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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arif Zakaria
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|11|11}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Namrata Sharma|2002}}
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| occupation = [[Actor]]
| relatives = [[Asif Zakaria]] (brother)
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'''Arif Zakaria''' (born 11 November 1966) is an Indian actor. He has had many roles, beginning with his debut film ''Darmiyaan'' (1997), ''1947 Earth'' (1998), ''Dance like a man'' (2004), he even took up biographical projects such as [[Bhai Mardana|Mardana]] and the controversial ''[[Nanak Shah Fakir]]''.<ref>Srirekha, N. C. (26 June 1997) [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/jun/26arif.htm A eunuch opportunity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214907/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/jun/26arif.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}. Rediff.com. Retrieved on 26 October 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Arif-Raises-A-Toast/69657/ Arif Raises A Toast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029234047/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Arif-Raises-A-Toast/69657 |date=29 October 2013 }}. Financialexpress.com (2 February 2003). Retrieved on 26 October 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/04/26/stories/2008042651640600.htm Poetic perspectives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108072918/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/04/26/stories/2008042651640600.htm |date=8 November 2012 }}. Hindu.com (26 April 2008). Retrieved on 26 October 2013.</ref>

==Personal life==
Arif Zakaria's uncle [[Rafiq Zakaria]] was a veteran politician from the [[Indian National Congress]]. His brother [[Asif Zakaria]] is also an INC politician and cousin [[Fareed Zakaria]] is an American journalist. Zakaria completed his graduation from [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics]]. He is married to Namrata Sharma who is a [[Fashion journalism|Fashion Writer]].
== Career ==
Zakaria began acting in theatre while in college and later moved on to work in television and films. He acted in numerous television serials like ''Chunauti'', ''Karambhoomi'', ''Mrityudand'', ''Dhund'', ''Aarzoo'', ''Campus'', ''[[Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha]]'', etc. Arif acted in diverse roles in films like ''Darmiyaan'', ''Hero'', ''[[Asambhav]]'' and ''Dance Like a Man'' (English). Zakaria travelled the globe since 2005 with the Australian musical show ''Merchants of Bollywood'', performing major roles in the production across Europe, China, France, Poland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (the last season in Sydney in 2010).<ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-22/tv/27756619_1_tv-and-films-medium-big-screen I like films more: Arif Zakaria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191309/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-22/tv/27756619_1_tv-and-films-medium-big-screen |date=29 October 2013 }}. Indiatimes.com (22 April 2008). Retrieved on 26 October 2013.</ref>

The actor portrayed Rustom Sethna in [[Deepa Mehta]]'s ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth/1947]]'' and Major Dhillon in [[Shyam Benegal]]'s ''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=101865 |title=Broken link |access-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192823/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=101865 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak]]'', ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'', ''[[Deewaar (2004 film)|Deewaar]]'' and the [[Shah Rukh Khan]] film ''[[My Name is Khan]]''.<ref>Jha, Subhash K. (25 April 2009) [http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/apr/250409-Mumbai-News-Karan-Johar-LA-mosque-Denied-Permission-Shahrukh-Khan-Kajol-My-Name-is-Khan.htm KJo denied permission to shoot in LA mosque] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930215600/http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/apr/250409-Mumbai-News-Karan-Johar-LA-mosque-Denied-Permission-Shahrukh-Khan-Kajol-My-Name-is-Khan.htm |date=30 September 2009 }}. Mid-day.com. Retrieved on 26 October 2013.</ref>

In 2011, Arif played the ghost that haunts the female protagonist in [[Vikram Bhatt]]'s ''[[Haunted (2011 film)|Haunted]]'' and was appreciated for the ghastly portrayal of a piano teacher falling in love with his young student who gets murdered while making advances towards her and rapes her as a ghost, which forces her to commit suicide in the movie. He played the role of a police officer in ''[[Jism 2]]'', starring [[Sunny Leone]], appeared in ''[[Lootera]]'' and in ''[[Krrish 3]]'' as Dr. Varun Shetty.

Other releases of the actor are ''[[Dee Saturday Night]]'', ''Darr At The Mall'', ''Blue Mountain'' (all 2014) and ''Nanak Shah Fakir'' and ''Ishq Forever'' (both 2015). He is also acting in the play ''Gardish Mein Taare'', directed by Saif Hyder Hasan, which is based on the life of [[Guru Dutt]]. In 2015, Zakaria produced a children's film "Pinti Ka Sabun" for the [[Children's Film Society|Children's Film Society of India]]; (CFSI) this film is directed by Pramod Pathak.

In 2017, Arif was seen in [[Vikram Bhatt]]'s web series Spotlight - [[Web series]] as famous actor/director/producer Dev Bannerjee. Featured in the short film ''Aamad'' - written and directed by Neeraj Udhwani for the Terribly Tiny Tales web portal.

Arif Zakaria also worked in ''Raazi'', directed by [[Meghna Gulzar]], along with [[Alia Bhatt]] and [[Vicky Kaushal]] and the film ''Ahaan'', directed by first-time director Nikhil Pherwani; a tender story of a young man suffering from [[down syndrome]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Living in scary times for performance artistes': Arif Zakaria expresses concerns over audience's shrinking attention span|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/living-in-scary-times-for-performance-artistes-arif-zakaria-expresses-concerns-over-audiences-shrinking-attention-span-9478361.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He is slated to shoot for an English film ''[[Swords and Sceptres]]'', a re-telling of the story of the [[Rani of Jhansi]]. Plays the role of Gaus Khan. Shooting commenced from October 2017 in Jaipur. At present the actor is playing the role of Gen. Bakhtiyar in a romance-thriller series Qubool Hai 2.0 that will be streamed on all ZEE5 platform. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Karan Singh Grover and Surbhi Jyoti-starrer Qubool Hai 2.0 to stream on ZEE5|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/karan-singh-grover-and-surbhi-jyoti-starrer-qubool-hai-2-0-to-stream-on-zee5-7068782/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Qubool Hai 2.0’ Review: Romantic Thriller Sizzles With Chemistry|url=https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/qubool-hai-2-0-review-romantic-thriller-sizzles-with-chemistry/article_e364ef24-9305-11eb-b0dc-1fc43f7c5cf1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|1987
|''[[Chunauti]]''
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Mujrim Hazir]]''
|
|-
|1989
|[[Bhootnath (TV series)|''Bhootnath'']]
|
|-
|1996
|''Campus''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
|''Gaatha''
|
|-
|''[[Darmiyaan: In Between]]''
|Immi, Mahzuddin Khan, Sitara
|-
|1998
|''Dawn''
|
|-
|1999
|''Dhudh''
|
|-
|2010
|[[Adaalat]]
|Cannibal
|}

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1998
|''1947 Earth''
|Rustam Sethna
|
|-
|1999
|[[Sangharsh (1999 film)|''Sangharsh'']]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''Shirdi Sai Baba''
|Young Sai Baba
|
|-
|''[[Mitti (2001 film)|Mitti]]''
|Pahelwaan
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
|''[[Pyaasa (2002 film)|Pyaasa]]''
|Roshan Oberoi
|
|-
|''Refugee''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2003
|''[[The Hero: Love Story of a Spy]]''
|Karimuddin
|
|-
|''[[Footpath (2003 film)|Footpath]]''
|Shyam
|
|-
|''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]''
|Daryll
|
|-
|''Dance like a Man''
|Jairaj Parekh
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2004
|''[[Deewaar (2004 film)|Deewaar]]''
|Rajan
|
|-
|''[[Asambhav]]''
|Music Manager
|
|-
|''[[Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo]]''
|
|
|-
|''Silence Please...The Dressing Room''
|Inspector Victor Anthony
|
|-
|''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]]''
|Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''Gilli Gilli Atta''
|
|
|-
|''[[Home Delivery]]''
|Page 3 Psycho
|
|-
|2006
|''Banaras''
|Inspector Satpal Shukla
|
|-
|2007
|''Highway 203''
|Police Officer
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Aladin (film)|Aladin]]''
|Professor Abu Nazir
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
|''[[My Name Is Khan|My name is Khan]]''
|Dr. Faisal Rehman
|
|-
|''Rokk''
|Vishwatma
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Haunted – 3D|Haunted - 3D]]''
|Professor Iyer
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|''[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|Agent Vinod]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Jannat 2]]''
|Police Chief
|
|-
|''[[Jism 2]]''
|Guru Saldanah
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
|''[[Shootout at Wadala]]''
|Sadiq
|
|-
|''[[Lootera]]''
|Bajpai
|
|-
|''[[Krrish 3]]''
|Dr. Varun Shetty
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Darr @ the Mall]]''
|Manchanda
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Blue Mountains (2015 film)|Blue Mountains]]''
|Mr. Mathews
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016
|''[[Ishq Forever]]''
|
|
|-
|''Anna, Kisan Baburao Hazare''
|Master
|
|-
|''Pinti Ka Sabun''
|
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Poorna: Courage Has No Limit]]''
|Colonel Khan
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
|''[[Raazi]]''
|Abdul
|
|-
|''[[Nanak Shah Fakir]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''[[The Warrior Queen of Jhansi]]''
|Ghaus Khan
|
|-
|''[[War (2019 film)|War]]''
|Dr. Utpal Biswas
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Gul Makai]]''
|Sufi Mohammed
|
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Platform
|-
|2017
|[[Spotlight 2 (web series)|''Spotlight'']]
|Devv Benerjee
|[[Viu (streaming media)|Viu]]
|-
|2019
|''[[Leila (TV series)|Leila]]''
|Guru Ma
|[[Netflix]]
|-
|2021
|''[[Qubool Hai 2.0]]''
|Gen. Bakhtiyar
|[[ZEE5]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb person}}
* {{BH person|arif-zakaria}}

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[[Category:Male actors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Konkani Muslims]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]

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