Lilliput (Actor) Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	M.M. Faruqui
Other Name	Liliput Faruqui
Nickname	Leeli
Profession(s)	• Actor • Comedian • Theater Artist • Scriptwriter
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	4' 7" (140 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Career
Debut	Film (Hindi): Romance (1983) Film (Tamil): Beast (2022) as Umar Farooq TV (Hindi): Idhar Udhar (1985-98) on Doordashan as Sudhir
Personal Life
Date of Birth	3 October 1950 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2023)	73 Years
Birthplace	Gaya, Bihar
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	India
Hometown	Gaya
College/University	Mirza Ghalib College, Gaya
Educational Qualification	B.Sc. from Mirza Ghalib College, Gaya
Religion	Islam
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobby	Reading poems
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sulekha
Children	Son- None Daughter(s)- 2 • Isha Liliput (elder; corporate employee) • Grisha Liliput (younger; model)
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 Sister- 1
Favourites
Food	Vada Pav, Pav Bhaji
Actor(s)	Dilip Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Dev Anand, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar
Actress(es)	Nutan, Meena Kumar
Singer(s)	Atif Aslam, Lata Mangeshkar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Lilliput

• Lilliput had a passion for acting since he was a child. He used to participate in stage plays in his school and college days.

• After completing his graduation in Gaya, he moved to Mumbai after one of his friends named Ashok Narayan convinced him to try his luck in the film industry.

• After shifting to Mumbai, he started working as an actor and writer for theatre plays.

• He once remained hungry for 14 days during his struggle days in Mumbai.

• In an interview, he revealed that once he was featured in the newspaper for his performance in a stage play. In that article his name was wrongly mentioned as ‘Kumari Baha Faruqui,’ which was a female name. At that time, he decided that if he ever join the film industry, he would change his name to ‘Lilliput.’

• He adopted the name ‘Lilliput’ from Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels in which ‘Lilliput’ is an island inhabited by dwarf people.

• He gained immense popularity as a theatre artist in 1979, after he acted in the play “Ek Tha Gadha Urf Aladad Khan.”

• After making his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Romance’ (1983), he acted in the film ‘Grahasthi’ (1984) in which he played the role of a waiter.
  

  Lilliput (extreme left) in a still from the film ‘Grahasthi’

• He acted alongside Ratna Pathak and Supriya Pathak in his debut television series ‘Idhar Udhar’ (1985-1998). He also worked as a scriptwriter for the television series.

• He has played several characters in the television series ‘Vikram Aur Betaal’ (1985-1986), which aired on Doordarshan.
  

  Lilliput (left) in a still from the TV series ‘Vikram Aur Betaal’

• In 1989, he worked as an actor and writer for the television series ‘Isi Bahane,’ starring Kirron Kher. The television series was broadcasted on the channel Doordarshan.

• In the same year, he worked as a writer for the TV series ‘Indradhanush,’ which aired on DD National. The TV series went on to become a superhit, making him popular.

• In 1992, he wrote dialogues for the film ‘Chamatkar,’ starring Naseeruddin Shah, Shah Rukh Khan, and Urmila Matondkar.

• He received immense appreciation for his performance in the TV series ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ (1995), which aired on the channel DD Metro.
  

  Lilliput (right) in a still from the TV series ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’

• He has acted in various Hindi television series such as ‘Aavishkar – Ek Rakshak’ (2003) on Shahara Manoranjan, ‘Shararat’ (2003) on StarPlus, ‘Shaurya Aur Suhani’ (2009) on StarPlus, ‘Gutur Gu 2’ (2013) on SAB TV, and ‘Vidya’ (2019) on Colors TV.
  

  Lilliput (left) in a still from the TV series ‘Aavishkar – Ek Rakshak’

• In 1998, he appeared as a servant in the Govinda starrer film ‘Aunty No. 1.’

• Lilliput played the main antagonist Vikram / Woh in the horror thriller TV series ‘Woh’ (1998), which was broadcasted on Zee TV. It is a Hindi adaptation of Stephen King’s epic horror novel “It.”
  

  Lilliput in a still from the TV series ‘Woh’

• He has acted in several Hindi films including ‘Saagar’ (1985), ‘Hukumat’ (1987), ‘Shatranj’ (1993), ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ (2005), ‘Enemmy’ (2013), and ‘Acting Ka Bhoot’ (2023).

• In 2017, there were rumours that he was under debut and forced to live off with his elder daughter. However, he later denied those rumours.

• In 2020, he played the role of Devdatt Tyagi in the action crime thriller web series ‘Mirzapur,’ which streamed on Amazon Prime Video.

• In 2022, he played the role of Upadhay in the web series ‘Mouse in the Dark,’ which was premiered on the OTT platform MX Player.
  

  Lilliput in a still from the web series ‘Mouse in the Dark’

• He has appeared in a few more Hindi web series including ‘Bajao’ (2023) on Jio Cinema, ‘Fuh se Fantasy’ (2023) on Jio Cinema, and ‘Dehati Ladke’ on Amazon miniTV.

• Once Subhash Ghai offered him a role of villain against Amitabh Bachchan in the film ‘Sherbahadur;’ however, the film later shelved. Then, he was offered another film with Bachchan named ‘Aashiyana,’ which was also cancelled.

• Later, when Shaad Ali offered him to work with Amitabh Bachchan in the film ‘Bunty Aur Babli,’ scarred by past experiences, he said,
  

  Main manhoos hoon (I am unlucky). Amit ji ke saath meri film banti nahin hai, tumhari bhi film nahin banegi (I am unlucky. Films with Bachchan and me don’t get made).”