Asif Basra
Introduction '''Asif Basra''' (27 July 196712 November 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bollywood films and TV serials. He is best known to Western audiences for his role in ''Outsourced''. He also appeared in many other films. Basra died of suicide by hanging in 2020.
Early life and education Basra was born on 27 July 1967 in Amravati, Maharashtra, India. In 1989, he moved to Mumbai and attended Mumbai University, and acted in college productions. He regularly won prizes for the characters he played in college time. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree of Physics.
Acting career Basra performed in Anurag Kashyap's ''Black Friday'' and Rahul Dholakia's ''Parzania'', which received much critical appreciation. He appeared in Michael O. Sajbeland's ''One Night with the King'' with veteran actors like Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole. He played a tailor in the Hindi movie ''Lamhaa''; he was in Bollywood's 2010 top-grossing film ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' as Shoaib's (Emraan Hashmi) father. Basra was also known for his theatrical performances from playing five characters in Feroz Abbas Khan's production of ''Mahatma v/s Gandhi''. Other performances include a child with spina bifida in ''Main Bhi Superman'' and Horatio in ''Hamlet''.In 2020, Basra appeared in two web series: ''Paatal Lok'' streamed on Amazon Prime and ''Hostages'' on Hotstar. He worked in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Malayalam films. He was last seen in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video web series ''The Family Man'' which released on 4 June in 2021.
Death Basra was found hanging in a private complex in McLeod Ganj, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2020.The investigation did not reach anywhere and the case was closed .===Film=== Year Film/television Role Notes Ref1998''Woh'' History Teacher Omkarnath Dikshit Hindi film debut2003''Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula''Aakash''Quicksand'' Airman 2004 ''Black Friday'' Shanawaz Qureshi''Love in Nepal'' Ram Nath Mohan 2005 ''Parzania'' Premiered at 36th India International Film Festival, Goa  2006 ''Outsourced'' Puro 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 ''Chal Chala Chal'' Harilal 2010 ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' Shoaib's dad''Lamhaa'' Driver ''Knock Out'' Police Inspector''Kushti'' Post Master  2013 ''Kai Po Che'' Ali's father ''The Attacks of 26/11'' Taxi Driver ''Krrish 3'' Dr. Alok Sen 2014 ''Ek Villain'' Aadesh Varma ''Manjunath'' Devendra''Anjaan'' Rajiv  Tamil film2016 ''Wrong Side Raju''  Amitabh Shah Gujarati film ''Freaky Ali''  Kishan Lal2017 ''Saanjh''  Sanju's Father Himachali ''Sheitaan''''Islamic Exorcist''Exorcist2018 ''Kaalakaandi'' Raza Arif ''Hichki'' Shyamlal, peon ''Fanney Khan'' Vivek Sir, Producer2019 ''The Tashkent Files'' Media Company, Boss ''Satellite Shankar'' Cab Driver ''P Se Pyaar F Se Faraar'' Sompal Singh2020 ''Big Brother''  Muthan  Malayalam film2021 ''Sooryavanshi''  Rafique Posthumous release ===Web series=== Year Film/television Role Network Notes Refs2018RangbaazSI Bhangwan MishraZee52020 ''Paatal Lok''  Jai MalikAmazon Prime Video   ''Hostages''  Asghar NabiDisney+ Hotstar  2021The Family Man (Season 2)CounsellorAmazon Prime VideoPosthumously releasedReleased on  3 June 2021
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