Asif Basra is an Indian film, television

Television

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 and theater actor. He is best known for his role in the American comedy film Outsourced

Outsourced

Outsourced is a romantic comedy film, directed by John Jeffcoat, released in 2006.-Plot:When Todd Anderson's job and entire department are outsourced, he reluctantly travels to India to train his replacement...

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Career

He performed in Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap (director)

Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...

's Black Friday and Rahul Dholakia

Rahul Dholakia

Rahul Dholakia is an Indian film director-producer-screenwriter, most known for his National Film Award winning film, Parzania , prior to which he also made documentaries like Teenage Parents and New York Taxi Drivers.-Early life and education:Born in Mumbai, to Raksha and Parry Dholakia, an...

's Parzania

Parzania

Parzania is a 2007 Indian drama film co-written and directed by Rahul Dholakia; David N. Donihue is the other co-writer. The film featured Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika in the lead roles, while Corin Nemec and Raj Zutshi played supporting roles...

, which received much critical appreciation. He also appeared in Micheal O. Sajbeland's One Night With the King

One Night with the King

One Night with the King is a historical epic film that was released in 2006 in the United States. Based on the novel Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen, One Night with the King is a dramatization of the Old Testament Bible story of Esther, who risked her life by...

with veteran actors like Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

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 and Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole is an Irish actor of stage and screen. O'Toole achieved stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia, and then went on to become a highly-honoured film and stage actor. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, and holds the record for most...

./ . He also Played a role of Tailor in Hindi Movie lamha and he also played a role in bollywood's 2010 top grossing movie (2010 film) |Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai' as Shoib's Imran Hashmi Father.

Theatrical performance

Basra is also known for his theatrical performances from playing five different characters in Feroz Khan

Feroz Khan

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'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 spinal bifida in Main Bhi Superman and Horatio

Horatio (character)

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 in Hamlet

Hamlet

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.

Filmography

Love in Nepal

Love in Nepal

Love in Nepal is a 2004 Hindi romantic comedy and thriller film directed by Rajat Mukherjee, who had earlier directed Road_ for Ram Gopal Verma. Unlike Sonu Nigam in the male lead, who is otherwise a well known Bollywood playback singer, the film has a virtually unknown star cast which includes...

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	Quicksand	Airman
2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...	Black Friday	Shanawaz Qureshi
	Ram Mohan
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Parzania Parzania Parzania is a 2007 Indian drama film co-written and directed by Rahul Dholakia; David N. Donihue is the other co-writer. The film featured Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika in the lead roles, while Corin Nemec and Raj Zutshi played supporting roles...
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Outsourced Outsourced Outsourced is a romantic comedy film, directed by John Jeffcoat, released in 2006.-Plot:When Todd Anderson's job and entire department are outsourced, he reluctantly travels to India to train his replacement...	Purohit N. Virajnarianan
	One Night With The King One Night with the King One Night with the King is a historical epic film that was released in 2006 in the United States. Based on the novel Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen, One Night with the King is a dramatization of the Old Testament Bible story of Esther, who risked her life by...	Cameo
	Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles (film) Mixed Doubles is an Indian film directed by Rajat Kapoor. It stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey, Koel Purie and Saurabh Shukla. The film follows the general plot of a husband asking his wife to swap him for another male, while he swaps her for the other male's wife.-Synopsis:Mumbai-based...	Doctor
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	Jab We Met Jab We Met Jab We Met is a 2007 Hindi romantic comedy film directed and written by Imtiaz Ali. The film, produced by Dhillin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, stars Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in their fourth film together...	Station vendor 1
2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...	Tandoori Love Tandoori Love Tandoori Love is a 2008 comedy film about the misadventures of an Indian cook named Raja in Switzerland....	T.V. Kumar
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	Kushti Kushti (film) Kushti is a Bollywood comedy film directed by T.K. Rajeev Kumar and starring the famous WWE Wrestler,The Great Khali who is also known as Dalip Singh Rana making his debut. The film also stars Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Om Puri and Sharat Saxena in supporting roles...	Harilal
2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Shoibs Dad . Police hawaldar
	Lamhaa Lamhaa -Controversy:Lamhaa was banned in GCC countries i.e. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Oman. UAE National Media Council Censorship Board felt that the content of the movie is highly objectionable and controversial....	Tailor
	Knock Out	Police Inspector

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