Aamir Raza Husain

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Aamir Raza Husain
Born (1957-01-06) 6 January 1957 (age 64)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationTheatre director, Actor
Years active1974 - present

Aamir Raza Husain (born 6 January 1957) is an Indian theatre actor and director, noted for his large outdoor stage productions like The Fifty Day War (2000), based on the Kargil War and The Legend of Ram (2004), based on the epic Ramayana. He is also the Creative Director of Stagedoor theatre company established in 1974, which has staged over 91 productions, and more than 1,100 performances.[1][2]

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001, by the Government of India.[3]

Early life and education[]

Born in an Awadhi aristocratic family of Mumtaz Husain and Kaniz Mehida in Lucknow, Husain was the only child of his parents. The family moved to SP Marg in Delhi, when he was still quite young and there he attended the Garden School.[1]

He was sent to boarding schooling, Mayo College, Ajmer at the age of 10 in 1968, and after he finished his schooling he went on the study history at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He acted in various college plays working with directors like, Joy Michael, Barry John and Marcus Murch.[1]

Career[]

He also appeared in the English film, Kim (1984), based on Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim, which has Peter O'Toole as the lead.[4] Over the years he has produced several plays, staged at outdoor locations, Sare Jahan Se Acha, 1947 Live, Satyamev Jayate, stage along the backdrop of Hauz Khas monument in 1999.[5] Previously in 1998, he and his troupe, along with Delhi Tourism organized the Chaudvin ka Chand festival on a two-km stretch between the historic Red Fort and Fatehpuri Mosque in Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi.[6]

The Legend of Ram based on the epic, Ramayana, was first staged in 1994 for about a month as a smaller version and later for period of four months in 2004, with 19 outdoor sets spread over 3 acres, 35 characters and a 100-member crew. The last show of the play was staged before President APJ Abdul Kalam on 1 May 2004.[7] In 2007, he acted and directed, One into Two, a comedy play written by Peter Season, and which was staged in five cities across India, including Mumbai.[8]

In 2010, he revived his production, Move Over, first staged at the official farewell function of President Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1997, under the banner of "Welcomtheatre", it stage at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and many other cities all over India.[9][10]

Politics[]

Aamir Raza Husain was once a member of the BJP. He was Delhi BJP Vice President but later quit it in July 2013, after he criticized Narendra Modi.[11][12][13]

Personal life[]

Aamir is based in Delhi. He married Viraat Talwar in 1993, an actress, after the two met in 1987, when Virat then a student at Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), auditioned for his play, Dangerous Liaison, it was also her first professional role. The couple have two children, Kaniz Sukaina and Ghulam Ali Abbas.[7][9]


Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Film Role Language
2014 Khoobsurat King Shekhar Singh Rathore Hindi

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Life, the Aamir Raza Husain way". Times of India. 28 September 2003.
  2. ^ "The larger than life director". Financial Express. 19 February 2000. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
  4. ^ Aamir Raza Husain at IMDb
  5. ^ "Junoon to extend hand of dosti at Hauz Khas". Indian Express. 19 March 1999.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Chaudvin ka Chand lights up Chandni Chowk galis". Indian Express. 7 September 1998.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b "Legend of Ram lives within Aamir Raza". Times of India. 9 May 2004.
  8. ^ "Aamir Raza Hussain play-s with bigamy blues". CNN-IBN. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Enter stage right". The Hindu. 21 August 2010.
  10. ^ "I love making people laugh: Aamir Raza". The Times of India. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  11. ^ Press Trust of India (17 July 2013). "Aamir Raza Hussain quits important post in BJP after criticising Narendra Modi". NDTV. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Why Aamir Raza Husain's departure is bad news for the BJP-Politics News , Firstpost". 17 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Aamir Raza Husain speaks out about Mehrunnisa, minorities and Narendra Modi". 26 January 2014.
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