Salim Ahmad Ghouse (born 10 January 1952) is a film, television and theatre actor, theatre director and martial artist.[1][2] He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.
Career
Salim Ghouse became popular due to the TV series Subah.
He is also known for playing Rama, Krishna, Tipu Sultan in Shyam Benegal's TV Series Bharat Ek Khoj.
In 1989, he made portrayed as the villain in the Tamil film, Vetri Vizha, directed by Prathap Pothan as the rival to Kamal Haasan.
He starred alongside Mohanlal in the classic Malayalam movie, Thazhvaram, directed by Bharathan. In 1993 he did a villain role in Mani Ratnam's film, Thiruda Thiruda, and also acted alongside Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in the 1997 film, Koyla, then in 2009 he acted in Vettaikaran. He acted well in Hindi movies such as Maharaja, Soldier etc. He lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Language |
Cast |
Director |
Notes |
| 1978 |
Swarg Narak |
Hindi |
Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra |
Dasari Narayana Rao |
|
| 1980 |
Chakra |
Hindi |
Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah. Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rohini Hattangadi |
Rabindra Dharmaraj |
|
| 1987 |
Subah |
Hindi |
Kumar Bhatia |
|
Doordarshan television series |
| 1988 |
The Deceivers |
English |
Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell, Keith Michell, David Robb |
Nicholas Meyer |
|
| 1989 |
Vetri Vizha |
Tamil |
Kamal Hassan, Prabhu, Sasikala, Amala |
Pratap Pothan |
|
| 1990 |
Thazhvaram |
Malayalam |
Mohanlal, Sumalatha, Sankaradi, Balan K. Nair, Anju |
Bharathan |
|
| 1992 |
Antham |
Telugu |
Nagarjuna, Urmila Matondkar, Danny Denzongpa |
Ram Gopal Varma |
|
| 1992 |
Drohi |
Hindi |
Nagarjuna, Urmila Matondkar, Danny Denzongpa |
Ram Gopal Varma |
|
| 1992 |
Seeman |
Tamil |
Karthik, Sukanya |
Raj Kapoor |
|
| 1992 |
Chinna Gounder |
Tamil |
Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Manorama |
R. V. Udayakumar |
|
| 1992 |
Magudam |
Tamil |
Sathyaraj, Gautami, Bhanupriya |
Prathap K. Pothan |
|
| 1992 |
Rakshana |
Telugu |
Nagarjuna, Shobhana, Kota Srinivasa Rao |
Uppala Pati Narayana Rao |
|
| 1993 |
Dharma Seelan |
Tamil |
Prabhu, Kushboo, Napoleon, Geetha |
Cheyyaaru Ravi |
|
| 1993 |
Thiruda Thiruda |
Tamil |
Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajagopal, Anu Agarwal |
Mani Ratnam |
|
| 1996 |
Sardari Begum |
Hindi |
Kiron Kher, Surekha Sikri, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur |
Shyam Benegal |
|
| 1997 |
Koyla |
Hindi |
Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Amrish Puri |
Rakesh Roshan |
|
| 1997 |
Shapath |
Hindi |
Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Rami Reddy, Gulshan Grover, Shakti Kapoor |
Rajiv Babbar |
|
| 1998 |
Maharaja |
Hindi |
Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor |
Anil Sharma |
|
| 1998 |
Soldier |
Hindi |
Raakhee, Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta |
Abbas-Mustan |
|
| 2001 |
Indian |
Hindi |
Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Rahul Dev, Mukesh Rishi |
N Maharajan |
|
| 2002 |
Red |
Tamil |
Ajith Kumar, Priya Gill, Manivannan, Raghuvaran |
Ram Sathya |
as Cheeni |
| 2004 |
Gujili |
Tamil Dubbed |
Rambha Father |
|
|
| 2005 |
Daas |
Tamil |
Jayam Ravi, Renuka Menon, Vadivelu |
Babu Yogeswaran |
|
| 2005 |
Chanakya (2005 film) |
Tamil |
Sarath Kumar, Namitha, Vadivelu |
A. Venkatesh |
|
| 2005 |
Udayon |
Malayalam |
Mohanlal, Laya, Manoj K. Jayan, Nassar |
Bhadran |
|
| 2009 |
Vettaikaaran |
Tamil |
Vijay, Anushka Shetty, Srihari, Sayaji Shinde |
Babu Sivan |
|
| 2010 |
Well Done Abba |
Hindi |
Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Ravi Kishan, Sammir Dattani |
Shyam Benegal |
|