Arshad Warsi

Acting

Arshad Warsi

Born 1968-04-19 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Arshad Warsi (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor, producer, dancer, television personality, choreographer, and playback singer who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied film genres. Before making his acting debut, also served as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt in Kaash (1987) and also choreographed a song in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). Warsi made his acting debut in 1996 with Tere Mere Sapne, which was a box office success. His portrayal of Circuit in the comedy film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), and its sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role marked a turning point in his career. He featured in several commercially successful comedy films including Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999), Hulchul (2004), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005), Salaam Namaste (2005), Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), Dhamaal (2007), Krazzy 4 (2008), Golmaal Returns (2008), Ishqiya (2010), Golmaal 3 (2010), F.A.L.T.U (2011), Double Dhamaal (2011), Jolly LLB (2013), Golmaal Again (2017) and Total Dhamaal (2019), and received critical recognition for his work in films including Sehar (2005), Kabul Express (2006), Dedh Ishqiya (2014) and Guddu Rangeela (2015). He is widely regarded by many as one of the most underrated actors in the Hindi film industry.

Acting credits

Welcome To The Jungle poster
5.0

A group of quirky characters gets stuck in a dangerous jungle during a chaotic mission. Filled with confusion, criminals, and hilarious situations, they must work together to survive and find their way out.

Welcome To The Jungle

2026

Dhamaal 4 poster
3.0

The Dhamaal boys are back for another treasure hunt, facing hilarious challenges in their quest for the Treasure of Life.

Dhamaal 4

2026

Golmaal 5 poster
NR

Get ready for another rollercoaster of laughter with the iconic gang.

Golmaal 5

2026

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. poster
7.2

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

2003

King poster
NR

Mentor and disciple embark on a perilous journey, pushing their survival skills to the limit against overwhelming odds and unforgiving environments.

King

2026

Jolly LLB 3 poster
6.5

The third part of the Jolly LLB trilogy brings back Jagdish Tyagi and Jagdishwar Mishra for the biggest face-off as penurious widow Janki Devi Solanki awaits justice against business tycoon Haribhai Khaitan in a satire on the judiciary, justice and the gulf between the privileged and the people on the other side of the spectrum.

Jolly LLB 3

2025

Ghamasaan poster
NR

A cat-and-mouse tale set in the Hindi heartland, where male friendships and rivalries unveil homoerotic tensions. Men on both sides of the law traverse arid lands, creating a sense of place where unexplored histories reside.

Ghamasaan

2024

Simmba poster
6.2

A corrupt police officer enjoys all the perks of being an immoral and unethical police officer until an event which transforms his life completely and forces him to choose the righteous path.

Simmba

2018

Salaam Namaste poster
6.2

Two young Indian expatriates in Melbourne, Australia, Nick, a chef and radio host Ambar, who decide to live together without marriage, leading to conflict and unexpected parenthood when Ambar gets pregnant.

Salaam Namaste

2005

Mastiii 4 poster
5.8

Three frustrated husbands seek freedom from their dull marriages. A wild idea promises escape and excitement. But what follows is anything but expected.

Mastiii 4

2025

Sanju poster
7.2

Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

Sanju

2018

Mr. Black Mr. White poster
3.5

Hoshiarpur based Gopi's dying father asks him to locate Kishen and hand-over a piece of land to him, and subsequently passes away. Gopi heads out to Goa and this is where he will be taken for a ride not only by Kishen, but also by Kishen's look-alike hoodlum brother, Hari; and get involved, along with a group of assorted characters, in the location of diamonds that were stolen by three women.

Mr. Black Mr. White

2008

Halla Bol poster
4.9

Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapur) who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realize his dreams.

Halla Bol

2008

Hulchul poster
6.6

A man and woman from feuding families each pretend to fall in love, as part of a revenge plot. Chaos ensues when their fake romance becomes a reality.

Hulchul

2004

Lage Raho Munna Bhai poster
7.3

Lovable goon Munna falls for a morning radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who also runs an elders' home which an unscrupulous builder seeks to attain. In order to gain Jahnvi’s attention, he cheats his way to winning a Mahatma Gandhi radio quiz. When Jahnvi consequently expresses interest in Munna, he and his best friend Circuit attempt to keep up the facade.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

2006

Jeevan Bheema Yojana poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jeevan Bheema Yojana

2026

Bachchhan Paandey poster
5.5

A budding director tries to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But her secret attempts to conduct the research fail when she gets caught for snooping.

Bachchhan Paandey

2022

Dhamaal poster
6.8

Four friends meet an underworld don who, on his deathbed, clues them in on hidden treasure buried in Goa. The group race towards Goa, not knowing that their plans will soon be foiled, albeit hilariously, by a police officer, who is also after the money.

Dhamaal

2007

Pagalpanti poster
4.5

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.

Pagalpanti

2019

Golmaal Returns poster
5.4

Stuck all night on a yacht with a damsel in distress, Gopal lies to his soap opera junkie wife to avoid drama. This sets off a chain of chaotic events that ultimately land him smack dab in the middle of a police case.

Golmaal Returns

2008

Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani poster
4.6

A shape-shifting snake exacts revenge on the men he believes are responsible for the death of Divya, his lover in her previous life.

Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani

2002

Golmaal – Fun Unlimited poster
6.7

Four runaway cons take shelter in a bungalow owned by an old blind couple.

Golmaal – Fun Unlimited

2006

Shortkut - The Con Is On poster
4.0

A talented, hardworking scriptwriter finds his Bollywood dreams shattered when a buffoon steals his screenplay and rides it to superstardom.

Shortkut - The Con Is On

2009

Total Dhamaal poster
5.2

Con-artists Guddu and Johnny, a bickering couple Avinash and Bindu who are on a verge of divorce, a fireman Lallan and his side-kick siblings Adi and Manav and a cunning police commissioner set out on a mad chase for a hidden booty of Rs 50 crores in a zoo in Janakpur.

Total Dhamaal

2019

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