Ali Haji (actor)

Ali Haji (born 30 October 1999) is an Indian actor who rose to fame in Yoodlee films's Noblemen (2018) directed by Vandana Kataria as Shay Sharma, a struggling adolescent who goes through a life of loss and innocence at his new school. He won the Best Child Actor at the New York Indian Film Festival in Noblemen.[1]

Ali Haji
Born (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer, Director
Years active2000 – present
OfficeFounder of Pastiche Pictures
Parents
  • Murtuza Haji
  • Fazilat Haji
RelativesNaqiyah Haji (sister)
AwardsBest Child Actor for Noblemen at the New York Indian Film Festival

Before his breakthrough, he had smaller roles in Fanaa portraying Rehan Qadri Jr. as Aamir Khan and Kajol's son,[2] and Ranveer Singh "Champ" in the 2007 film Ta Ra Rum Pum as Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji's son.[3]

He has had subsequent supporting roles in Partner (2007), Drona (2008), Right Yaaa Wrong (2010), and Paathshaala (2010), and Super 30 (2019). He also portrayed Suraj Sinha in Line of Descent alongside Brendan Fraser.

As a director, Ali Haji has written and directed his first feature film called Justice For Good Content. He is also a writer on a web series called United Kacche starring Sunil Grover airing on ZEE5, a comedy which is among the most watched shows on Zee 5.

Career

Ali has been a part of over 100 TV commercials and his first film was Family as Amitabh Bachchan's grandson but was uncredited. He has also been a crucial part of the Bollywood feature titled Line of Descent previously known as The Field with Brendan Fraser, Ronit Roy, Neeraj Kabi, and Ali Haji as brothers trying to take over their father's, Prem Chopra business with Haji playing Suraj Sinha, the youngest of the brothers.[4]

Ali starred in his first main role in the film Noblemen for which he won ‘Best Child Actor’ award at the New York Indian Film Festival.[1] The film, also featuring Kunal Kapoor was directed by Vandana Kataria and produced by Saregama and Yoodlee Films, in which the film deals with boarding school and bullying issues. In 2019, he had a supporting role in the film, Super 30 starring Hrithik Roshan. Finally, in 2020, amidst the pandemic, Ali Haji rose like a true underdog as he wrote and filmed his first feature film titled Justice For Good Content .The story is a satire on the Indian film industry's long standing insider-outsider debate with the protagonist named Good Content. It maps the journey of a young filmmaker through the rigamarole of various processes, like producers, casting directors and talent agents to mount a film. The film, by design, has an ensemble cast filled with stellar names from the supporting actor prototype such as Suresh Menon, Anu Menon, Vijay Patkar, Rajkumar Kanojia, Max Fernandes, Jaimini Pathak, Delnaaz Irani, Raj Zutshi, Pradeep Kabra, Kritika Avasthi, Dilnaz Irani, Krishna Bisht, Rati Shankar Tripathi, Rajendra Chawla, Prabhjyot Singh, Vanita Kharat and many many more.

Ali additionally owns a theatre production studio known as Clean Slate Studios, under which he has written and directed two plays, Kaaya and in July 2016, a satire on the Indian parenting system, The Mad World of Rustom Irani.[5]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Family Viren's grandson Uncredited
2006 Fanaa Rehan Qadri Jr. Supporting
2007 Partner Rohan Sahani Supporting
2007 Ta Ra Rum Pum Ranveer Singh "Champ" Supporting
2008 Drona Young Drona Supporting
2009 My Friend Ganesha 2 Vashu Supporting
2010 Paathshaala Rohan Supporting
2010 Right Yaaa Wrong Yash A. Sridhar Supporting
2019 Noblemen Shay Main Role, Won 'Best Child Actor at the New York Indian Film Festival.[1]
2019 Line of Descent Suraj Sinha Supporting, Film was released on Zee5
2019 Super 30 Prithvi Supporting

Director
Year Title Role Type of Content Producer
2019 Bombay Blitz Writer & Director Short Film Mukesh Chhabra
2019 Naina Da Kya Kasoor Writer & Director Short Film Mika Singh
2020 #GOALS Writer & Director Short Film Pankaj and Poonam Rungta
2020 Reva De by Gurdeep Mehndi and Bhoomi Trivedi Director Music Video Mika Singh
2020 Chhori by Mika Singh and Ali Quli Mirza Director Music Video Mika Singh
2022 #JusticeForGoodContent Writer & Director Feature Film Mohaan Nadaar

References
  1. "Accolades for Yoodlee Films' 'Noblemen' at New York Indian Film Festival". United News of India. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. "Aamir-Kajol's kid in 'Fanaa' is all grown up now". Times of India. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. "'Saif uncle and Rani didi encouraged us'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. Atray Banan, Aastha (5 July 2016). "The dark side of Ali Haji". Mid Day. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. "The Mad World of Rustom Irani - Trailer - A Stage Play - 26th August, 2016". YouTube. Clean Slate Studios. 10 July 2016.
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