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{{Short description|Indian film actor (1925–1988)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anwar Hussain
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|11|11}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|1|1|1925|11|11}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India
| occupation = Actor, producer
| website =
| yearsactive = 1940–1987
| spouse =
| children =
| mother = [[Jaddanbai]]
| relatives = [[List of Hindi film clans#Dutt family (of Sunil Dutt)|Dutt family]]
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'''Anwar Hussain''' (11 November 1925 – 1 January 1988) was an Indian actor and producer. He was a popular [[character actor]] from the 1940s to 1982 and acted in over 200 [[Bollywood]] films. Some of his best known roles are from ''[[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin]]'', ''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' (1961), ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]'', ''Baharaon Ke Sapne'', ''[[Victoria No. 203]]'' (1972), ''[[Chori Mera Kaam]]'', ''[[Loafer (1973 film)|Loafer]]'', ''[[Gaddar]]'', ''[[Rafoo Chakkar]]'' and ''[[Jail Yatra]]''. He was the son of singer-turned director [[Jaddanbai]] and thus, maternal half-brother to noted actress [[Nargis Dutt]] and Akhtar Hussain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sanjay Dutt visits birthplace of his mother |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200904262122.htm |work=The Hindu |date=26 April 2009 |access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=I want to be a bankable actor: Nilesh Sahay (Interview)|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/i-want-to-be-a-bankable-actor-nilesh-sahay-interview-news-national-lcjnkdigbgb.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531142021/http://www.sify.com/movies/i-want-to-be-a-bankable-actor-nilesh-sahay-interview-news-national-lcjnkdigbgb.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2014 |publisher= Sify.com|date=9 Feb 2011 |access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref>

Hussain is best known for his roles in ''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' (1962) and ''[[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]'' (1981) with his nephew [[Sanjay Dutt]].<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/2006/raksha-bandhan-090806.html The unknown brother'n sisters of B'wood] 9 August 2006.</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
!Character Name!! Language
|-
| 1943
| [[Sanjog (1943 film)|Sanjog]]
| || Hindi
|-
| 1944
| [[Pehle Aap]]
| || Hindi
|-
| 1951
| [[Hum Log (film)|Hum Log]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1953
| [[Jhamela]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Footpath (1953 film)|Footpath]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Yahudi]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| [[Bhabhi (1957 film)|Bhabhi]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1958
| [[Police (1958 film)|Police]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Amar Deep (1958 film)|Amar Deep]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1961
| [[Chhote Nawab]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Gunga Jumna]]
| || Hindi
|-
| 1962
| [[Asli-Naqli]]
| Mohan|| Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| [[Shehar Aur Sapna]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram]]
| || Bhojpuri
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1965
|''[[Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain]]''
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Guide (1965 film)|Guide]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1967
| [[Hamraaz]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Raat Aur Din]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Nai Roshni (1967)|Nai Roshni]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Chand Par Chadayee]]
| || Hindi
|-
|[[Night in London]]
|Colonel Fuji
|Hindi
|-
| 1968
| [[Anokhi Raat]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1969
| [[Yakeen (1969 film)|Yakeen]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Aadmi Aur Insaan]]
| || Hindi
|-
| 1970
| [[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]
| || Hindi
|-[[Tum Haseen Main Jawan (1970 film)|Tum Haseen Main Jawan]] || 1970 ||Hindi
| rowspan="4" | 1971
| [[Balidaan (1971 film)|Balidaan]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Upaasna]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Pyar Ki Kahani]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Dushman (1971 film)|Dushman]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1972
| [[Zindagi Zindagi]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Annadata (1972 film)|Annadata]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Ek Bechara]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Kankan De Ohle]]
| || Punjabi
|-
| [[Victoria No. 203]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1973
| [[Mehmaan (film)|Mehmaan]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Loafer (1973 film)|Loafer]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Jheel Ke Us Paar]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Gaddar]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Jaise Ko Taisa]]
| || Hindi
|-
|[[Heera (film)|Heera]]
|Changu
|Hindi
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1974
|''[[Imaan (film)|Imaan]]''
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Dost (1974 film)|Dost]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Bidaai (1974 film)|Bidaai]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1975
| [[Aag Aur Toofan]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Lafange]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Rafoo Chakkar]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Jaggu]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Chori Mera Kaam]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| [[Adalat (1976 film)|Adalat]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Shankar Shambhu]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1978
| [[Kaala Aadmi]]
| || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Ganga Ki Saugandh]]''
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| [[Heera-Moti]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Nauker (1979 film)|Nauker]]
| || Hindi
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| [[Jail Yatra]]
| || Hindi
|-
| [[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]
| || Hindi
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Goraa]]''
| || Hindi
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0403952| Anwar Hussain}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121008092919/http://www.upperstall.com/people/anwar-hussain Anwar Hussain] at Upperstall.com

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[[Category:Film producers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Male actors in Punjabi cinema]]

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