
Arshad Warsi was born on 19 April 1968 in Mumbai. His real surname was Khan, but later his father changed the surname to a Sufi saint Waris Pak and changed the surname. Arshad studied at Barns School and Junior College in Devali in Nashik district of Maharashtra.

When Arshad was only 9 years old, he was chosen from thousands of children so that two British trainers could teach them gymnastics. He has also been a national level gymnast. He was also a part of a biker gang during school days. However, Arshad had to leave his studies after tenth due to the crisis of money.

After all this, he worked as a cosmetics salesman and also worked in a photo studio. Meanwhile, he also worked as an assistant in Mahesh Bhatt’s films Kash and Thikana. Later Arshad joined the dancing troupe of Akbar Sami and won the Indian Dance Competition in the year 1991. After which he decided to become a choreographer and started his own dance academy Aasam.

His father was Ahmed Ali Khan, musicians, singers and poets. One of his half -brother Anwar Hussain is a singer and two step sisters Reshma and Asha Sachdev are actresses. When Arshad was 18 years old, his father died of bone cancer and after two years his mother also died due to kidney failure.

Arshad met Maria Goreti during the Malhar Festival, where Arshad was a judge. Arshad was so impressed by his dancing that he gave Maria invitations to join his dance group. Gradually both fell in love and got married on 14 February 1999. Maria is a blogger. They have two children, son Zeek and daughter Zen Zoi.

His fate changed when Jaya Bachchan gave him a chance in Amitabh Bachchan Production’s film Tere Mere Sapne. After this, he appeared in films like my two precious Ratan, Betabi, Hero Hindustan. Real identity him Munna Bhai MBBS in 2003. I met the character of the circuit. The film proved to be a blockbuster and received many awards. Later he acted in hit films like Hustle, Kuch Sweet Ho, Golmaal Series, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Double Dhamaal, Jolly LLB.

On TV, he also performed shows as Karisma, The Miracles of Destiny and the host host in Bigg Boss. In the year 2020, Arshad worked in the web series Asura, which was on the story of forensic team and serial killer.

Arshad is going to be seen in many big films soon. He will create a blast in Jolly LLB 3, comedy film Welcome 3 and Dhamaal 4 with Akshay Kumar. Apart from this, his glimpse will also be seen in Shah Rukh Khan and Suhana Khan’s film King and Welcome to the Jungle.
Published at: 11 Sep 2025 06:39 pm (IST)


