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Dawood Ibrahim

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Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar ( ; born 26 December 1955) is an Indian gangster, mob boss, drug lord and narcoterrorist. He is the leader of the organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on multiple charges of murder, extortion, targeted killing, drug trafficking and terrorism among others. He has been reported to live in Karachi, Pakistan, though the government of Pakistan denies it. He was designated a global terrorist by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council and by the United States in 2003 for masterminding the 1993 Bombay bombings and is said to have an influence in 26/11 attacks. The United States has a bounty of US$25 million on his head. In a Time list of the world's most notorious mob bosses, Ibrahim was ranked 9th. Ibrahim was third on Forbes' "The World's 10 Most Wanted" list from 2010 until it stopped publishing the list in 2011. In 2011, he was named number two on "The World's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives" by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Infobox

Born
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (1955-12-26) 26 December 1955 Khed, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
Gangster crime lord drug lord syndicate leader
Years active
1976–present
Organization
D-Company
Opponents
DCP G. R. Khairnar Chhota Rajan Ali Budesh Ejaz Lakdawala Arun Gawli
Relatives
Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar (brother; deceased)
Criminal charge
Organised crime, drug trafficking, extortion, targeted killing, terrorism, narcoterrorism burglary, raping
Wanted by
India United States
Wanted since
1993

Tables

· In popular culture › Indian cinema › Actors who have portrayed Dawood Ibrahim in films
2002
Company
Role(s)
Ajay Devgn
Notes
Malik
2004
Black Friday
Role(s)
Vijay Maurya
Notes
Dawood Ibrahim
2005
D
Role(s)
Randeep Hooda
Notes
Deshu
2007
Risk
Role(s)
Vinod Khanna
Notes
Khalid Bin Jamal
Shootout at Lokhandwala
Role(s)
Unknown
Notes
Big Boss
2010
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
Role(s)
Emraan Hashmi
Notes
Shoaib Khan
2013
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara!
Role(s)
Akshay Kumar
Shootout at Wadala
Role(s)
Sonu Sood
Notes
Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar
D-Day
Role(s)
Rishi Kapoor
Notes
Iqbal Seth a . Goldman
2017
Daddy
Role(s)
Farhan Akhtar
Notes
Maqsood
Haseena Parkar
Role(s)
Siddhanth Kapoor
Notes
Dawood Ibrahim
Coffee with D
Role(s)
Zakir Hussain
Notes
D
2022
An Action Hero
Role(s)
Gautam Joglekar
Notes
Masood Abraham Katkar
2025
They Call Him OG
Role(s)
Vincent Asokan
Notes
David Abraham
2026
Dhurandhar: The Revenge
Role(s)
Danish Iqbal
Notes
Dawood Ibrahim
Year
Film
Actor
Character's name
Lead role
Story
2002
Company
Ajay Devgn
Malik
Based on true events
2004
Black Friday
Vijay Maurya
Dawood Ibrahim
Biographical
2005
D
Randeep Hooda
Deshu
Fictional
2007
Risk
Vinod Khanna
Khalid Bin Jamal
Shootout at Lokhandwala
Unknown
Big Boss
Biographical
2010
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
Emraan Hashmi
Shoaib Khan
Based on true events
2013
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara!
Akshay Kumar
Fictional
Shootout at Wadala
Sonu Sood
Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar
Biographical
D-Day
Rishi Kapoor
Iqbal Seth a . Goldman
Fictional
2017
Daddy
Farhan Akhtar
Maqsood
Biographical
Haseena Parkar
Siddhanth Kapoor
Dawood Ibrahim
Coffee with D
Zakir Hussain
D
Fictional
2022
An Action Hero
Gautam Joglekar
Masood Abraham Katkar
2025
They Call Him OG
Vincent Asokan
David Abraham
2026
Dhurandhar: The Revenge
Danish Iqbal
Dawood Ibrahim
Based on true events
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