Salim Ghouse

Salim Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films.

Early life Salim Ghouse was born in Chennai to a Dakhni Muslim father and a Christian mother. He studied at the Christ Church Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School and the Presidency College in Chennai. He was also a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Career Salim Ghouse is known for his role in the TV series Subah and for playing Rama, Krishna and Tipu Sultan in Shyam Benegal's TV Series Bharat Ek Khoj. He has also worked in TV serial Wagle Ki Duniya.

In 1989, he portrayed the villain in the Tamil film Vettri Vizhaa, directed by Pratap Pothen as the rival to Kamal Haasan. He starred alongside Mohanlal in the Malayalam movie Thazhvaram, directed by Bharathan. In 1993 he played the villain in Mani Ratnam's film Thiruda Thiruda. He acted alongside Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in the 1997 film Koyla.

Personal life Salim Ghouse was married to Anita. They have a son and daughter. Apart from acting, Salim Ghouse was proficient in martial arts such as karate and tai chi.

Salim Ghouse died on Thursday 28 April 2022 at the age of 70 in Mumbai after suffering from a cardiac arrest. His last rites were performed early on Thursday morning.

Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 1978 Swarg Narak Student Hindi 1978 Sigappu Rojakkal Jailer Tamil 1981 Chakra Raghu Hindi 1984 Saaransh Gajanan Chitre's henchman Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! Promoter 2 1985 Trikal Aghaat Comrade Naidu 1986 Amma Revolutionary Freedom Fighter (Uncredited Role) 1988 The Deceivers Piroo English The Perfect Murder Caste-Marks Goonda 1989 Vettri Vizhaa Zinda Tamil Mujrim Africa assassinator Hindi Suryaa: An Awakening Ramu Gulzar 1990 Thazhvaram Raju / Raghavan Malayalam 1992 Antham Inspector Kannabiran Telugu Bilingual film Drohi HindiZulm Ki Hukumat Police Inspector Suryavanshi Hindi Chinna Gounder Sakkarai Gounder Tamil Magudam Thillainathan Senthamizh Paattu Rajarathnam 1993 Aakanksha Arjun Singh Hindi Rakshana Chinna Telugu Dharma Seelan Pradeep Chakravarthi Tamil Thiruda Thiruda T. T. Vikram 1994 Mugguru Monagallu Telugu Seeman Masanam Tamil 1996 Sardari Begum Sen Urdu/Hindi 1997 Koyla Brijwa Hindi Shapath Lankeshwar 1998 Maharaja Ranvir Singh Soldier Jaswant Dalal / DK 2000 Badal Rajbeer 2001 Aks Blind Guru Indian Francis 2002 Red Srini Tamil 2005 Udayon Perumal Malayalam Daas Vappa Tamil Missed Call Arindam Kumar Sengputa Hindi Chanakya Police commissioner Tamil 2009 Vettaikaaran Vedhanayagam 2010 Well Done Abba Janarthan Reddy Hindi 2026 Kaa – The Forest Victor Mahadevan Tamil

Television Year Series Role Language Notes 1984 Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi Venkat Hindi 1987 Subah Bharat 1988 Bharat Ek Khoj Various characters 1998 X Zone 2014 Samvidhaan V. I. Munswamy Pillay Hindi/English

Dubbing roles Year Film title Character Actor Dub Language Notes 1995 The Lion King Scar Jeremy Irons (voice) Hindi 2000 Sudhandhiram Sopraj Sharat Saxena Tamil2006 300 King Leonidas Gerard Butler Hindi