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Inaamulhaq at ‘Aiba Awards’ in Dubai, May 2015
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Born |
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
14 November 1979
Alma mater | National School of Drama |
Occupation | Film Actor |
Website | www |
Inaamulhaq (born 14 November 1979) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who has appeared in Bollywood films, including Filmistaan and Airlift (film).
He has written for TV shows including Comedy Circus and Karamchand, and dialogue for the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap.
Born in Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh, India), Inaamulhaq first appeared on stage at the age of twelve. Later, he joined the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) in Saharanpur, and acted in numerous plays as a lead. In 2003, he graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD) New Delhi, with specialization in acting.
In Mumbai he started his career as a writer for season 2 of Karamchand, directed by renowned Bollywood director Pankaj Parashar.
After working as a scriptwriter and creative consultant with Comedy Circus for two and a half years, he moved into films and wrote dialogue for Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap in 2011.
As an actor, he got his first film break with the critically acclaimed Firaaq in 2008. His first major role in a feature film was the Pakistani national Aaftab, in Nitin Kakkar’s National Award winner Filmistaan (2012), for which he was named in “Top 10 Stand-Out Actors of 2014” by Mid-Day, and “The Most Prominent Debuts of 2014” by IBNlive.com in their Yearender 2014. Inaamulhaq appeared in Askhay Kumar Starrer Airlift. He plays a very essential role of an Iraqi Major Kahalf Bin Zayd who is the main antagonist of the evacuation that the film is based on. Airlift is one of the biggest success of the actor and he has been praised for his acting in it. 'Airlift was slated to release 22nd Jan 2016. Inaamulhaq will be seen in "Jolly LLB2", his second film with Akshay Kumar which is set to release on 10 February 2017.