Asif Basra

Asif Basra (असिफ बसरा; 27 July 1967 –12 November 2020) was an Indian actor, best known to audiences for his role in Outsourced. Asif appeared in many Bollywood films. On 12 November 2020, he was found hanging in his apartment with the causes of his suicide being investigated.

Early life and education
Basra was born on 27 July 1967 in Amravati, Maharashtra, India.

In 1989, he moved to Mumbai and attended Mumbai University, and acted in college productions. He regularly won prizes for the characters he played in college time. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree of Physics.

Career
He performed in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday and Rahul Dholakia's Parzania, which received much critical appreciation. He appeared in Michael O. Sajbeland's One Night with the King with veteran actors like Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole. He played a tailor in the Hindi movie Lamhaa; he was in Bollywood's 2010 top grossing film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib's (Emraan Hashmi) father. Basra was also known for his theatrical performances from playing five characters in Feroz Abbas Khan's production of Mahatma v/s Gandhi, a play that is considered one of the most successful in Indian theatre. Other performances include a child with spina bifida in Main Bhi Superman and Horatio in Hamlet.

In 2020, he appeared in two web series: Paatal Lok streamed on Amazon Prime and Hostages on Hotstar. He worked in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Malayalam films.

Death
Asif was found hanging in a private complex in McLeod Ganj, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2020. Currently, the police and the forensics team are investigating the matter.