Aftab Shivdasani

Aftab Shivdasani
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–1994, 1999–present

Aftab Shivdasani (Hindi: आफ़ताब शिवदसानी, born 25 June 1978) is an Indian film actor working in Bollywood film industry.

Early life and background

Aftab Shivdasani, was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He studied at St. Xavier's High School, (Fort) located at Lokamanya Tilak Marg, Mumbai. He then graduated from H. R.College of Commerce in Mumbai.

Aftab Shivdasani's parents are of different religious backgrounds. His father, Prem Shivdasani, is a Hindu while his mother, Sherry, was born to a Parsi family. Aftab has an older sister named Afsana Shivdasani.

Aftab Said in a interview that Aamna is just a friend and nothing to him.

Career

Shivdasani's first brush with the glamour world was at the age of 14 months when he was selected as the Farex baby (Baby food brand) and from that point on, Aftab shot for many TV commercials. Aftab was a fairly well-known child star in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He first made his Bollywood debut as a kid in Mr India, then appearing in films such as Shahenshah, Chaalbaaz and Insaniyat.

He played Sridevi’s kid brother in Chaalbaaz, the actor was known to have had a big crush on this gorgeous Bollywood actress.

Aftab continued modeling for commercials till the age of 19 until he finally got a break to play the lead role. He got his first leading role in Bollywood with a role in director Ram Gopal Varma's Mast opposite Urmila Matondkar. Aftab was still studying at H.R. College in Mumbai when he signed up for Mast. The movie was a disaster at the box office and Aftab was written off by the critics as he came across too young on screen to play the lead. However, Aftab won the 2000 Filmfare awards's Best Debut for his acclaimed performance. Aftab also won the Best Newcomer Award for his debut performance.

After a gap of almost two years, an older Aftab made a comeback in Vikram Bhatt’s Kasoor. Kasoor (2001) and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001), the first being a box office dud whereas the latter turned to be a commercial and critical success. Even though Aftab had many flops, he had some hit films such as Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), Darna Mana Hai (2003), Hungama (2003), Masti (2004), and Koi Aap Sa (2005).

Aftab featured in Acid Factory in 2009, which is about 6 people who are closeted inside a factory and all of them have lost their memory. The character he plays is similar to other characters he has played in the past, in the sense that he is clueless, violent, aggressive and hyper. The movie was a colossal disaster failing to recover even publicity costs.

Currently, Aftab is focusing on Aao Wish Karein, the first movie under his production company, Rising Sun Entertainment. Aftab helped to co-write the script and also plays the lead character, Mickey alongside Aamna Sharif, who was last seen with Aftab in Aloo Chaat.

Awards and nominations

• 2000 winner Filmfare awards Best Debute (male) for Mast
• 2002 winner Zee Cine Awards Best Villain for Kasoor
• 2002 Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award forKasoor
• 2002 winner Nation Honor Awards for Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai
• 2003 winner Rajiv Gandhi Awards
• 2006 winner People's Choice Awards for Most Handsome Award

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Aao Wish Karein	Mickey
	Acid Factory
	Kambakht Ishq	Lucky Doshi
	Daddy Cool	Michael
	Aloo Chaat	Nikhil
2008	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai	Gaurav Negi
	De Taali	Abhishek/Abhi
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan	Aman (segment \"Lovedale\")
	Om Shanti Om	Himself	Special Appearance in son Deewangi Deewangi
	Speed (2007 film)	Kabir Khan
	Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee	Manish Gupta
	Red: The Dark Side	Neil Oberoi
	Nishabd	Rishi
2006	Jaane Hoga Kya	Siddharth Sardesai/Clone
	Darwaza Bandh Rakho	Ajay
	Ankahee	Dr. Shekhar Saxena (as Aftab Shivdasani)
	Shaadi Se Pehle	Rohit Chopra
2005	Mr Ya Miss	Sanjay Patel
	Awara Pagal Deewana	Raj Sinha
	Koi Aap Sa	Rohan
2004	Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart	Ricky/Rohan Verma
	Masti	Prem
	Muskaan	Sameer Oberoi
	Suno Sasurjee	Raj K. Saxena
2003	Footpath	Arjun Singh
	Hungama	Nandu
	Darna Mana Hai	Purab
2002	Pyaasa (2002 film)	Suraj Thakur
	Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani	Prem Srivastav
	Awara Paagal Deewana	Dr. Anmol Acharya
	Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai	Rahul Tiwari
	Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe	Aman Puri
2001	Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat	Taj Bharadwaj
	Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega	Harilal (Harry)
	Kasoor	Shekhar Saxena (as Aftab Shivdasani)
1999	Mast	Krishnakant Mathur (Kittu)