Asif Basra

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Asif Basra (27 July 196712 November 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bollywood films and TV serials. He is best known to Western audiences for his role in American film Outsourced. He also appeared in many other films, including One Night with the King. Basra died of suicide by hanging in 2020. Reports suggested his death could be murder but the case was closed as no supporting evidence was found.

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Early life and education Basra was born on 27 July 1967 in Amravati, Maharashtra, India. In 1989, he moved to Mumbai and attended Mumbai University, and acted in college productions. He regularly won prizes for the characters he played during this time. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Physics.

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Acting career Basra performed in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday and Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, which received much critical appreciation. He appeared in Michael O. Sajbeland's One Night with the King with veteran actors Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole. Profile He played a tailor in the Hindi movie Lamhaa; he appeared in 2010's top-grossing Bollywood film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib's (Emraan Hashmi) father. Basra was also known for his theatrical performances from playing five characters in Feroz Abbas Khan's production of Mahatma v/s Gandhi. Other performances include a child with spina bifida in Main Bhi Superman and Horatio in Hamlet.

In 2020, Basra appeared in two web series: Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime and Hostages on Hotstar. He worked in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Malayalam films. He was last seen in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video web series The Family Man which released on 4 June in 2021.

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Death Basra was found hanging in a private guest house in McLeod Ganj, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2020 at age 53. The investigation into his death was inconclusive and the case was closed as suicide.

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Filmography

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Film

1998	Woh	Hindi film debut
2003
	Quicksand
2004	Black Friday
	Love in Nepal
2005	Parzania	Premiered at 36th India International Film Festival, Goa
2006	Outsourced
	One Night with the King
	Mixed Doubles
2007	Jab We Met
2008	Tandoori Love
2009	Chal Chala Chal
2010	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
	Lamhaa
	Knock Out
	Kushti
2013	Kai Po Che
	The Attacks of 26/11
	Krrish 3
2014	Ek Villain
	Manjunath
	Anjaan	Tamil language film
2016	Wrong Side Raju	Gujarati film
	Freaky Ali
2017	Saanjh	Himachali film
	Sheitaan
	Islamic Exorcist
2018	Kaalakaandi
	Hichki
	Fanney Khan
2019	The Tashkent Files
	Satellite Shankar
	P Se Pyaar F Se Faraar
2020	Big Brother	Malayalam film

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Web series

2018	Rangbaaz	SI Bhangwan Mishra	Zee5
2020
	Hostages
2021	The Family Man (Season 2)	Counsellor	Amazon Prime Video	Posthumously released	Released on 3 June 2021

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