will find Aruna there and vows to bring her back to Leela, his broken wife.

Sunrise

2015

Axone poster
6.1

This bittersweet comedy follows North-east Indians in Delhi who are attempting to organize a wedding party, but soon find everything going wrong.

Axone

2019

Zed Plus poster
6.8

Aslam (Adil Hussain), a villager who runs a small business, accidentally meets the prime minister of India, who grants him special security on his request. Soon, he starts chasing political ambitions.

Zed Plus

2014

Kothanodi: The River of Fables poster
7.8

Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.

Kothanodi: The River of Fables

2015

Series credits

Star Trek: Discovery poster
6.9

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

Star Trek: Discovery

2017

Comedy Nights with Kapil poster
6.8

Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.

Comedy Nights with Kapil

2013

Comedy Nights Bachao poster
6.3

Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing their patience through slapstick humor and make unpleasant jokes about them.

Comedy Nights Bachao

2015

Delhi Crime poster
7.8

Following the police force as they investigate high-profile crimes in Delhi, this series has seasons inspired by both real and fictional events.

Delhi Crime

2019

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War poster
6.9

As the Kargil War erupts between India and Pakistan, the Golden Arrows squadron of the Air Force takes flight on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.

Operation Safed Sagar: The Untold Story of the Kargil War

2026

Musafir Cafe poster
7.1

Chander feels an undeniable connection with Sudha. Years later, he builds a new life in the hills with Preeti, but memories of the past linger.

Musafir Cafe

2026

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy poster
6.6

After the Sino-India war, a highly trained Indian spy enters Pakistan on a mission to gather crucial intelligence and stop Pakistan from launching an attack against India. Will he succeed?

Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

2022

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites poster
6.4

A rebellious vampire with a broken tooth falls for a shy dentist on the streets of Kolkata but will human and mystical forces keep them apart?

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

2023