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Danish Husain is the stage name of Murtaza Danish Husaini, an Indian actor, storyteller, poet[1] and theatre director.[2][3] He has also been credited as Dan Husain[4] and Murtaza Danish Husain.[5]

Early life, family and education

Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family.[3] His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University.[3] His father was an economist.[3]

Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management.[3]

Career

Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old.[3]

Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi,[5][1] and in 2016 developed Qissebaazi, multilingual storytelling.[3][6] His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory.[3][1]

He has performed in many feature films, including Dhobi Ghat (2010), Peepli Live (2010),[6] Newton (2017), and Soorma (2018). He has also acted in televisions series, such as Taj Mahal 1989 (2020),[7] Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021)[8] and Bard of Blood (2019).[9][10]

Personal life

Husain resides in Mumbai.[3]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Peepli Live	Vijay Ranjan Prasad
2010	Dhobi Ghat	Salim
2013	Ankhon Dekhi	Gopi
2015	Welcome 2 Karachi	Pakistani Minister
2017	Newton	DIG Police
2018	Soorma	Kartar Singh (coach)
2019	Baazaar	Dubey
2020	Mee Raqsam	Salim
2020	Jai Mummy Di	Gurpal Bhalla
2021	Bansuri: The Flute	Albert Rozario
2022	Dasvi	Rai Bareli	Film released on Netflix

Web-series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Bard of Blood	Mullah Khalid
2019	Taj Mahal 1989	Sudhakar Mishra
2020	Hostages	Arjun Bhasin
2021	Bombay Begums	Naushad Irani
2022	Tanaav

References

External links

• Danish Husain on Facebook
• Danish Husain on Twitter
• Danish Husain on Instagram
• Danish Husain at IMDb

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