Arshad Warsi was born on April 19, 1968 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and did his schooling at a boarding school, Barnes School, Deolali in Nashik district, Maharashtra. He was orphaned at the age of 14 and struggled for a living in Mumbai during his early days. He is an actor, dancer, film producer, television personality, choreographer and playback singer.Financial circumstances forced Warsi to start work as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman at age 17. Later he worked in a photo lab. Meanwhile, he had a keen interest in dancing and received an offer to join Akbar Sami’s Dance group in Mumbai, which started his dancing and choreographing career. He also assisted Mahesh Bhatt in Thikana (1987) and Kaash (1987). Then in 1991, he won the Indian dance competition, followed by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in 1992 World Dance championship, London, at the age of 21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, ‘Awesome’ with that money and also formed a dance troupe. It was here, his future wife, Maria Goretti, a St. Andrew’s College student joined him, before she became a VJ. He was also associated with English theater group in Mumbai, choreographing shows for Bharat Dabholkar and got an opportunity to choreograph the title track for the film, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). He made his screen debut with the 1996-film Tere Mere Sapne where he starred opposite Simran & Chandrachur Singh.
Arshad Warsi
Movies
Kabul Express
Suhel (John Abraham) and Jai (Arshad Warsi) – TV journalists from India in search of the ultimate news scoop, meeting the Taliban. Imran Khan Afridi (Salman Shahid) – a soldier of the hated and derided Taliban who needs to escape the wrath of the Afghans and run to his country,…
Rabba Main Kya Karoon
Double Dhamaal
After losing a huge sum to police officer Kabir Nayak, four slackers–Aditya Shrivastav, Boman Contractor, Manav Shrivastav, and Deshbandhu Roy–find themselves unemployed and broke. They come upon Kabir, who apparently lives a wealthy lifestyle now along with his wife Kamini, and sister Kiya. They intrude in his life, find out…
Kisse Pyaar Karoon
Mumbai-based collegian-slackers Sid(Arshad Warsi), John(Ashish Chodhry) and Amit(Yash Tonk) do graduate after several years, are unable to find employment, and form a Punjabi Rock Band with the help of a gangster, Munnabhai(Ashish Vidhyarthi). When John’s attempts to woo fellow-collegian, Natasha (Arti Chabria), go in vain, his buddies assist him in…
Krazzy 4
Employed with ‘We Care Rehabilitation Centre’ for the mentally challenged, wealthy Dr. Sonali Sanyal decides to take four patients, methodical Mukherjee; patriotic Gangadhar; Daboo who does not converse; and Raja, who has anger management issues, for an outing in her vehicle. Shortly thereafter hilarious chaos and panic will result at…
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders’ home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna’s sidekick, Circuit, while Munna…
Salaam Namaste
Falling in love. It’s very easy to do. Being in love–now that’s the tough part. Nick (Saif Ali Khan) is a chef; Ambar (Preity Zinta) is a radio jockey. They’re young, they’re cool, they’re independent, and together they make the PERFECT pair. Or do they? Surrounded by quirky friends, bosses,…
Sanju
Few lives in our times are as dramatic and enigmatic as the saga of Sanjay Dutt. Coming from a family of cinema legends, he himself became a film star, and then saw dizzying heights and darkest depths: adulation of die-hard fans, unending battles with various addictions, brushes with the underworld,…
Anthony Kaun Hai
Small-time crook, Champa Chaudhary alias ‘Champ’ forges passports, photographs, and deeds in Thailand. He is arrested by the Police, tried and sentenced to six months in jail, and this is where he meets a supposedly dumb and deaf inmate, Raghuvir Sharma, serving a life sentence of stealing diamonds. Champ finds…
Golmaal
Gopal,Laxman1,Madhav,Lucky and Laxman 2 live in orphanage of Jamnadas.One day they come across an abandoned baby outside the orphanage and name her Kushi.Gopal and Mahadav don’t get well with each other and often have fights.Gopal leaves the orphanage with Laxman 1 and Madhav also leaves with Lucky and Laxman 2.Years…
Simmba
Simmba is an orphan from Shivgadh from where our beloved Singham was born and raised. Contrary to the philosophies of Singham, Simmba believes that a Corrupt Officer’s life is an ideal life which inspires him to become one. While Simmba enjoys all the perks of being an immoral and unethical…
Golmaal 3
After selling fake examination papers to students, Madhav, Laxman and Lucky re-locate to Goa, and not only get into verbal & physical confrontations with Gopal and Laxman, but also ruin their jet-ski and fire-works businesses. Feeling threatened, they inform their bus-driver father, Pritam, who goes to confront Gopal and Laxman,…
Golmaal Returns
Obsessed with day-time TV soaps, Ekta Santoshi starts suspecting her husband, Gopal, of having an affair with an unknown woman. Not satisfied with his explanations, she decides to investigate, setting off a chain of hilarious events. These involve her dumb brother/hair-stylist, Lucky; her sister-in-law, Esha, who loves ACP Madhav Singh…
Guddu Rangeela
Based in the dusty plains of North India, Guddu Rangeela is a story about two cousins trying to make ends meet in the crime infested surroundings. Orchestra singers by day and informants by night, acquiring measly pay offs from the information provided to local gangsters about the richest families in…
Halla Bol
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…
Bhaiaji Superhit
The Legend of Michael Mishra
Michael Mishra, a kidnapper from Patna, falls for a girl, Varsha Shukla, at a very young age. He got arrested and sent to jail. After releasing from jail, he searched for her but couldn’t find her. He then finds her in a talent show. The story revolves around as to…
Songs
Hulchul
Angar Chand lives a wealthy lifestyle in a small town in India along with his wife, Parvati, and four sons, Balram, Kishan, Shakti and Jai. Since Balram is of marriageable age, he arranges his marriage with the daughter of Laxmi Devi, who decides to oppose this marriage. During the wedding…
Hum Tum Aur Ghost
Armaan’s (Arshad Warsi) life is picture perfect; a loving girlfriend and a great job as a fashion photographer. Yet things aren’t as perfect as they seem to be. He is a chronic patient of insomnia though his sleeplessness is not a function of a sleeping disorder. The truth is that…
Vaah Life Ho Toh Aisi
There are lots of Gods in Hindu India. One of the Gods is called Yama, or the God of death. In this case Yama is asked to bring in the lifeless body of a rich Indian called Aditya. Yama does so. On the way, Aditya soul pleads with him to…
Jolly LLB
Rajpal a top lawyer is defending Rahul Dewan son a business tycoon in a hit and run case.Jolly is a small time lawyer who comes to stay with his uncle in Delhi and consider’s Rajpal his idol.When he finds hi fellow lawyer has gained fame after filing a PIL in-court…
Dedh Ishqiya
Dedh Ishqiya is a 2014 Indian comedy thriller film. Out from jail, Khalujaan a.k.a Iftekhar (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) have stolen a necklace made of royal jewels and are on the run. They part ways and meet at the Majidabad palace, where Iftekhar is competing with Urdu poets…
Fun Facts
Father of Zeke Zidaan who was born on August 10, 2004 in Mumbai, India.
Daughter Zene Zoe Warsi. Born on May 02, 2007 at 08:42 a.m.
Step brother to actress Asha Sachdev. Arshad Warsi father name was Ahmed Ali Khan. He used the name Aashiq Hussain for his music/poetry career. Ahmed Ali Khan married actress Ranjana (Sachdev), (Raziyah). From this marriage Ahmed Ali Khan and Ranjana Sachdev had a son, singer Anwar Hussain and 2 daughters, Reshma and actress Asha Sachdev. Ahmed and Ranjana divorced in the early 60's. The daughters went to live with their mother. Ranjana went on to marry her lawyer Sachdev. That is when she officially became " Ranjana Sachdev"". When her daughter Asha decided to become a actress