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Danish HusainMurtaza Danish Husaini, credited by his stage name Danish Husain, is an Indian actor, storyteller, poet[1] and theatre director.[2][3] He has also been credited as Dan Husain[4] and Murtaza Danish Husain.[5] Early life, family and educationMurtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family.[3] His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University.[3] His father was an economist.[3] Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management.[3] CareerHusain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old.[3] Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi,[5][1] and in 2016 developed Qissebaazi, multilingual storytelling.[3][6] His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory.[3][1] He has performed in many feature films, including Dhobi Ghat (2010), Peepli Live (2010),[6] Newton (2017), and Soorma (2018). He has also acted in televisions series, such as Taj Mahal 1989 (2020),[7] Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021)[8] and Bard of Blood (2019).[9][10] Personal lifeFilmographyFilms
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