Bio:
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.
He began his career with Barry John and has collaborated with notable directors like Habib Tanvir, M.S. Sathyu, and Naseeruddin Shah. He revived the lost art of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, and runs The Hoshruba Repertory in Mumbai, producing plays such as Guards At The Taj and Qissa Urdu Ki Aakhiri Kitaab Ka (2017), as well as storytelling and poetry projects like Qissebaazi and Poetrification. His major films include Newton (2017), Soorma (2018), and Peepli Live (2010). Danish has received the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Award and the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar, which he returned in 2015.
Upcoming Movies:
01 May 2026 | Malayalam
Cast: Mammootty, Mohanlal, Kunchacko Boban, Fahadh Faasil, Nayanthara, Revathi, Sanal Aman, Prakash Belawadi, Danish Husain, Govind Krishna, Rajiv Menon, Prashant Nair, Saanya Nair, Renji Panicker, Darshana Rajendran, Zarin Shihab, Shaheen Siddique, Nitin Thomas.
Recent Movies:
27 February 2026 | Hindi
Cast: Shivang Rajpal, Molshri, Danish Husain, Nirmala Hazra.
07 November 2025 | Hindi
Cast: Yami Gautam, Emraan Hashmi, Sheeba Chaddha, Vartika Singh, Danish Husain.
08 November 2024 | Hindi
Cast: Prateik Babbar, Sayani Gupta, Kubbra Sait, Danish Husain, Freddie Love, Lillete Dubey, Kaizaad Kotwal, Shahrukh Sadri, Karan Kalra.
03 October 2023 | Hindi
Cast: Mouni Roy, Tisca Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Bobby Deol, Sharman Joshi, Manjari Fadnnis, Waluscha D'Souza, Denzil Smith, Danish Husain, Larissa Bonesi, Anjali Anand, Cyrus Broacha, Arita Paul, Abrar Zahoor, Hitha Chandrashekar, Sanjay Nath.
2022 | Malayalam
Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Divya Prabha, Danish Husain.
13 July 2018 | Hindi
Cast: Angad Bedi, Tapsee Pannu, Diljit Dosanjh, Danish Husain.
