Danish Husain
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Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family.[5] His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University.[5] His father was an economist.[5]
Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management.[5]
Career
Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old.[5]
Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi,[2][3] and in 2016 developed Qissebaazi, multilingual storytelling.[5][6] His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory.[5][3]
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]
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