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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-05-15 (102 years old)

Place of Birth

Usia Dildarnagar, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, British India

Nazir Hussain

Biography:

Nazir Hussain, also credited as Nasir Hussain (15 May 1922 – 16 October 1987) was an Indian film actor, director and screenwriter. He was famous as a character actor in Hindi Cinema and acted in almost 500 films. Dev Anand starred in a large proportion of the films he acted in.

Known For

Acting

1983

Faraib as Mr. Khanna

1982

1980

Abdullah as Blind Man
Kali Ghata as Rai Bahadur Satpal Singh
Garam Khoon as Mr Sood
The Burning Train as Mr. Verma

1978

1977

Dhoop Chhaon as Choudhary
Aafat as Din Dayal
Agent Vinod as Ashok Saxena
Amar Akbar Anthony as Catholic Priest

1976

Bairaag as Priest

1975

Qaid as Rai Bahadur Tulsinath

1974

Prem Nagar as Lata's Father

1973

Heera as Magistrate (Heera's dad)

1972

Mere Jeevan Saathi as Lalaji (Jyoti's Father)
Sanjog as Seema's Father
Bombay to Goa as Atmaram (Mala's Father)

1971

Sharmeelee as Father Joseph
Kati Patang as Diwan Dinanath

1970

Samaj Ko Badal Dalo as Satyanarayan
Humjoli as Roopa's dad
Abhinetri as Dr. Niranjan Das
Geet as Dindayal

1969

Khamoshi as Dr. Colonel Saab
Jahan Pyar Miley as Mr. Diwan Bahadur

1968

Dil Aur Mohabbat as Police Commissioner G.P. Varma
Aulad as Dinu

1967

Ram Aur Shyam as ded Andzhany
Palki as Jafferbhai Godiwala
Chandan Ka Palna as Harikishan Rai

1966

Tasveer as Baba

1965

Mere Sanam as Mr. Mehra
Arzoo as Diwan Kishan Kishore
Bhoot Bungla as Shyamlal

1964

Aap Ki Parchhaiyan as Dinanath Chopra
Shagoon as Rai Saheb
Ayee Milan Ki Bela as Mr. Choudhry
Ganga Ki Lahren as Diwan Saab(Ashok's father)

1963

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya as Master Ramdas
Hamrahi as Public Prosecutor Dharamdas
Dil Hi To Hai as Khan Bahadur

1962

Asli Naqli as Dwarkadas

1961

Chhaya as Seth Jagatnarayan Chaudhary
Gunga Jumna as Police Superintendent

1960

The Test as Nivaran / Postmaster
Shriman Satyawadi as Champalal

1959

Main Nashe Mein Hoon as Dharam Das Khanna
Kangan as Mohan Das

1958

Aakhri Dao as Dharam Das
Yahudi as Brutus
Parvarish as Thakur Jaswant Singh

1957

Musafir as Madhav

1956

Aawaz as Mr. Bhatnagar / Masterji

1955

1953

Jeevan Jyoti as Dr. Abdul Hamid
Two Acres of Land as Rickshaw Puller
Parineeta as Gurcharan Babu

1952

Maa as Bhanu's & Raju's dad

1949

Mahal as Kamini's father

Directing

1979

Balam Pardesia as Director

1959

Dil Deke Dekho as Director

Writing

1963

Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram as Screenplay