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Arshad Warsi (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who debuted in 1996 with the film Tere Mere Sapne which was a success but he is best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and his role as Babban in Ishqiya (2010) which won him acclaim. Warsi was born in Mumbai, India, and did his schooling at a boarding school, Barnes School, Deolali in Nashik district, Maharashtra. He was orphaned at the age of 14 and struggled for a living in Mumbai during his early days. Financial circumstances forced Warsi to start work as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman at age 17. Later he worked in a photo lab. Meanwhile he had a keen interest in dancing and received an offer to join Akbar Sami's Dance group in Mumbai, which started his dancing and choreographing career. He also assisted Mahesh Bhatt in Thikana (1987) and Kaash (1987). Then in 1991, he won the Indian dance competition, followed by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in 1992 World Dance championship, London, at the age of 21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, 'Awesome' with that money and also formed a dance troupe. It was here, his future wife, Maria Goretti, a St. Andrew's College student joined him, before she became a VJ. He was also associated with English theater group in Mumbai, choreographing shows for Bharat Dabholkar and got an opportunity to choreograph the title track for the film, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993).
Double Dhamaal movie is the sequel of 2007 movie Dhamaal. Arshad Warsi would be playing a sikh named Ghanta Singh, Jaaved Jaaferi as his younger brother. While Ritesh Deshmukh will be playing a triple-role, first one being "Roy" which was his role in Dhamaal, and then two new characters a Chinese detective named "Lee", followed by a Mauritius gangster called Heera Bhai.Whereas Ashish Chowdhry play... read more
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is a 2007 Bollywood sport film. It was released on 29 November 2007, produced by Ronnie Screwvala and directed by Vivek Agnihotri for UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani. The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. read more
Dhamaal is a 2007 Hindi Caper film directed and produced by Indra Kumar and starring Riteish, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey and Aashish Chaudhary. Dhamaal is about four friends, Boman Contractor (Aashish Chaudhary), who lives a wealthy lifestyle with his eccentric dad, Nari (Asrani), who loves his antique car more than his son, and asks his son to leave when he damages the car; hot-head... read more
Ishqiya is a story about love arising in characters, portrayed uniquely according to their own personal traits. The situations in the plot lead the characters to experience the emotion creeping into their lives in the most unexpected manner. Arshad Warsi plays Naseeruddin’s nephew. Both of them are criminals who intend to retire. On of their travels, they meet a femme fatale widow, played by Vid... read more
This Movie tells us about Two men abduct a woman who wants to alienate them from their friend. Mumbai-based collegian-slackers Sid(Arshad Warsi), John(Ashish Chodhry) and Amit(Yash Tonk) do graduate after several years, are unable to find employment, and form a Punjabi Rock Band with the help of a gangster, Munnabhai(Ashish Vidhyarthi). When John's attempts to woo fellow-collegian, Natasha (Arti C... read more
Salaam Namaste is a 2005 Indian Bollywood film directed by first-time director Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. He film stars Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta in their fourth film together. Arshad Warsi and Tania Zaetta appear in supporting roles. Released on 9 September 2005, it was the first Indian movie to be filmed entirely in Australia. The film tells the story of ... read more
Kabul Express is a Bollywood film that was released on 15 December 2006. The film stars John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Pakistani actor Salman Shahid, Afghan actor Hanif Hum Ghum and American actress Linda Arsenio. The film is produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and is directed by documentary film maker Kabir Khan. Suhel Khan (John Abraham) and Jai Kapoor(Arshad Warsi) are Indian journalist... read more