Asif Basra

Asif Basra
Asif Basra
	Basra in 2016
Born	27 July 1967; Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Died	12 November 2020 (aged 53); Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Bombay University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–2020
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Asif Basra (27 July 1967 – 12 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Early life and education

Basra was born on 27 July 1967 in Amravati, Maharashtra, India.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]^[9]

In 2020, Basra appeared in two web series: Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime and Hostages on Hotstar.^[10]^[11] 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.^[12]^[13]^[14]

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.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film/television	Role	Notes	Ref
1998	Woh	History Teacher Omkarnath Dikshit	Hindi film debut
2003	Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula	Aakash
2003	Quicksand	Airman
2004	Black Friday	Shanawaz Qureshi
2004	Love in Nepal	Ram Nath Mohan
2005	Parzania		Premiered at 36th India International Film Festival, Goa
2006	Outsourced	Puro N. Virajnarianan
	One Night with the King	Cameo
	Mixed Doubles	Doctor
2007	Jab We Met	Railway Station Vendor 1
2008	Tandoori Love	T.V. Kumar
2009	Chal Chala Chal	Harilal
2010	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Shoaib's dad		^[18]
	Lamhaa	Driver
	Knock Out	Police Inspector
	Kushti	Post Master
2013	Kai Po Che	Ali's father		^[18]
	The Attacks of 26/11	Taxi Driver
	Krrish 3	Dr. Alok Sen
2014	Ek Villain	Aadesh Varma
	Manjunath	Devendra
	Anjaan	Rajiv	Tamil film
2016	Wrong Side Raju	Amitabh Shah	Gujarati film
2016	Freaky Ali	Kishan Lal
2017	Saanjh	Sanju's Father	Himachali film	^[19]
	Sheitaan
	Islamic Exorcist	Exorcist
2018	Kaalakaandi	Raza Arif
	Hichki	Shyamlal, peon
	Fanney Khan	Vivek Sir, Producer
2019	The Tashkent Files	Media Company, Boss		^[18]
	Satellite Shankar	Cab Driver
	P Se Pyaar F Se Faraar	Sompal Singh
2020	Big Brother	Muthan	Malayalam film
2021	Sooryavanshi	Rafique	Posthumous release

Web series

Year	Film/Television	Role	Network	Notes	Refs
2018	Rangbaaz	SI Bhangwan Mishra	Zee5
2020	Paatal Lok	Jai Malik	Amazon Prime Video		^[10]
2020	Hostages	Asghar Nabi	Disney+ Hotstar		^[11]
2021	The Family Man (Season 2)	Counsellor	Amazon Prime Video	Posthumously released	Released on 3 June 2021

References

^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (28 September 2007). "Outsourced - Movies - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Actor Asif Basra dies by suicide at 53". The Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Radhakrishnan, Manjusha (12 November 2020). "Remembering Asif Basra: A life in pictures". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ Ramachandran, Naman (12 November 2020). "Indian Actor Asif Basra Dies at 53". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Asif Basra Biography, Family, Wife, Death Reason, Son, Daughter -". 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ Profile Archived 2 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "In a first, Bollywood actor Asif Basra to star in Pahari movie". Hindustan Times. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Asif Basra death & cause of death - Bollywood actor Asif Basra committed suicide, What killed him, Biography and reason of death". 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Outsourced the Movie". Outsourced the Movie. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Asif Basra (1967-2020): Celebrities pay tribute to Paatal Lok actor". 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Ramachandran, Naman (12 November 2020). "Indian Actor Asif Basra Dies at 53". Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ Entertainment Desk (21 May 2021). "Raj and DK remember Asif Basra, share his photo from Family Man Season 2 trailer: 'Losing him to suicide has left us heartbroken'". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "The Family Man's Raj and DK on Asif Basra: 'He was brilliant, losing him to suicide has left us heartbroken'". hindustantimes.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ Jyoti Kanyal (21 May 2021). "The Family Man 2 directors Raj & DK remember Asif Basra, share his still from trailer". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Actor Asif Basra was found dead in Himachal p Pradesh - India, suicide suspected". Hindustan Times. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Bollywood actor Asif Basra dies by suicide at a private complex in Dharamshala, he was 53". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Asif Basra (1967-2020): Celebrities pay tribute to Paatal Lok actor". The Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Remembering Asif Basra with Some of His Most Memorable Roles in TV and Films". News18. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Asif Basra Movies: Latest and Upcoming Films of Asif Basra | eTimes". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

External links

[1] Seitz, Matt Zoller (28 September 2007). "Outsourced - Movies - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[2] "Actor Asif Basra dies by suicide at 53". The Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[3] Radhakrishnan, Manjusha (12 November 2020). "Remembering Asif Basra: A life in pictures". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[4] Ramachandran, Naman (12 November 2020). "Indian Actor Asif Basra Dies at 53". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[5] "Asif Basra Biography, Family, Wife, Death Reason, Son, Daughter -". 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[6] Profile Archived 2 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "In a first, Bollywood actor Asif Basra to star in Pahari movie". Hindustan Times. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[8] "Asif Basra death & cause of death - Bollywood actor Asif Basra committed suicide, What killed him, Biography and reason of death". 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[9] "Outsourced the Movie". Outsourced the Movie. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[Paatal_Lok-10] "Asif Basra (1967-2020): Celebrities pay tribute to Paatal Lok actor". 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[Hostages-11] Ramachandran, Naman (12 November 2020). "Indian Actor Asif Basra Dies at 53". Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[12] Entertainment Desk (21 May 2021). "Raj and DK remember Asif Basra, share his photo from Family Man Season 2 trailer: 'Losing him to suicide has left us heartbroken'". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[13] "The Family Man's Raj and DK on Asif Basra: 'He was brilliant, losing him to suicide has left us heartbroken'". hindustantimes.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[14] Jyoti Kanyal (21 May 2021). "The Family Man 2 directors Raj & DK remember Asif Basra, share his still from trailer". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[15] "Actor Asif Basra was found dead in Himachal p Pradesh - India, suicide suspected". Hindustan Times. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[16] "Bollywood actor Asif Basra dies by suicide at a private complex in Dharamshala, he was 53". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[17] "Asif Basra (1967-2020): Celebrities pay tribute to Paatal Lok actor". The Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[:1-18] "Remembering Asif Basra with Some of His Most Memorable Roles in TV and Films". News18. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[19] "Asif Basra Movies: Latest and Upcoming Films of Asif Basra | eTimes". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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Basra in 2016
Born	(1967-07-27)27 July 1967 Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Died	12 November 2020(2020-11-12) (aged 53) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Bombay University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–2020