Masood Akhtar
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Sniffer
Anwar, a maverick detective works in a small detective agency in Kolkata. He has a habit of getting involved in the personal lives of his cases. In one such instance, he takes a case in his rural homeland and is forced to confront his own romantic tragedy.
Physics Wallah
A young, bright and visionary teacher's inspirational journey to create a new age, advanced and highly affordable, parallel education system while fighting the monopolistic, corporate giants and overcoming several internal battles.
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Mrs. Iyer and her infant son are traveling to Kolkata with the help of photographer Rajah. When religious tensions flare up and the bus travelers become stranded under martial law, she makes a choice to save him that entwines their lives.
Chippa
At midnight on his 10th birthday, a boy scours the lesser-known Kolkata streets in search of a father he’s never met, carrying a letter he can’t read.
Kishore Kumar Junior
When a famous Kisorekonthi was to attend some small Indo-Pak border musical, he, his wife and his team are kidnapped by a mysterious group of people.
Haami
Little Bhutu and Chini are best friends. When Bhutu kisses Chini, their innocent friendship leads to a major scandal. Who is to be blamed when our society lets down the little ones?
The Wrestlers
In the pastoral expanse of rural Bengal, in Purulia district, single railroad workers and best friends Balaram (Shankar Chakraborty) and Nemai (Tapas Pal) spend their days wrestling on a hill with little work to speak of because the fact that their flag station has only a couple of trains to be flagged off or signalled to. Wrestling, however, despite its aggression and physical combat, turns into an expression of close bonding for Nimai and Balaram, a bond already established through their complementary work at the flag station. Wrestling, for them, is a way of releasing physical energy and a form of dynamic entertainment.
The Magic Pearl
Fisherman Mahadev finds a shiny pink pearl that brings him luck, and soon he wins the lottery. But a greedy goldsmith wants the pearl at any cost and hires goons to kidnap Mahadev's daughter.
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga
Inspired by the real events that took place in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve where people used to leave their elderly family members for tigers to prey on, and then claim compensation from the administration, it is a story of Gangaram, a patriarch of a farmer family entrenched in poverty because of three consecutive failed monsoons. He enters the forests to adopt the infamous Tiger practice to give up his life so that his family can have two square meals, however, what follows next is a series of unprecedented events.
Lantrani
The anthology film showcases three independent stories that capture the experience of small Indian towns and villages where people take incredible measures to survive.
Filmography
as Police Inspector
as Anwar Alam
as Raghubir
as Dadaji
as Judge
as Alakh's Father
as Keshav
as Chacha Jaan
as Passenger
as Bhabesh