Zerifa Wahid is an Indian film actor and producer known for her work in the Assamese film industry. She is best known for her role as Ranjana Bora in the film Baandhon directed by Jahnu Baruah, which was released in 2012 and won the 60th National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese. In 2012, the film also won the Best Film Award in the Indian Film Competition at the Bangalore International Film Festival.
Wiki/Biography
Zerifa Wahid was born on Saturday, August 18, 1979 in Lakhimpur, Assam, India (44 years; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Leo. She attended Nichols High School in Guwahati, Assam. She started working in the film industry at a very young age. She started her acting career as a child in the Assamese film Abhimaan in 1990. Zerifa is a studious student with excellent academic performance.
Zerifah Wahid childhood photos
She went to Cotton College, Guwahati to pursue BA Honors in History and then to Delhi to pursue postgraduate studies in History from Delhi University. She studied law at JB Law College, Guwahati. She followed her passion and went on to work in many Assamese feature films, TV commercials, music albums and video songs.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
Zelifa was born into an Assamese Muslim family. Her father’s name is Waheed Ullah and her mother’s name is Ino Hazarika. She has a sister named Jenifa Waheed (Joya).
Zelifa and her father
Zelifa and her mother
Zelifa and her sister Joya
Relationships/Affairs
In her Instagram post, Zerifa Wahid calls a person her soul mate.
Zerifa Wahid posts on Instagram calling someone her soulmate
Profession
actor
Zerifa Wahid made her debut as a child artist in the Assam film Abhimaan in 1990. Later, she appeared in more Assamese films like “Agnigarh” (1994), “Atikram” (1994), “Antaheen Jatra” (2004) and “Bhoga Khirikee” (2018). She is known for playing various roles such as in Antaheen Jatra where she played the role of a rural girl. Some of her hit movies include Anya Ek Jatra, Gun Gun Gane Gane, Seuji Dharani Dhuniya, Ahir Bhairav and many more. Ahir Bhairav is the first Assamese feature film to be shot entirely in London, in which Zelifa plays a schizophrenic patient. In 2012, at the Indian International Film Festival held in Goa, the film “Baandhon” became India’s first film in the Panorama section.
Zelifa on the poster of the 2012 film Baandhon
In 2016, her feature film “Kothanodi: The River of Fables” directed by Bhaskar Hazarika premiered at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival. The film was screened at many famous film festivals, including BFI London Film Festival, MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival, Gothenburg Film Festival, etc., and won the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Assamese Film at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2016.
Zelifa in a still from the 2012 film Kothanodi – The River of Fables
She has acted in many theater productions, including Girish Karnad’s Nagamandala. In 2012, the Mahindra Awards for Excellence in Drama awarded Girish Karnad’s Naga Mandala ten nominations.
promote
After graduating from JB Law School, she started practicing as a lawyer at the Guwahati High Court.
Producer
She is the first Assamese actress to have her own production company “Zerifa Wahid Productions”. She was part of the theater movement in Assam as she acted in several stage plays. She has produced and starred in many popular plays, such as “Fire and Rain” by Girish Karnad and “The Five Finger Exercises” by British playwright Peter Shaffer. 
Zelifa in a still from the play “Nagamandala” Many famous plays were staged under her production company, one of them was Padmashree Arun Sarma’s play “Purush” and another play was “Napoleon” staged at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati. “Napoleon” was well received by the audience and the media, and was performed many times later. To take the production values to the next level, Zerifa proposes to celebrate a theater festival called “JUST THEATRE” in Guwahati in October and November 2014. Three plays were staged at that festival, namely “Nagamandala”, “Napoleon” and “Love Letter” by AR Gurney. In 2016, Girish Karnad’s play “The Wedding Album” was highly appreciated by the audience and has been performed many times.
social worker
Zerifa also contributed as a social worker. She is involved in the endorsement of an IT brand called DATAMATION. She is also an ambassador for the Assam Autism Foundation and Special Olympics India (Assam Chapter).
Criticize OTT platforms
According to Zerifah, she started her own production company to enhance Assamese cinema and produce quality productions. Despite her significant contribution to Indian cinema, Zerifah feels that her work and that of other Assamese or Northeastern actors and directors are not welcomed by OTT platforms, nor are they getting the attention they need in the mainstream industry. She said in an interview,
At international film festivals, Assamese films are celebrated for their work with Sanjay Hazarika, late Bidyut Chakraborty and Jahnu Barua ), who bring film awards to India every year. Director Rajat Kamal has won several awards. Jahnu Barua won nineteen National Film Awards! But on the business side, we have not been welcomed by OTT platforms. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and Zee5 all have a huge collection of Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Punjabi movies. But not an Assamese film. Since 2011, there have been almost 30 to 40 new films in Assam, all of which are good films that have done well at home and abroad. But the attitude of the people themselves is not welcoming. We Assamese and Northeasterners are shy and don’t know how to approach the market or sell our products. Lack of marketing skills. We do not expose ourselves or expose ourselves. Many filmmakers are happy that their films are accepted into some film festivals, but they are not interested in making their money back. So the problem lies within us as individuals. ”
Awards
- In 2003, she won the Assam National Film Award for Best Actress for the Assam film “Agnisakshi”
- In 2014, she won the Best Actress Award at the first Filmfare Awards East for “Dwaar”
In 2014, Zelifa won the Best Actress Award at the first Eastern Filmfare Awards for “Dwaar”
Facts/Trivia
- She is interested in singing and dancing.
- Zelifah is an animal lover and often posts photos with puppies on social media.
Zelifah has fun with her two puppies
- She loves to follow a healthy lifestyle and is a fitness enthusiast.
- Zerifa was a member of Raijor Dal but in 2021, she left Raijor Dal and joined AJP (Assam Jatiya Parishad). Since she switched political parties, she said in an interview,
I may sound like a fool, like a young politician, but we lack real politicians. Hopefully I can take on this role and do some good for our community. ”
- Zerifa Wahid, the brand ambassador of Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya’s eye donation drive in Assam, has pledged to donate eyes to hospitals after her death.
Zerifa Wahid pledges eye donation
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