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Waris Ahluwalia

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Waris Ahluwalia is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, c. 1975) is an India

India

n-American

United States

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jewelry designer and actor. He immigrated with his family to the United States

United States

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at the age of five, and grew up in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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. He is based in New York City

New York City

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but has also lived in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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and travels frequently to Rome

Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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, Japan

Japan

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and Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, India, where most of his jewellery is made. He sells his jewellery through his company, House of Waris, and has collaborated with the fashion designer Benjamin Cho. House of Waris came into being after the owners of Maxfield's in LA noticed Waris's elaborate diamond rings and placed a large order, which sold out. He owns a tea shop in New York City underneath the High Line under his House of Waris brand.

In addition to his work in jewellery, he has had a number of small roles in films, most notably by those of his friend Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson

Wesley Wales Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer of features, short films and commercials....

, and in commercials.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role
2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is an American comedy-drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. It is Anderson's fourth feature length film, released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004...	Vikram Ray
2005	The F Word The F Word (film) The F Word is a feature fiction/documentary hybrid film from 2005, directed by Jed Weintrob and produced by Christian Ditlev Bruun and Nick Goldfarb...	Republican Fundraiser
2006	Inside Man Inside Man Inside Man is a 2006 crime-drama film directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Willem Dafoe and Jodie Foster. The film's screenplay was written by Russell Gewirtz and produced by Brian Grazer...	Vikram Walia
2007	The Darjeeling Limited The Darjeeling Limited The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman. It was written by Anderson, Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola...	The Chief Steward
2009	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Jordan Galland. The film's title refers to a fictitious play-within-the-movie, which is a comic reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and its aftermath and whose title is a reference to the play...	Hugo Pepper
2010	I Am Love I Am Love (film) I Am Love is a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the force of passion. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi... (io sono l'amore)	Shai Kubelkian

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