Salim Ghouse
Introduction '''Salim Ghouse''' (10 January 1952 - 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films.
Early life Salim Ghouse was born in Chennai to a Muslim father and a Christian mother. He studied at the Christchurch School and the Presidency College in Chennai. He was also a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Career Salim Ghouse is known for his role in the TV series ''Subah'' and for playing Rama, Krishna and Tipu Sultan in Shyam Benegal's TV Series ''Bharat Ek Khoj''. He has also worked in TV serial ''Wagle Ki Duniya''.In 1989, he portrayed the villain in the Tamil film ''Vettri Vizhaa'', directed by Pratap Pothen as the rival to Kamal Haasan. He starred alongside Mohanlal in the classic Malayalam movie ''Thazhvaram'', directed by Bharathan. In 1993 he played the villain in Mani Ratnam's film ''Thiruda Thiruda''. He acted alongside Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in the 1997 film ''Koyla''.
Death Salim Ghouse died on Thursday 28 April 2022 at the age of 70 in Mumbai after suffering a cardiac arrest. His last rites were performed early on Thursday morning.
Filmography  Year  Film  Role  Language Notes 1978  ''Swarg Narak''  Student  Hindi  1981  ''Chakra''  Raghu   1984  ''Saaransh'' Gajanan Chitre's henchman  ''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' Promoter 2  1985  ''Trikal''  AghaatComrade Naidu1986  ''Amma''  Revolutionary Freedom Fighter (Uncredited Role)  1988  ''The Deceivers'' Piroo  English  ''The Perfect Murder'' Caste-Marks Goonda   1989  ''Vettri Vizhaa''  Zinda  Tamil  ''Mujrim''  Africa assassinator  Hindi  ''Suryaa: An Awakening''  Ramu Gulzar  Hindi  1990  ''Thazhvaram''  Raju / Raghavan  Malayalam 1992 ''Antham'' Inspector Kannabiran  Telugu Bilingual film ''Drohi'' Hindi''Zulm Ki Hukumat'' Police Inspector Suryavanshi  ''Chinna Gounder''  Sakkarai Gounder Tamil ''Magudam''  Thillainathan  ''Senthamizh Paattu''  Rajarathnam  1993 ''Aakanksha''  Arjun Singh  Hindi  ''Rakshana''  Chinna  Telugu  ''Dharma Seelan''  Pradeep Chakravarthi  Tamil  ''Thiruda Thiruda''  T. T. Vikram  Tamil  1994  ''Mugguru Monagallu''   Telugu  ''Seeman''  Masanam Tamil  1996  ''Sardari Begum''  Sen  Urdu/Hindi  1997  ''Koyla''  Brijwa Hindi  ''Shapath''  Lankeshwar  1998  ''Maharaja''   Ranvir Singh  ''Soldier''  Jaswant Dalal / DK  2000  ''Badal''  Rajbeer  2001  ''Aks''  Blind Guru  ''Indian''  Francis 2002  ''Red''  Srini  Tamil  2005  ''Udayon''  Perumal  Malayalam  ''Daas''  Vappa  Tamil  ''Missed Call''  Arindam Kumar Sengputa  Hindi  ''Chanakya''  Police commissioner  Tamil  2009  ''Vettaikaaran''  Vedhanayagam  Tamil  2010  ''Well Done Abba''  Janarthan Reddy  Hindi  2022''Kaa''   Tamil ===Television=== Year  Series  Role  Language Notes 1984  ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi''  Venkat  Hindi 1987  ''Subah''   Bharat  Hindi  1988  ''Bharat Ek Khoj''  Various characters  Hindi  1998  ''X Zone''    Hindi  2014  ''Samvidhaan''   V. I. Munswamy Pillay  Hindi/English ===Dubbing roles=== Year  Film title  Character  Actor  Dub Language  Notes 1995  ''The Lion King''  Scar  Jeremy Irons (voice)  Hindi  2000 ''Sudhandhiram''  Sopraj  Sharat Saxena  Tamil2006 ''300'' King Leonidas  Gerard Butler  Hindi
References
External links * *  Salim Ghouse at Bollywood Hungama