Asif Basra was an Indian film and theatre actor. He has appeared in several international English-language productions, such as the acclaimed 2006 movie Outsourced (United States), Tandoori Love (Switzerland/ Germany) and One Night with the King (United States) with Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole.Asif has starred in a number of popular Hindi movies, including Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Jab We Met and Kai Po Che. His performance in Rahul Dholakia’s Parzania received much critical acclaim. In 2014, he starred in the Tamil film Anjaan, and most recently he has acted alongside Ranbir Kapoor in his new film Roy. He also worked in the first Himachali language film Saanjh.Asif has also worked with some of India’s leading directors, including Anurag Kashyap on his film Black Friday. Other film roles have included playing the tailor in Hindi movie Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir and a fakir in Janaki Vishwanathan’s Yeh Hai Bakrapur.Asif has starred in many plays in India and abroad, performing in English, Hindi and Urdu theatre productions. He toured India, the United States, the UK and Dubai playing five characters in Feroz Khan’s production of Mahatma V/s Gandhi. He performed the title role in Manav Kaul’s acclaimed Mamtaz Bhai Patang Waale, and played a 12-year old child with Spina Bifida in Main Bhi Superman.Asif Basra was born in Amravati on 27th July 1967. In 1989 he moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career, and continues to live and work there. On 12 November 2020, he was found hanging in his apartment in Dharamshala with the causes of his suicide being investigated.
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Movies
Kai Po Che
The story goes around the three friends who start a business, also providing coaching classes and tuition. Omi asks for help with his uncle, who is also a political leader, to start this business. Govind provides tuition classes to some children and Ishaan gives cricket coaching. They come to meet…
Dus Tola
Inspired by the folk tales passed on from one generation to another, ‘Dus Tola’ is a simply told story of victory of goodness over greed. The story is set in Sonapur, a quaint little town that has its share of eccentrics. Shankar (Manoj Bajpayee), the local goldsmith, is head-over-heels in…
Lamhaa
Indian Military Intelligence assigns their agent, Vikram Sabharwal, to travel to Kashmir. There he is to locate the person(s) behind the violence, under the guise of a press reporter, Gul Jahangir. Once there, he begins his investigation by visiting highly sensitive areas as such as the Jama Masjid, Dardpura Village…
Anjaan
Raju ‘Bhai’ & Chandru head a thriving gang in Mumbai, taking on & decimating all those who oppose them. When the story of their success reaches the ears of the dreaded don, Imran Bhai, they face his inevitable wrath. It is now up to Krishna, the brother of Raju Bhai,…
My Friend Pinto
Twenty-something Michael Pinto has grown up in a small Goan village, believing everyone in the world to be simple, kind and honest, just like him. His world revolves around a doting mother, a passion for music and the memories of a childhood friend, Sameer, who left Goa for Mumbai many…
Chal Chala Chal
Pune-based widower Omkar Nath used to work as a Headmaster with a local school. When he was fired, his son, Deepak, hired a lawyer to sue the school. The school was represented by none other than Omkar’s live-in son-in-law, Vinayak Agrawal. After some years the Court finally came to a…
Jab We Met
Depressed after the passing of his father (Dharamraj) and a ditching by his gorgeous girlfriend, Mumbai-based businessman Aditya Kashyap takes a BEST bus, goes to the Chatrapati Shivaji Train Terminus, and boards a train. There he meets Geet Kaur Dhillon, who is returning home to Bhatinda, and who pays for…
Fun Facts
Resembles famous Hindi Lyricist Gulshan Bawra.