Arshad Warsi Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Affairs, Children, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	Arshad Warsi
Nickname	Circuit
Profession	Actor, Producer, Singer
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 6”
Weight	in Kilograms- 68 kg in Pounds- 149 lbs
Body Measurements	- Chest: 41 Inches - Waist: 33 Inches - Biceps: 14 Inches
Eye Colour	Light Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	19 April 2024
Age (as in 2017)	49 Years
Birth Place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Aries
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
School	Barnes School & Junior College, Deolali, Nashik district, Maharashtra (a boarding school)
College	N/A
Educational Qualifications	10th standard
Debut	Choreography: Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) Film: Tere Mere Sapne (1996) TV: Razzmatazz (2001)
Family	Father- Late Ahmed Ali Khan (Musician, Singer, Poet) Mother- Not Known Sister- Asha Sachdev (Stepsister, Actress) Brother- Anwar Hussain (Stepbrother, Singer)
Religion	Islam
Address (Office)	Shooting Star Films Pvt. Ltd. A-605/606, Morya House, Off. New Link Road, Oshiwara, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400053
Hobbies	Dancing, biking, cooking
Controversies	• In 2001, he gave comment on a soft drink commercial starring Katrina Kaif, "How pakao is Katrina in the Slice ad, kairi pakadti hai aur vo aam ban jata hai... Angoor do toh shayad Wine banjayegi." As the comment was blown out of proportion on social media, newspaper, and electronic media, he explained himself by saying that, "My comment has nothing to do with Katrina. It's just a homourous observation on the creatives of the ad. It's called sense of humour." • In 2016, he received death threats through phone calls, SMS and letters due to a dialogue in his movie 'The Legend of Michael Mishra', the caller said that Arshad's "body parts will be cut off" and he will be "burned alive" for saying "Daaku Valmiki se Sant Valmiki ban jayenge." After which Arshad tweeted to justify his stand.
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Meringue
Favourite Actor	Amitabh Bachchan
Favourite Actress	Madhuri Dixit
Favourite Film	Hollywood: Scarface
Favourite Sport	Cricket, Football
Favourite Colour	Black
Favourite Destination	Goa
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Maria Goretti (Blogger, Former VJ)
Wife/Spouse	Maria Goretti (Blogger, Former VJ, m.1999-present)
Marriage Date	14 February 2025
Children	Son: Zeke Daughter: Zene Zoe
Style Quotient
Cars Collection	Audi Q7, Volkswagen Beetle
Bikes Collection	Harley Davidson
Money Factor
Salary	2-3 crores/film (INR)
Net Worth	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arshad Warsi

• Does Arshad Warsi smoke?: He was a chain smoker for about 30 years but he gave up smoking after his son gave a card asking him to quit smoking, Since then, Arshad decided to quit smoking for his child.

• Does Arshad Warsi drink alcohol?: Yes

• Arshad’s original surname was ‘Khan’ but after his father became a follower of a holy man Waris Pak, they became ‘Warsis.’

• When he was in 9th standard, he was selected from amongst thousands of students by 2 British men to get trained as a world-class gymnast, but his father didn’t allow him after which he stayed away from his parents.

• When he was 18 years old, his father died of bone cancer and 2 years later, his mother died of kidney failure. After which he brought himself up and lived on his own.

• Due to the financial crisis, he quit school after the 10th standard and started working as a salesman of cosmetics.

• He also worked in a photo lab to assist Mahesh Bhatt on ‘Kaash’ (1987) and ‘Thikana’ (1988).

• Later, he joined Akbar Sami’s dance group and in 1991 he won the ‘Indian Dance Competition’ after which he became a choreographer and started his own dance academy called ‘Awesome.’

• He met his wife, Maria Goretti, at the ‘Malhar festival’ where she was a participant and he was the judge. He initially offered her to join her dance group, and later she became the lead dancer and started assisting him.

• He initially worked as a choreographer in Bollywood and choreographed the song “Roop Ki Rani” from Anil Kapoor and Sridevi starrer ‘Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja’ (1993).

• When he was working as a choreographer, actor Joy Augustine offered him a film, but he didn’t want to take any risk at that time as he was doing reasonably well as a choreographer. Later, when he got a call from Jaya Bachchan, after which he made his Bollywood debut with ABCL’s ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ (1996).

• Boman Irani, Sanjay Dutt, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah are among his best friends in Bollywood.

• His popular character of ‘Circuit’ in ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.’ (2003) was initially offered to Markand Deshpande.

• He loves biking and in his school days, he was part of a ‘bikers gang.’