Photo: Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Zarina Wahab

ザリナ・ワハブ　/　ざりな・わはぶ

Model from India

July 17, 1959 (age 66)　・　Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Andhra Pradesh
model
actor
television actor

My Take

Zarina Wahab impresses me precisely because she succeeded across two very different film cultures. Earning acclaim in both Hindi cinema, with the gentle charm of Chitchor, and in serious Malayalam work like Chamaram and Adaminte Makan Abu, she showed a versatility that rarely translates between industries with different rhythms and audiences. I have a real soft spot for actors who are valued for craft rather than spectacle, and she belongs firmly in that camp. Her career is the kind that gets quietly handed down through cinephile recommendations rather than headlines, and to me that durability is the truest measure of an artist.

Overview

Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in Chitchor and Gopal Krishna in Hindi cinema and Malayalam films like Madanolsavam, Chamaram, Palangal and Adaminte Makan Abu.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Zarina Wahab
Name (Japanese): ザリナ・ワハブ
Reading: ざりな・わはぶ
Born: July 17, 1959 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Boar
Origin: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: model / actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarina%20Wahab

Model — see all →　·　Actor — see all →　·　More people from India →