Danish Husain

Biography

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.

Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family. His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University. His father was an economist. Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management.

Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old.

Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, and in 2016 developed Qissebaazi, multilingual storytelling. His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory.

He has performed in many feature films, including Dhobi Ghat (2010), Peepli Live (2010), Newton (2017), and Soorma (2018). He has also acted in television series, such as The Taj Mahal 1989 (2020), Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021), and Bard of Blood (2019).

Husain resides in Mumbai.