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{{Short description|Indian actor (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Imran Zahid
| image = Imran Zahid.JPG
| caption = Imran Zahid
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|01|11}}
| birth_place = Bokaro Steel City, [[Bokaro district]], [[Jharkhand]]
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| years active = 2010–present
}}

'''Imran Zahid''' (born 11 January 1982) is an Indian actor in both theatre and [[Bollywood]]. He has acted in [[Mahesh Bhatt]]'s ''The Last Salute'', based on Iraqi journalist [[Muntadhar al-Zaidi]]'s book of the same title and the stageplay ''The Arth'', based on Bhatt's movie ''[[Arth (film)|Arth]]''. His latest play was ''Daddy'' based on Bhatt's movie of the same name.

==Early life==
Imran Zahid was born in Bokaro Steel City, [[Bokaro district]] of [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-05-07 |title=Bokaro actor is a don with a difference
|work=Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/bokaro-actor-is-a-don-with-a-difference/cid/421568#goog_rewarded |access-date=2023-08-18 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

He began acting while at [[DAV Public School, Sector IV]] in Bokaro Steel City. He then attended [[Hindu College, University of Delhi|Hindu College, Delhi University]], from where he got a B.Com degree.<ref name="toi20101213">{{cite news |title=Political stories in B'wood |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-14/news-interviews/28265939_1_tapas-ranjan-saha-bollywood-compulsions-imaginary-activist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105040113/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-14/news-interviews/28265939_1_tapas-ranjan-saha-bollywood-compulsions-imaginary-activist |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2012 |first=Arpita |last=Nath |date=14 December 2010 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="tele20100616">{{cite news |title=Bokaro boy gets ticket to Bollywood |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100616/jsp/jharkhand/story_12570841.jsp |first=Rudra |last=Vishwas |date=16 June 2010 |accessdate=5 April 2011 |newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta) |location=Calcutta, India |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416034917/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100616/jsp/jharkhand/story_12570841.jsp }}</ref>

==Acting==
While at university Zahid became involved with a theatre group run by [[Arvind Gaur]].<ref name="tele20100616"/> He continued acting while being employed as a professor.<ref name="pioneer20100629">{{cite news |title=Real to real |url=http://dailypioneer.com/265623/Real-to-Reel.html |publisher=The Pioneer |agency=ASRP Mukesh |date=29 June 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415113241/http://dailypioneer.com/265623/Real-to-Reel.html |archivedate=15 April 2011 |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref>

Zahid has said that he had neither the desire nor the need to work in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="pioneer20100629"/> It had been announced in 2010 that he would act in the lead role for ''Chandu'', a film by Mahesh Bhatt about [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] student leader and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]] member [[Chandrashekhar Prasad]], who was shot dead on 31 March 1997 during a political rally.<ref name="toi20101213"/> He had met Bhatt at a conference in [[Dubai]] in 2007 and it was then that Bhatt asked him to take part in the film.<ref name="pioneer20100629"/> The proposed film attracted criticism from students at the university.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=CNN - IBN |title=Film on Chandrashekhar Prasad in trouble |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/film-on-chandrashekhar-prasad-in-trouble/115004-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416080310/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/film-on-chandrashekhar-prasad-in-trouble/115004-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2011 |first=Tridip |last=Mandal |date=10 May 2010 |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> In 2013, the project was scrapped due to opposition to its production and concerns of potential legal hurdles as a result of the cases related to the assassination being [[sub judice]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/archives/metro/film-on-jnu-leader-scrapped-director-302749.html|title=Film on JNU leader scrapped: Director|date=2013-02-12|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> The project was revived in 2016 and is currently under production.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/biopic-on-slain-jnu-leader-chandrashekhar-prasad-to-be-revived-116022000435_1.html|title=Biopic on slain JNU leader Chandrashekhar Prasad to be revived|date=2016-02-20|work=[[Business Standard India]]|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>

He played the role of [[Muntadhar al-Zaidi|Muntadhar Al Zaidi]] in ''The Last Salute'', Bhatt's production based on the shoe-hurling incident involving [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Gulf News |url=http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/mahesh-bhatt-talks-about-the-last-salute-1.751405 |first=Jyoti |last=Kalsi |date=25 January 2011 |title=Mahesh Bhatt talks about 'The Last Salute' |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> Bhatt has proposed to make a film of it with Zahid reprising the role.<ref name="TOI20110520">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/news-interviews/29563773_1_imran-zahid-mahesh-bhatt-zaidi | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820014857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/news-interviews/29563773_1_imran-zahid-mahesh-bhatt-zaidi | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 August 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Mahesh may show is play in Kolkata | date=20 May 2011}}</ref>

It was announced that Zahid would act in Bhatt's Bollywood film ''[[Jannat 2]]'' but he subsequently pulled out of the role in favour of playing the part of a narcotics detective in another Bhatt film, ''[[Jism 2]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-17/news-interviews/31202185_1_jism-imran-zahid-bhatt-camp |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120722084502/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-17/news-interviews/31202185_1_jism-imran-zahid-bhatt-camp |url-status= dead |archive-date= 22 July 2012 |title= I play a narcotics sleuth in Jism-2 Imran Zahid |date=12 March 2012 |first=Renu |last=Singh |work= [[The Times of India]] |accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref>

Zahid played the role of the protagonist - a journalist investigating atrocities - in a Bhatt-produced play, ''[[Trial of Errors]]'', that opened on 29 March 2013 in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Zee News |url= http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/review-now-communalism-and-counter-insurgency-ops-on-stage_131062.htm |title=Review: Now, communalism and counter-insurgency ops on stage |date=30 March 2013 |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=The India Awaaz |url= http://theindianawaaz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11908&catid=38 |title= Imran Zahid gets applaud in Mahesh Bhatt's 'Trial of Error' |date=30 March 2013 |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref>

Zahid played the lead role in a stage adaptation of Bhatt of his movie, ''Arth''.<ref>{{cite news |work= The Hindu |url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/arth-stages-a-comeback/article4966014.ece |title=Arth stages a comeback |date=29 July 2013 |author=Madhur Tankha |accessdate= 1 August 2013 }}</ref> Zahid also played the lead role of the father in Mahesh Bhatt theatrical adaptation of his film ''[[Daddy (1989 film)|Daddy]]''.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Outlook |url= http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Mahesh-Bhatt-Pooja-Bhatt-Stage-Daddy-Play/853555 |title=Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt Stage 'Daddy' Play |date=6 August 2014 |agency=PTI |accessdate= 14 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=Gulf News |url= http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/india/bollywood/when-the-bhatts-were-moved-to-tears-1.1369861 |title=When the Bhatts were moved to tears |date=9 August 2014 |agency=IANS |accessdate= 14 August 2014 }}</ref> Zahid will play the lead role in a remake of Bhatt autobiographical movie, ''[[Janam (1985 film)|Janam]]''.<ref>{{cite news |work= The Times of India |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Imran-Zahid-bags-lead-role-in-Janam-remake/articleshow/43141535.cms |title=Imran Zahid bags lead role in Janam remake |date=22 September 2014 |accessdate= 25 September 2014 }}</ref>

He additionally played the lead role in stage adaptation of bhatt's self-portraying movie [[Hamari Adhuri Kahani]] in which Bhatt has sung a cover version of the title track for this play and actor Zahid cheered for his depiction as lead actor.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=DNA |url= http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hamari-adhuri-kahani-book-film-and-now-play-2098220|title= Hamari Adhuri Kahani : Book, film and now, play!|date=24 June 2015 |first=subhash |last=k Jha |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Indian Express|url= http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mahesh-bhatt-to-sing-for-hamari-adhuri-kahani-play/|title= Mahesh Bhatt to sing for 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' play|date=25 July 2015 |first=IANS |last=Mumbai |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/Arvind-Kejriwal-Manish-Sisodia-and-Kumar-Vishwas-watch-the-theatrical-adaptation-of-Hamari-Adhuri-Kahani/articleshow/48424815. |title= Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas watch the theatrical adaptation of Hamari Adhuri Kahani |date=11 August 2015 |first=Pratyush |last=Patra |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India|url= http://www.millenniumpost.in/intriguing-love-triangle-100454?NID=144187|title= Intriguing love triangle|date=6 August 2015 |first=Pooja|last=Banerjee |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Millennium Post|url= http://www.mid-day.com/articles/filmmaker-mahesh-bhatts-life-to-premiere-on-stage-in-mumbai/16786157 |title= Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's life to premiere on stage in Mumbai |date=19 December 2015 |first=Suprita |last=Mitter |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, Zahid played the part of Protheus in an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]''.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/delhi/Verona-becomes-Delhi-in-Shakespeares-desi-adaptation/articleshow/51979744.cms|title= Verona becomes Delhi in Shakespeare's desi adaptation|date=6 August 2015 |first=Abhimanyu|last=Mathur |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Deccan Herald|url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/541661/theatre-gives-actors-second-chance.html |title= Theatre gives actors a second chance|date=21 April 2016 |first=Shweta|last=Sharma |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=Aman ki asha |url= http://amankiasha.com/?p=6012|title= A Pakistani brings an Indian play to Singapore|date=28 August 2016 |first=Aman|last=ki Asha |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Millennium Post|url= http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhis-tribute-to-the-bard-141334?NID=267287|title= Delhi's tribute to Bard|date=1 May 2016 |first=Pooja|last=Banerjee |accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref>

==Recognition==
The ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' has said that {{blockquote|Imran Zahid, Mahesh Bhatt's latest discovery, surprises you in more than one way. First, he's not a regular newcomer who's bitten by the 'ambition' bug; he wants to rather fly very very slow with the support of his mentor Mahesh Bhatt. Second he's still based in Delhi, despite having reportedly securing two big films Bollywood films; and third he has a composure of a veteran who's been there and seen it all.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema-interviews/Imran-Zahid-From-classroom-to-cinema/Article1-629959.aspx#disqus_thread |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127161212/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cinema-interviews/Imran-Zahid-From-classroom-to-cinema/Article1-629959.aspx#disqus_thread |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2010 |title=Imran Zahid: from classroom to cinema |date=23 November 2010 |first=Parmita |last=Uniyal |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref>}}

==Personal life==
Zahid has said that his preference is to have an [[arranged marriage]] and that {{as of|2010|lc=on}} he was not dating.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times of India |location=Delhi |date=12 June 2010 |pages=31 |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=Q0FQLzIwMTAvMDYvMTIjQXIwMzAwMA%3D%3D |first=Eram |last=Agha |access-date=5 April 2011 |title=Homework in JNU}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!class="unsortable"| Notes
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
|scope="row"| ''[[Jannat 2]]''
| Inspector Vijay Thakur
| Debut film
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Releases |first=Press |date=2012-04-05 |title=More on Emraan Hashmi’s Jannat 2 |url=https://bollyspice.com/more-on-emraan-hashmis-jannat-2/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=BollySpice.com - The latest movies, interviews in Bollywood |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Jism 2]]''
| a Narcotics Detective and Kabir's assistant
| [[Hindi film]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-29 |title=Excited, but nervous about 'Jism 2': Imran Zahid |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/238023/excited-nervous-jism-2-imran.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain (film)|Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain]]
|Ravi
|[[Hindi film]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-19 |title=Review: 'Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain': A calibrated primer of good marriage |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/19/05/2018/Review-Angrezi-Mein-Kehte-Hain-A-calibrated-primer-of-good-marriage |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=thepeninsulaqatar.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|Marksheet
|Ranjit Don
|Hindi film
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2019-04-30 |title=Mahesh Bhatt unveils the first look of Imran Zahid's movie Marksheet {{!}} Bollywood News – India TV |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood-mahesh-bhatt-unveils-the-first-look-of-imran-zahid-s-movie-marksheet-517259 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=न्यूज़ |first=एबीपी |date=2019-05-03 |title='मार्कशीट' का First Look रिलीज, इमरान जाहिद कर रहे हैं बॉलीवुड डेब्यू |url=https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/mahesh-bhatt-upcoming-film-marksheet-first-look-released-1120387 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (2023 film)|Ab Dilli Dur Nahin]]
|Lead role as Abhay Shukla
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-18 |title=फिल्म रिव्यू : ‘अब दिल्ली दूर नहीं’ अभिनेता इमरान ज़ाहिद और श्रुति सोढ़ी की फिल्म युवाओ में आईएएस बनने का जोश भर रही है |url=https://www.indianazar.com/2023/05/18/film-review-ab-dilli-door-nahi-starring-imran-zahid-and-shruti-sodhi-ignites-the-spirit-of-becoming-an-ias-among-the-youth/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=India Nazar |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=रेखा |first=पवन |date=2023-05-18 |title=दिलचस्प है Imran Zahid का सफर, सक्सेज पर बोले- शिद्दत से काम किया |url=https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/imran-zahid-talks-about-ab-dilli-dur-nahin-success-challenges-and-audience-response-mahesh-bhatt-dinesh-gautam-2409409 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref>
|}

=== Telivision ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!class="unsortable"| Notes
!class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|2014-2015
| Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali
|Sudhakar Pathak
|Debut Serial
|
|-
|}

==References==
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Imran Zahid - Revision history

Zachary99B at 21:32, 18 November 2025