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Danish Husain is the stage name of Murtaza Danish Husaini, an Indian actor, storyteller, poet and theatre director. He has also been credited as Dan Husain and Murtaza Danish Husain.
Danish Husain was born and raised in a conservative Shia Muslim family. During his college days, he used to mimic his professors. In 1997, Danish started working in a bank where he worked for up to five-and-a-half years but later on, he quit the job to follow his passion for writing and acting.
Danish Husain is an actor, poet, storyteller, and a theatre director. He started his career in theatre with Barry John and went on to work with directors like Habib Tanvir, Rajinder Nath, M.S. Sathyu, M.K. Raina, Sunil Shanbag, Sabina Mehta Jaitly, & Naseeruddin Shah.
Actor-director Danish Husain is bringing the production of his semi-autobiographical play—Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon—on Ludhianvi, back this April on popular demand. “A common feedback I receive from the audience who watch the play, is that they never knew that a certain song or a couplet was penned by Ludhiavni,” says Husain ...
Sep 17, 2023 · Actor, poet, storyteller, theatre director Danish Husain took an unusual road to the world of arts. He is probably best known as an exponent and revivalist of the dastangoi, that old form of Urdu storytelling, but friend and theatre maker Purva Naresh caught up with him to tell the story of his own life, with some of the signature twists and ...
Sep 16, 2023 · A ctor-director Danish Husain’s experience with Sahir Ludhianvi can strike a chord throughout India. When the heart is broken, there is Humne to jab kaliyan mangi kaaton ka haar mila, while Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye toh kya hai (Pyaasa, 1957) has the appeal of meeting defeat with defiance.
Danish Husain is an actor, poet, storyteller, and a theatre director. He started his career in theatre with Barry John and went on to work with directors like Habib Tanvir, M.S. Sathyu, M.K. Raina, Sunil Shanbag, Sabina Mehta Jaitly, & Naseeruddin Shah.
Jun 5, 2018 · Armed with a master’s in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Husain started his career in publishing at Macmillan, before moving to banking in 1997. “A corporate job seemed like the most natural thing in the world,” he says.
Danish back in 1998 at his Delhi residence Danish and his sister, Zahera Danish with his daughter Zahra Husaini during the shoot of Peepli Live Danish in his personal library at his Delhi home...
Apr 10, 2021 · Husain, who was recently a part of the One Page Spotlight literary festival, talks to Indian Express about his journey, pandemic experience, being an artiste in the present times and his views on language battles in the country. Read on:
