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Ali Fazal has risen to fame in India with his popular work in Mirzapur (2018) which broke streaming records for Amazon Studios. Instead of a Season 4, Amazon is adapting the popular crime thriller into a movie for a 2026 release date.
Ali Fazal made his screen debut in the English language film The Other End of the Line (2007) and debuted in the Hindi film industry with a small role in 3 Idiots (2009). He appeared next in Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011),a romantic film produced by Shah Rukh Khan's production house, Red Chillies Entertainment.
In Fukrey (2013),Fazal played the role of Zafar, a struggling musician. In 2014, he appeared as Tasawur opposite Vidya Balan in the comedy-drama Bobby Jasoos (2014). He got the lead role in the movie Khamoshiyan (2015) and appeared in his first American film, Furious 7 (2015).
He then played the lead role opposite Diana Penty in Happy Bhaag Jayegi (2016). In 2017, Fazal appeared in the sequel Fukrey Returns (2017) and played the role of Abdul Karim in Victoria & Abdul (2017),a true untold story of Queen Victoria's last companion, an Indian servant who taught her Urdu.
The film was written and directed by Sir Stephen Frears and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017, distributed by Focus Features and Universal. In 2018, he appeared in the sequel Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (2018) and played Guddu Pandit in the web series Mirzapur (2018).
Fazal became famous as Guddu Pandit because of his much-appreciated performance in the crime thriller released on Amazon Prime Video. In 2020, he appeared in Mirzapur season 2, continuing his role as Guddu Pandit. In 2021, he turned producer and established Pushing Buttons Studios, his film production company, along with Richa Chadha.
He was also cast as Andrew Katchadourian in the film Death on the Nile (2022),inspired by Agatha Christie's novel. The same year, he married renowned actress Richa Chadha in Lucknow. Fazal made it to The Times of India's "Most Desirable Man" listing in 2014 and walked the ramp at Lakme Fashion Week in 2015.
He won an award in 2017 at the Hamptons International Film Festival in the Variety 10 Actors to Watch category. In 2018, he won the Most Beautiful Couple of the Year at Vogue Beauty Awards with his wife, Richa Chadha.
