
Arif Zakaria
Actor · b. 1966 · Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Arif Zakaria (born 11 November 1966) is an Indian actor. He has had roles in many films, beginning with his debut film Darmiyaan (1997), 1947 Earth (1998), Dance like a man (2004), and biographical projects such as Mardana and the controversial Nanak Shah Fakir. Arif Zakaria's uncle Rafiq Zakaria was a veteran politician from the Indian National Congress. His brother Asif Zakaria is also an INC politician and cousin Fareed Zakaria is an American journalist. Zakaria completed his graduation from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. Zakaria married Namrata Sharma, a Fashion Writer, in 2002. The couple divorced in 2010. Zakaria began acting in theatre while in college and later moved on to work in television and films. He acted in numerous television serials like Chunauti, Karambhoomi, Mrityudand, Dhund, Aarzoo, Campus, Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha, etc. Arif acted in diverse roles in films like Darmiyaan, Hero, Asambhav and Dance Like a Man (English). Zakaria travelled the globe since 2005 with the Australian musical show Merchants of Bollywood, performing major roles in the production across Europe, China, France, Poland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (the last season in Sydney in 2010). The actor portrayed Rustom Sethna in Deepa Mehta's Earth/1947 and Major Dhillon in Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero. He also appeared in Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Deewaar and the Shah Rukh Khan film My Name is Khan. In 2011, Arif played the ghost that haunts the female protagonist in Vikram Bhatt's Haunted and was appreciated for the ghastly portrayal of a piano teacher falling in love with his young student who gets murdered while making advances towards her and rapes her as a ghost, which forces her to commit suicide in the movie. He played the role of a police officer in Jism 2, starring Sunny Leone, appeared in Lootera and in Krrish 3 as Dr. Varun Shetty. Other releases of the actor are Dee Saturday Night, Darr At The Mall, Blue Mountain (all 2014) and Nanak Shah Fakir and Ishq Forever (both 2015). He is also acting in the play Gardish Mein Taare, directed by Saif Hyder Hasan, which is based on the life of Guru Dutt. In 2015, Zakaria produced a children's film "Pinti Ka Sabun" for the Children's Film Society of India; (CFSI) this film is directed by Pramod Pathak. In 2017, Arif was seen in Vikram Bhatt's web series Spotlight - Web series as famous actor/director/producer Dev Bannerjee. Featured in the short film Aamad - written and directed by Neeraj Udhwani for the Terribly Tiny Tales web portal. Arif Zakaria also worked in Raazi, directed by Meghna Gulzar, along with Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal and the film Ahaan, directed by first-time director Nikhil Pherwani; a tender story of a young man suffering from down syndrome. He is slated to shoot for an English film Swords and Sceptres, a re-telling of the story of the Rani of Jhansi. Plays the role of Gaus Khan. Shooting commenced from October 2017 in Jaipur. At present the actor is playing the role of Gen. Bakhtiyar in a romance-thriller series Qubool Hai 2.0 that will be streamed on all ZEE5 platform. Source: Article "Arif Zakaria" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies24
Movie8.0DramaRomanceRizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
My Name Is Khan
2010 · 1.5K votes
Movie6.9ComedyAdventureAjatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
2018 · 313 votes
Movie6.8ActionThrillerKhalid, entrusted with the task of eliminating former soldier turned rogue Kabir, engages in an epic battle with his mentor who taught him everything.
War
2019 · 393 votes
Movie5.0AdventureComedyTwo women embark on a rebellious motorcycle odyssey to Pondicherry - one seeking her lost mother, the other racing to uncover the truth behind a wedding. Laughter, chaos and sisterhood spark freedom, self-worth and eco-conscious living.
Heer Sara
2026 · 1 votes
Movie5.6ActionScience FictionKrrish and his father must team up to save the world from a psychokinetic evil man named Kaal and his army of mutants.
MovieDramaAffluent American couple visit Goa, India to re-assess their marriage and meet a local girl who instigates a confrontation between the two.
Movie7.5DramaHistoryAfter resigning from the presidential post of the Indian National Congress, Subhas Chandra Bose plays an important role in India's freedom struggle during World War II.
Bose: The Forgotten Hero
2005 · 11 votes
Movie6.4HistoryWarThe Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the mutiny of 1857. From Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, two-and- a half-centuries of East India Company rule will be reversed by its attempt to crush India’s Warrior Queen. Lakshmibai is known as one of the most prominent figures within the independence movement of India. The passion to free her province from colonial rule led this young woman to become one of the greatest generals of the Indian army, and to go down in history for her bravery, strategic acumen, and as a force to reckon with by the East India Company and the British Raj. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is the story of the woman who lived and fought for the freedom of her people.
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019 · 12 votes
Movie6.5ActionDramaAn Adivasi 13-year-old from Telangana becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest.
Poorna
2017 · 12 votes
Movie4.3ComedyRomanceA middle-aged pizza delivery man serves up more than just food to a young advice columnist who's having second thoughts about his engagement.
Movie7.3ThrillerDramaAn Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Movie6.6DramaRomanceIn 1947, the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Movie5.6ActionAdventureWhen the President of India is kidnapped by Kashmiri terrorists in Locarno, Switzerland, an Indian secret agent is sent to find him and set him free. With the help of an Indian singer he will make the "Impossible" to complete the mission.
Asambhav
2004 · 9 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaCA Keswani is arrested for bank fraud and forgery. Keswani hires Birbal, a lawyer, to fight his case. But Birbal realises that there's more to it than what meets the eye.
420 IPC
2021 · 3 votes
Movie4.1ThrillerA porn star is hired by a dashing intelligence officer as a 'honey-trap' for a dreaded assassin. She not only has to confront her bitter-sweet past, but is also forced to make an impossible choice - one that will put her own life in jeopardy.
Jism 2
2012 · 28 votes
Movie5.4DramaActionTwo friends of a man help him avenge his father's death. Years later, he reunites with his friends who have now become criminals. What they don't know, is that he is now an undercover cop.
Movie5.5ActionAdventureAgent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague. Terror strikes when he unfolds an even bigger conspiracy.
Movie6.6DramaActionA real-life story of additional chief mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill who helped in the rescue of people when a coal mine in Raniganj, West Bengal, was flooded. The incident dates back to 1989.
Movie6.0ComedyDramaJilted by his wife, a man with OCD finds eye-opening common ground and camaraderie with his neighbour, a young man with Down Syndrome.
Movie5.8HorrorFantasyA real estate agent traveling to a haunted mansion in Himachal Pradesh time-travels to 1936 to save a young woman from a rapist spirit who has kept her soul trapped in the house for decades.
MovieWarDramaFear is like an elastic band. You stretch the band inside of your mind and it keeps expanding, till one moment it snaps or you cut it for it to break. 'Gul Makai' is such a story, a story of courage that overcame fear and oppression. 'Gul Makai' accounts the courageous journey and struggle of Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai, from her humble upbringing in the Swat Valley to her becoming the champion for free education to all. 'Gul Makai' is a small tribute to this lion hearted girl who is in every essence a global citizen championing a cause that transcends boundaries, caste, religion and geography.
Gul Makai
2020
Movie8.0DramaNanak Shah Fakir is a biographical film on the life and teachings of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.
Nanak Shah Fakir
2014 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaActionMajor Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue mission to Pakistan and bring back his father who he has not seen since he was a child. Helping him on his mission is Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who had successfully escaped from the same prison. They steal, kill, and plan to get the prisoners out. This movie is inspired by the film The Great Escape.
Movie5.4RomanceDramaAn unnamed young man helps illegal refugees from India and Pakistan cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch.
Series8
TV8.2MysteryDramaThe series follows Himmat Singh of Research and Analysis Wing who draws similar patterns in terrorist attacks and is convinced a single person is behind all the attacks. His task force team of five agents living in various parts of the world aim to catch the mastermind. The story is based on an inspiration taken from nineteen years worth of national significant events.
TV7.0DramaWar & PoliticsAvrodh is a series of untold incidents where India was laid to a kind of siege, and had to tap into its bravest frontier heroes to investigate, save, protect and fight fearlessly for the country.
TV6.4War & PoliticsSci-Fi & FantasyIn the forgotten margins of the segregated communities of a dystopian future, a woman searches for the daughter that she lost upon her arrest years ago.
Leila
2019 · 27 votes
TVCrimeDramaSSP Samardeep, a feared encounter specialist, hides a broken past behind his ruthless image. Years ago, in his pursuit of revenge, he abandoned his informant DK’s brothers. Now In Jwalabad, as Munna, Tinnu, and Shaheen battle for a ₹180-crore tender, Samar joins forces with the ruthless Kabir—only to discover he is one of those lost children, forcing him to face his past.
Kaptaan
2026
TV8.2DramaWar & PoliticsFreedom at Midnight is the electrifying story of India's struggle for independence. Based on the bestselling book of the same name, it recounts the partition of India and Pakistan, and the religious and socio-political dynamics of the era.
Freedom at Midnight
2024 · 8 votes
TV8.0DramaIt is the story of Asad and Zoya -- two individuals who have surrendered to their ideals. One to the cause of his country, another to her duty towards her family.
Qubool Hai 2.0
2021 · 4 votes
TV5.0The story of famous bollywood actress, Sana Sanyal; her ups and down, her relationships, and the naked truth of Bollywood life.
Spotlight
2017 · 2 votes
- TVDrama
Cutting Pyaar is a series of love stories revolving around love and how different people view love and relationships.
Cutting Pyaar
2019