Anwar Hussain (actor)

Film

Birthday November 11, 1925

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

DEATH DATE 1988, Bombay, Maharashtra, India (63 years old)

Nationality India

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1925

Anwar Hussain (11 November 1925 – 1 January 1988) was an Indian actor and producer.

1940

He was a popular character actor from the 1940s to 1982 and acted in over 200 Bollywood films.

1961

Some of his best known roles are from Ab Dilli Dur Nahin, Gunga Jumna (1961), Shaheed, Baharon Ke Sapne, Victoria No. 203 (1972), Chori Mera Kaam, Loafer, Gaddar, Rafoo Chakkar and Jail Yatra.

He was the son of singer-turned director Jaddanbai and thus, maternal half-brother to noted actress Nargis Dutt and Akhtar Hussain.

1981

Hussain is also known for his role in Rocky (1981) with his nephew Sanjay Dutt.

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