Muzammil Ibrahim is an Indian actor and model who works in

Hindi films Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Hollywood". The industry, producing films in th ...

Early and personal life

Muzammil Ibrahim was born in

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, India. In 2003, Ibrahim won the

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whilst pursuing

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

from the

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

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. In 2004, his family moved to

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, following the

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. He has featured in various music videos, most notably "Pardesiya" alongside

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and " Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai" by

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. In 1994, while Ibrahim was eight years old, he had received the

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for saving his schoolmate from drowning. Similarly, in 2008 he received the Godfrey Philips Bravery Award for saving a British woman from drowning in the

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. Ibrahim was in a two-year relationship with

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, when the actress first moved to

Career

In 2007, Ibrahim made his acting debut as the lead in ''

Dhokha ''Dhokha'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Pooja Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. The film stars Muzammil Ibrahim and Tulip Joshi. The soundtrack was composed by M. M. Kreem. It revolves around a moderat ...

'', an action thriller film directed by

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. Khalid Mohamed of the ''Hindustan Times'' called him "promising...

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strong screen presence".

Filmography

Music videos

References

External links

* {{IMDB name, id=2757656 1984 births Male actors in Hindi cinema Living people Indian male models Jamia Millia Islamia alumni