1. Adil Hussain received National Film Awards at the 64th National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki.
16 Facts About Adil Hussain
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Adil Hussain has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films.
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Adil Hussain's ancestors had traditionally been appointed as private tutors, known as Khandkar, to the Mughal Emperors.
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Adil Hussain left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian.
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Adil Hussain mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local stand-up comedian group, the Bhaya Mama Group.
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Adil Hussain worked as a stand-up comedian for six years, joined a mobile theatre and did some local cinema, before moving to Delhi, where he studied at National School of Drama.
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Adil Hussain studied at the Drama Studio London on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship.
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Adil Hussain started his stage career in Delhi, though he continued training under Khalid Tyabji.
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Adil Hussain remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in Hampi from 2004 to 2007, and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, The Hague.
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Adil Hussain is a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama.
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Adil Hussain next appeared alongside Sridevi in the comedy drama English Vinglish, and received critical acclaim for his role in Lessons in Forgetting at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest.
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Adil Hussain opened 2014 with the Assamese film Raag: The Rhythm of Love playing Iqbal, which marked his first Assamese film in a lead role.
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Adil Hussain had his maximum number of film appearances in 2015 as he had releases in English, Hindi, Bengali and his first Tamil and Marathi movies.
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In 2022, Adil Hussain became the first-ever personality to hoist the Indian National Flag in the Metaverse at the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' Metaverse event organised by Piro Space.
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In 2013, after having conducted a film workshop at University Film Club, Aligarh Muslim University, Adil Hussain was granted a lifetime membership in the university's film club.
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Adil Hussain ended up tightly hugging her, much to her and the audience's shock, instead of "killing" her as per the script, thus forcing the curtains to be brought down immediately.