Asif Basra

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Asif Basra
Occupation Actor
Years active 2001–present

Asif Basra is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He is best known for his role in the American comedy film Outsourced.

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[edit] Career

He performed in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday and Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, which received much critical appreciation. He also appeared in Micheal O. Sajbeland's One Night with the King with veteran actors like Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole.[1]/ . He also played a role of Tailor in Hindi movie Lamhaa and he also played a role in Bollywood's 2010 top grossing 2010 film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoib's (Emraan Hashmi) Father.

[edit] Theatrical performance

Basra is also known for his theatrical performances from playing five different characters in Feroz Khan's production of Mahatma v/s Gandhi, a play is considered as one of the most successful in Indian theater. Other performances include a child with spina bifida in Main Bhi Superman and Horatio in Hamlet.[2]

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2003 Quicksand Airman
2004 Black Friday Shanawaz Qureshi
Ram Mohan
2005 Parzania
2006 Outsourced Purohit N. Virajnarianan
One Night with the King Cameo
Mixed Doubles Doctor
2007 Jab We Met Station vendor 1
2008 Tandoori Love T.V. Kumar
2009 Kushti Harilal
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Shoibs Dad . Police hawaldar
Lamhaa Tailor
Knock Out Police Inspector

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