Asif Basra

Asif Basra
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Asif Basra is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He is best known for his role in the American comedy film Outsourced.

Career

He performed in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday and Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, which received much critical appreciation. He also appeared in Michael O. Sajbeland's One Night with the King with veteran actors like Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole./ . He also played a role of Tailor in Hindi movie Lamhaa and he also played a role in Bollywood's 2010 top grossing 2010 film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoib's (Emraan Hashmi) Father.

Theatrical performance

Basra is also known for his theatrical performances from playing five different characters in Feroz Khan's production of Mahatma v/s Gandhi, a play is considered as one of the most successful in Indian theater. Other performances include a child with spina bifida in Main Bhi Superman and Horatio in Hamlet. Love in Nepal (Hindi)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Quicksand	Airman
2004	Black Friday	Shanawaz Qureshi
	Love in Nepal (Tamil)	Ram Mohan
2005	Parzania
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	Shoibs Dad . Police hawaldar
	Lamhaa	Tailor
	Knock Out	Police Inspector
2013	Kai Po Che	Ali's father
	Krrish 3	Dr. Alok Sen
2014	Ek Villain	Aisha's father
	Manjunath (Film)	Devendra

External links

• Asif Basra at the Internet Movie Database
• asifbasra.com