Arshad Warsi

Warsi was born in Mumbai. His father, Ahmed Ali Khan (Ashiq Hussain), was a poet who had also worked as a musician in Hindi films and adopted the name Warsi after he became a follower of the Sufi saint Waris Ali Shah.{{Cite web |date=10 March 2013 |title=I cannot find another woman like my wife: Arshad Warsi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/i-cannot-find-another-woman-like-my-wife-arshad-warsi/articleshow/18878477.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811200504/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/i-cannot-find-another-woman-like-my-wife-arshad-warsi/articleshow/18878477.cms |archive-date=11 August 2024 |website=The Times of India |quote=I was born and brought up in Mumbai. My father’s original name was Ahmed Ali Khan till he became a follower of a holy man Waris Pak and we became Warsis.}} Arshad is the half-brother of singer Anwar Hussain and actress Asha Sachdev from his father's first marriage to actress Ranjana Sachdev.{{Cite web |last=Kar |first=Vivek |date=20 November 2010 |title=Arshad's half brother in financial mess |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/arshads-half-brother-in-financial-mess/articleshow/6958939.cms |website=The Times of India}}

His father being a Punjabi from Lahore, Warsi used to speak both Punjabi and Urdu while growing up.{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Anuj |date=10 April 2013 |title=Circuit is charged |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/circuit-is-charged/article4602497.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811201116/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/circuit-is-charged/article4602497.ece |archive-date=11 August 2024 |website=The Hindu |quote=My father was from Lahore. He and his sisters used to talk in Punjabi often. The second language that was used at home was Urdu.}} He did his schooling at a boarding school, Barnes School, in Deolali, Nashik district, Maharashtra.{{cite news|title=Arshad rejects politics but will give Sanjay 'moral' support|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_arshad-rejects-politics-but-will-give-sanjay-moral-support_1226829|work=Daily News and Analysis|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation|access-date=11 March 2011|date=1 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001225102/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_arshad-rejects-politics-but-will-give-sanjay-moral-support_1226829|archive-date=1 October 2012|url-status=live}} He was orphaned at the age of 14 and struggled for a living in Bombay during his early days.{{cite news|title=On a roll: Meet Arshad Warsi – the real life hero of the rags-to-riches story|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/11/18/stories/2003111800230400.htm|work=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu Group|access-date=11 March 2011|date=18 November 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529103701/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/11/18/stories/2003111800230400.htm|archive-date=29 May 2011|url-status=usurped}} He left school after 10th standard.{{cite news|author1=Times News Network|title=I cannot find another woman like my wife: Arshad Warsi|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-cannot-find-another-woman-like-my-wife-Arshad-Warsi/articleshow/18878477.cms|access-date=29 May 2015|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809025103/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-cannot-find-another-woman-like-my-wife-Arshad-Warsi/articleshow/18878477.cms|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=live}}

Financial circumstances forced Warsi to start work as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman at age 17. Later he worked in a photo-lab. Meanwhile, he developed a keen interest in dancing and received an offer to join Akbar Sami's Dance group in Mumbai, which started his dancing and choreographing in Thikana (1987) and Kaash (1987).{{cite news|title=I want to make my own films: Arshad|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/I-want-to-make-my-own-films-Arshad/articleshow/5552379.cms|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=10 February 2010|access-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225022900/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-10/news-interviews/28121520_1_arshad-warsi-ishqiya-actor|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Personal agenda: Arshad Warsi |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/celebwatch/Personal-agenda-Arshad-Warsi/Article1-505913.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |publisher=HT Media |date=6 February 2010 |access-date=12 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605012556/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/celebwatch/Personal-agenda-Arshad-Warsi/Article1-505913.aspx |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Then in 1991, he won the Indian dance competition, followed by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in the 1992 World Dance championship, London, at the age of 21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, "Awesome" with that money and also formed a dance troupe. It was here that his future wife, Maria Goretti, a St. Andrew's College student, joined him before she became a VJ. He was also associated with English theatre group in Mumbai, choreographing shows for Bharat Dabholkar and got an opportunity to choreograph the title track for the film Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993).{{cite journal|last1=Banan|first1=Aastha Atray|title=How To Break The Circuit|journal=Tehelka|date=13 February 2010|volume=7|issue=6|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub130210how_to.asp|access-date=1 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207092320/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub130210how_to.asp|archive-date=7 December 2014}} During this time he was offered a role by Jaya Bachchan for Tere Mere Sapne.

{{See also|Arshad Warsi filmography}}

He got his first offer to act in Amitabh Bachchan's production company, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation's first production Tere Mere Sapne in 1996. Before that he had made a small appearance as a dancer in a song in Aag Se Khelenge.{{youTube|qKP_4enRE5A}} He followed this by roles in films such as Betaabi (1997), Mere Do Anmol Ratan and Hero Hindustani (both 1998). His performance in P Vasu's Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999) was praised by Rediff.com's Suparn Verma.{{cite news|last1=Verma|first1=Suparn|title=Lost and frowned|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/may/08pyar.htm|access-date=28 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=8 May 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502231138/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/may/08pyar.htm|archive-date=2 May 2015|url-status=live}} Warsi's next release was Madhur Bhandarkar's directorial debut Trishakti (1999). Completed in 3 years, the film performed poorly at the box office.{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Priya|title=I have faced humiliation in the industry: Madhur Bhandarkar|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-have-faced-humiliation-in-the-industry-Madhur-Bhandarkar/articleshow/16420882.cms|access-date=28 May 2015|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=17 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917044306/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-have-faced-humiliation-in-the-industry-Madhur-Bhandarkar/articleshow/16420882.cms|archive-date=17 September 2015|url-status=live}} His only film appearances of 2001 were in Ghaath, followed by Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001) and Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002). Most of these failed to do well at the box office. In Shashanka Ghosh's Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, he played a common man who saves the life of a goon who is fatally shot. Ronjita Kulkarni wrote that he gave a "winning performance".{{cite news|last1=Kulkarni|first1=Ronjita|title=Goons are normal too!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/14waisa.htm|access-date=28 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=14 November 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517032717/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/14waisa.htm|archive-date=17 May 2015|url-status=live}}

In 2003, he rose to fame when he starred as Circuit to Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt) in Rajkumar Hirani's comedy Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. which turned out to be a huge box office success and gained him much critical acclaim and a nomination at the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite book|last=Narwekar|first=Sanjit|author-link=Sanjit Narwekar|title=Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT265|date=12 December 2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-81-291-2625-2|page=265|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312203721/https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT265|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last=Rishi|first=Tilak|title=Bless You Bollywood!: A tribute to Hindi Cinema on completing 100 years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWlYAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT246|date=5 June 2012|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-4669-3962-2|page=246|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312203620/https://books.google.com/books?id=NWlYAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT246|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}} He won the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for the same. Warsi said in an interview that had the film not worked, his career would have finished.{{cite news|author1=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|title=Failure of Munnabhai MBBS would have ended my career: Arshad|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110628/ttlife1.htm|access-date=29 January 2015|work=The Tribune|date=28 June 2011|location=Chandigarh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131109/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110628/ttlife1.htm|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}} His only release in 2004 was the comedy Hulchul which earned him the GIFA Best Comedian Award and nominations for the Screen Award for Best Actor, Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role and IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role. Warsi played an airport manager opposite Mahima Chaudhry in Samar Khan's Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye (2005).{{cite news|last1=Kulkarni|first1=Ronjita|title=I did some horrible films before|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/13warsi.htm|access-date=28 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=13 April 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143054/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/13warsi.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} His performance in Sehar was positively received by critics and Sanhita Paradkar of Rediff.com wrote that: "finally [he is] in a much-deserved lead role".{{cite news|last1=Paradkar|first1=Sanhita|title=Seher does Arshad Warsi justice|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jul/29seher.htm|access-date=26 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=29 July 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724103551/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jul/29seher.htm|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=live}} In the same year he appeared as a supporting actor in the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? and Salaam Namaste.{{cite book|last=Bajaj|first=J.K.|title=On & Behind the Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2008-IA6|date=26 March 2014|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5083-621-7|page=2008|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312203151/https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2008-IA6|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Stoddart|first1=Brian|author-link1=Brian Stoddart|last2=Weigold|first2=Auriol|title=India and Australia: Bridging Different Worlds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fo0OCIwR5oC&pg=PA192|year=2011|publisher=Readworthy|isbn=978-93-5018-080-8|page=192|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312203900/https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fo0OCIwR5oC&pg=PA192|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=live}} For the latter, he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played a computer hacker in the Vivek Agnihotri-directed suspense thriller film Chocolate. Indrani Roy Mitra of Rediff.com said that Warsi gave a "commendable [performance]" in Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005).{{cite web|last1=Mitra|first1=Indrani Roy|title=Vaah! Copy ho to aisi!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/23vaah.htm|access-date=28 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=23 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143132/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/23vaah.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}

Warsi collaborated with Rohit Shetty for Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), which was the first installment of the Golmaal series. His next release was the comic thriller Anthony Kaun Hai?, directed by Raj Kaushal. The film drew from many Hollywood and Bollywood films and Warsi won praise from critics for his role of a conman. Raj Lalwani opined that the film "belongs to [him]" and that he was "one of the most underrated actors around".{{cite web|last1=Lalwani|first1=Raj|title=Anthony Kaun Hai? Watch it for Arshad|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/04anthony.htm|access-date=28 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=4 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823044034/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/04anthony.htm|archive-date=23 August 2014|url-status=live}} He once again teamed up with Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Dutt for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), which won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor, Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role and Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite book|last=Jess-Cooke|first=Carolyn|author-link=Carolyn Jess-Cooke|title=Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA123|date=2 February 2009|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-3133-9|page=123|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222130957/https://books.google.com/books?id=De6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA123|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Barooah Pisharoty|first1=Sangeeta|title=The Friday Circuit!|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-friday-circuit/article3231236.ece|access-date=7 March 2015|work=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu Group|date=3 November 2006|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011121840/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-friday-circuit/article3231236.ece|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Warsi is in hot 'circuit'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/warsi-is-now-in-hot-circuit/article3085964.ece|access-date=7 March 2015|work=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu Group|date=5 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630021722/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/warsi-is-now-in-hot-circuit/article3085964.ece|archive-date=30 June 2018|url-status=live}} His portrayal of a cameraman kidnapped by the Taliban in the counter-terrorism drama Kabul Express (2006), from Kabir Khan, won appreciation.{{cite book|last1=Athique|first1=Adrian|last2=Hill|first2=Douglas|title=The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqyMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT258|date=17 December 2009|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-18187-1|page=258}} H S Bunty wrote that Warsi "steals the show".{{cite web|last1=Bunty|first1=H S|title=Kabul Express: Flawed, but thought-provoking|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/dec/15kabul.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=15 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143635/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/dec/15kabul.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} Warsi appeared in the box office success comedy Dhamaal (2007).{{cite book|last=Sinha|first=Dheeraj|title=Consumer India: Inside the Indian Mind and Wallet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uw-XCvE9G4YC&pg=PT118|date=14 February 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-82632-4|page=118|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222152128/https://books.google.com/books?id=Uw-XCvE9G4YC&pg=PT118|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live}} He played the role of a Pakistani footballer living in London in the sports drama Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007). In director Jaideep Sen's comedy Krazzy 4, Warsi a person suffering from intermittent explosive disorder. The film failed to generate favourable reviews.{{cite web|last1=Masand|first1=Rajeev|author-link1=Rajeev Masand|title=Masand's Verdict: Krazzy 4|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/masands-verdict-2-2-287103.html|publisher=CNN-IBN|access-date=29 May 2015|date=12 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042208/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/masands-verdict-2-2-287103.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Kamath|first1=Sudhish|title=Refund, please -- Krazzy 4|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/refund-please-krazzy-4/article3022775.ece|access-date=29 May 2015|work=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu Group|date=18 April 2008|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011121839/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/refund-please-krazzy-4/article3022775.ece|url-status=live}} Ameeta Gupta praised Warsi's performance in Deepak Shivdasani's comedy Mr. Black Mr. White (2008).{{cite web|last1=Gupta|first1=Ameeta|title=For Arshad Warsi fans only|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/may/02bw.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=2 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144837/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/may/02bw.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} He reteamed with Rohit Shetty for the comedy Golmaal Returns (2008).{{cite journal|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|title=Movie Review: Golmaal Returns|journal=Outlook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|volume=48|date=17 November 2008|publisher=Outlook Publishing|page=80|issue=46|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222132543/https://books.google.com/books?id=XjEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live}} His first release of 2009 was Kisse Pyaar Karoon, followed by Ek Se Bure Do. He played lead role in Neeraj Vora-directed comedy Shortkut, a remake of the Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam (2005).{{cite news|last1=Parkar|first1=Shaheen|title=Shortkut, remake of a Malayalam film, seems more inspired by Bowfinger|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/shortkut-remake-of-a-malayalam-film-seems-more-inspired-by-bowfinger/50586|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Mid-Day|date=7 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529090016/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/shortkut-remake-of-a-malayalam-film-seems-more-inspired-by-bowfinger/50586|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Warsi won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for the black-comedy Ishqiya. He appeared alongside Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan.{{cite book|last=Teo|first=Stephen|title=The Asian Cinema Experience: Styles, Spaces, Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Lc0L9IyDccC&pg=PA120|date=7 May 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-29608-6|page=120}} He produced and acted in Hum Tum Aur Ghost.{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|title=Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gq-CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT158|date=12 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-799-8|page=158}} The film received negative reviews and performed poorly financially.{{cite news|last1=Jhunjhunwala|first1=Udita|title=Hum Tum Aur Ghost|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VFWWMf7n7nuyJuk2GxbL4I/Film-Review--Hum-Tum-Aur-Ghost.html|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Mint|publisher=HT Media|date=26 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529114048/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VFWWMf7n7nuyJuk2GxbL4I/Film-Review--Hum-Tum-Aur-Ghost.html|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author1=Indo-Asian News Service|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service|title=Arshad Warsi: I am a bad producer|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/arshad-warsi-i-am-a-bad-producer-588184.html|access-date=29 May 2015|publisher=CNN-IBN|location=Mumbai|date=1 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041950/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/arshad-warsi-i-am-a-bad-producer-588184.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Mirani|first1=Vinod|title=Bollywood's dismal show at the box office|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/bollywoods-dismal-show-at-the-box-office/20100329.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529112416/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/bollywoods-dismal-show-at-the-box-office/20100329.htm|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}} He once again collaborated with Rohit Shetty for the comedy Golmaal 3. It was a commercial success.{{cite web|last1=Mirani|first1=Vinod|title=Golmaal 3 beats Action Replayy at the box office|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/golmaal-beats-action-replayy-at-box-office/20101108.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|date=8 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504134800/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/golmaal-beats-action-replayy-at-box-office/20101108.htm|archive-date=4 May 2015|url-status=live}} Raja Sen opined that "Warsi [was] killing all the streetside-cred he's built up with bhai-sidekick roles by overdoing it."{{cite web|last1=Sen|first1=Raja|author-link1=Raja Sen|title=Third time the harm!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-golmaal-three/20101105.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|location=Mumbai|date=5 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725073352/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-golmaal-three/20101105.htm|archive-date=25 July 2015|url-status=live}} His 2011 releases include the comedies F.A.L.T.U and Double Dhamaal, which were both above-average grossers. The former was directed by Remo D'Souza and was inspired by the 2006 American comedy film Accepted, directed by Steve Pink.{{cite web|last1=Pathak|first1=Ankur|title=Review: Not a FALTU idea after all|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-faltu/20110401.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|location=Mumbai|date=1 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150155/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-faltu/20110401.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} Preeti Arora called the latter a "huge disappointment".{{cite web|last1=Arora|first1=Preeti|title=Review: Double Dhamaal, but half the gags|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-double-dhamaal/20110624.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|location=Mumbai|date=24 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151636/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-double-dhamaal/20110624.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}

His only film role in 2012 was in a guest appearance in Ajab Gazabb Love. CNN-IBN wrote that Warsi was "good and effective".{{cite web|title='Ajab Gazabb Love' Review: It's not so lovable|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/ajab-gazabb-love-review-its-not-so-lovable-518700.html|access-date=29 May 2015|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=27 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041937/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/ajab-gazabb-love-review-its-not-so-lovable-518700.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} His first release of 2013 was the action-thriller Zila Ghaziabad in which he played the role of a gangster. Charu Thakur criticised the film but praised Warsi's performance.{{cite web|last1=Thakur|first1=Charu|title=Zila Ghaziabad review: Tries hard to be 'Dabangg 3'|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/zila-ghaziabad-review-tries-hard-to-be-dabangg-3-592488.html|access-date=29 May 2015|publisher=CNN-IBN|location=New Delhi|date=22 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044213/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/zila-ghaziabad-review-tries-hard-to-be-dabangg-3-592488.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} He played a lawyer in the Subhash Kapoor-directed Jolly LLB, his first solo hit.{{cite news|last1=Tuteja|first1=Joginder|title=Arshad Warsi is back with 'Jolly' maker|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131202/entertainment-tollywood/article/arshad-warsi-back-jolly-maker|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529111618/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131202/entertainment-tollywood/article/arshad-warsi-back-jolly-maker|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}} Raja Sen wrote that he was "earnest to a fault".{{cite web|last1=Sen|first1=Raja|author-link1=Raja Sen|title=Review: Jolly LLB is too predictable to be fun|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-jolly-llb-is-too-predictable-to-be-fun/20130315.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|location=Mumbai|date=15 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405223740/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-jolly-llb-is-too-predictable-to-be-fun/20130315.htm|archive-date=5 April 2015|url-status=live}} He was awarded the BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Film (Male) and the IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role and Apsara Film Producers Guild Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role for his performance in the comedy drama.{{cite news|author1=Bollywood Hungama News Network|title=Winners of Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5920|access-date=26 December 2014|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222014730/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/5920|archive-date=22 December 2013}}{{cite news|title=Complete list of winners at IIFA 2014|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/complete-list-of-winners-at-iifa-2014/467910-8-66.html|access-date=26 December 2014|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=27 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722135341/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/complete-list-of-winners-at-iifa-2014/467910-8-66.html|archive-date=22 July 2014}}{{cite news|author1=Bollywood Hungama News Network|title=Nominations for 9th Renault Star Guild Awards|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/6028|access-date=26 December 2014|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=15 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027013517/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/features/type/view/id/6028|archive-date=27 October 2014}} The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Warsi played an important role in the Amrit Sagar Chopra-directed sex comedy {{Lang|hi-latn|Rabba Main Kya Karoon}} (2013). He starred as the titular detective in Samir Tewari's comedy Mr Joe B. Carvalho opposite Soha Ali Khan.{{cite news|last1=Kaushal|first1=Sweta|title=Movie review: watch Mr Joe B Carvalho for Vijay Raaz, Arshad Warsi|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/movie-review-watch-mr-joe-b-carvalho-for-vijay-raaz-arshad-warsi/article1-1168851.aspx|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media|date=3 January 2014|location=New Delhi|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011121840/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/movie-review-watch-mr-joe-b-carvalho-for-vijay-raaz-arshad-warsi/story-EBnFFMcljR0s8NlOCJh9bM.html|url-status=dead}} Panned by critics, the film failed to perform well at the box office.{{cite news|title=Sholay 3D outshines Mr Joe B Carvalho at box office|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sholay-3d-outshines-mr-joe-b-carvalho-at-box-office/article1-1169936.aspx|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media|date=6 January 2014|location=New Delhi|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011121847/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/richa-chadha-thanks-ncw-rekha-sharma-for-responding-to-her-defamation-case/story-UpfY5ltRxySkG13qfUiO3J.html|url-status=dead}} He starred in Abhishek Chaubey's Dedh Ishqiya (2014).{{cite news|last1=Chopra|first1=Anupama|author-link1=Anupama Chopra|title=Movie review: Many things to enjoy in Dedh Ishqiya, writes Anupama Chopra|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/movie-review-many-things-to-enjoy-in-dedh-ishqiya-writes-anupama-chopra/article1-1171579.aspx|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media|date=11 January 2014|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011121842/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/movie-review-many-things-to-enjoy-in-dedh-ishqiya-writes-anupama-chopra/story-QRicJrYAWCArn5Drh9o8MJ.html|url-status=dead}} He suffered a head injury while shooting an action scene for Manish Jha's comedy film The Legend of Michael Mishra.{{cite news|title=I am fine and under observation, tweets Arshad Warsi after injury|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/i-am-fine-and-under-observation-tweets-arshad-warsi-after-injury/15062004|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Mid-Day|date=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112230211/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/i-am-fine-and-under-observation-tweets-arshad-warsi-after-injury/15062004|archive-date=12 January 2015|url-status=live}} Ashish R Mohan's comedy Welcome to Karachi (2015) featured Warsi alongside Jackky Bhagnani and Lauren Gottlieb. Rohit Vats and Shubha Shetty-Saha lauded Warsi's acting and comic timing.{{cite news|last1=Shetty-Saha|first1=Shubha|title='Welcome To Karachi' – Movie Review|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/welcome-to-karachi---movie-review/16248193|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Mid-Day|date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530161728/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/welcome-to-karachi---movie-review/16248193|archive-date=30 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Vats|first1=Rohit|title=Welcome To Karachi review: It's illogical but funny|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/welcome-to-karachi-review-a-mindless-film-with-few-fun-filled-moments/article1-1352498.aspx|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media|date=29 May 2015|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529092454/http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/welcome-to-karachi-review-a-mindless-film-with-few-fun-filled-moments/article1-1352498.aspx|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=dead}} Warsi's next superhit was Golmaal Again in 2017, in which he reprised the role of Madhav from previous Golmaal films, starring alongside Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Parineeti Chopra, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu and Tusshar Kapoor. It went on to become one of the year's highest grossers and was a blockbuster at the box office. After Golmaal Again, he went on to star in Bhaiyyaji Superhitt, Fraud Saiyaan, Total Dhamaal, Pagalpanti while film Zamaanat, a courtroom drama directed by S Ramanathan, is still unreleased.{{cite web|last1=Tuteja|first1=Joginder|title=10 Last Films of Bollywood's Noted Directors|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/10-last-films-of-bollywoods-noted-directors/20141121.htm|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Rediff.com|location=Mumbai|date=21 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529085615/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/10-last-films-of-bollywoods-noted-directors/20141121.htm|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}} Arshad Warsi's latest release was in March 2022, the Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon starrer 'Bachchan Pandey'.{{Cite news|title=Arshad Warsi joins the cast of Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon starrer 'Bachchan Pandey' – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/arshad-warsi-joins-the-cast-of-akshay-kumar-and-kriti-sanon-starrer-bachchan-pandey/articleshow/79458455.cms|access-date=28 November 2020|website=The Times of India|date=28 November 2020 |language=en}}

Warsi was the co-host of the dance show Razzmatazz (2001) on Zee TV.{{cite news|last1=Unnikrishnan|first1=Chaya|title=Arshad Warsi approached to judge dance show|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-arshad-warsi-approached-to-judge-dance-show-1812139|access-date=4 January 2015|work=Daily News and Analysis|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation|date=17 March 2013|location=Mumbai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104192618/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-arshad-warsi-approached-to-judge-dance-show-1812139|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=live}} He starred opposite Karisma Kapoor in the TV serial Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny from 2003 to 2004. It aired on Sahara One.{{cite news|title=Karisma's TV incarnation|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/07/stories/2002100701170400.htm|access-date=21 December 2014|work=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu Group|date=7 October 2002|location=Thiruvananthapuram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523125700/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/07/stories/2002100701170400.htm|archive-date=23 May 2006|url-status=dead}} He hosted a popular award show Sabse Favourite Kaun (2004) for STAR Gold.{{cite news|author=IndiaFM News Bureau|title=Pepsi Gold Sabsey Favourite Kaun?|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1173711/Pepsi-Gold-Sabsey-Favourite-Kaun|website=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=6 January 2015|date=23 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110144928/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1173711/Pepsi-Gold-Sabsey-Favourite-Kaun|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead}} He was the host of Bigg Boss 1 (2006), the Indian version of the reality television series Big Brother which was aired on Sony Entertainment. Warsi won the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor—Game/Quiz Show for this.{{cite news|title=Indian Television Academy Awards 2007|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2007|access-date=26 December 2014|publisher=Indian Television Academy Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006030252/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2007|archive-date=6 October 2014|location=Mumbai}} He has also done a small cameo on Disney Channel's television show Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De (2010).{{cite news|title=Disney Channel brings actor Arshad Warsi on its popular tween show Ishaan|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/disney-channel-brings-actor-arshad-warsi-on-its-popular-tween-show-ishaan-110070100112_1.html|access-date=28 May 2015|work=Business Standard|date=1 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528104726/http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/disney-channel-brings-actor-arshad-warsi-on-its-popular-tween-show-ishaan-110070100112_1.html|archive-date=28 May 2015|url-status=live}} (press release)

File:Maria-Goretti-Arshad-Warsi-Family.jpg and children in 2005]]

Arshad Warsi married Maria Goretti on 15 February 1996. They have two kids, son named Zeke Warsi, born in 2005 and daughter Zene Zoe Warsi, born in 2007. Zeke also, made a special appearance in Salaam Namaste. During his school days, Warsi was a national level gymnast.{{cite news|title=Meet the gymnast: uddhab das Interview|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview_meet-the-gymnast_1295042|work=Daily News and Analysis|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210141550/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview_meet-the-gymnast_1295042|archive-date=10 December 2010|url-status=live}} In March 2023, Arshad Warsi was accused by India's securities regulator SEBI to have participated in a stock market scam.{{cite web |title=Interim Order in the matter of Stock Recommendations using YouTube in the scrip of Sadhna Broadcast Limited |url=https://www.sebi.gov.in/enforcement/orders/mar-2023/interim-order-in-the-matter-of-stock-recommendations-using-youtube-in-the-scrip-of-sadhna-broadcast-limited_68595.html |website=SEBI |access-date=20 June 2024}}

Warsi considers himself a better serious actor than a comic one.{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Garima|title=Arshad Warsi: I'm a better serious actor than a comic actor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Arshad-Warsi-Im-a-better-serious-actor-than-a-comic-actor/articleshow/47308923.cms|access-date=29 May 2015|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519025340/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Arshad-Warsi-Im-a-better-serious-actor-than-a-comic-actor/articleshow/47308923.cms|archive-date=19 May 2015|url-status=live}} He's also an avid biker and was part of a bikers' gang in school.{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Veenu|title=Meet Bollywood's biker boys, Arshad Warsi and Sanjay Gupta|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch-stories/meet-bollywood-s-biker-boys-arshad-warsi-and-sanjay-gupta/article1-1345219.aspx|access-date=29 May 2015|work=Hindustan Times|publisher=HT Media|date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514051720/http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch-stories/meet-bollywood-s-biker-boys-arshad-warsi-and-sanjay-gupta/article1-1345219.aspx|archive-date=14 May 2015|url-status=dead}} Actor Naseeruddin Shah said that: "He is easily the best all-round actor in this generation", while Vidya Balan said of Warsi: "He reminds me of the great European actors who can fit into any role. But he is completely under-utilised". In his book Hero Vol.2, Ashok Raj has called him "one of the most talented actors among today's breed".{{cite book|last=Raj|first=Ashok|title=Hero Vol.2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT205|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-03-6|page=205}} A well known actor, Warsi does not prefer giving auditions.{{cite book|last=Chopra|first=Tisca|author-link=Tisca Chopra|title=Acting Smart: Your Ticket to Showbiz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZtlAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT34|date=8 April 2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5136-204-3|page=34}} Bhawana Somaaya has called him "one of the best three dancers of the Hindi film industry".{{cite book|last=Somaaya|first=Bhawana|author-link=Bhawana Somaaya|title=Taliking Cinema: Conversations with Actors and Film-makers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbrjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT55|date=19 July 2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-646-2|page=55}} Director Samir Tewari called him "the most underrated and un-utilised actor."{{cite news|title=Arshad most underrated, unutilised actor: Samir Tewari|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/arshad-most-underrated-unutilised-actor-samir-tewari-658193.html|access-date=26 May 2015|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=26 December 2013|location=Mumbai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041948/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/arshad-most-underrated-unutilised-actor-samir-tewari-658193.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} Boman Irani also feels the same and called him a "natural and unique performer".{{cite news|title=Arshad Warsi is a hugely underrated actor: Boman Irani|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/arshad-warsi-is-a-hugely-underrated-actor-boman-irani-596141.html|access-date=26 May 2015|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=12 March 2013|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041952/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/arshad-warsi-is-a-hugely-underrated-actor-boman-irani-596141.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}

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