subject: Aftab Shivdasani - Bollywood Actor [print this page] Aftab Shivdasani is a Bollywood actorAftab Shivdasani is a Bollywood actor. He has worked in more the 35 Bollywood films. He started his acting career as a child artist in various commercials and Hindi films. Aftab was born on 25 June 1978 to Prem and Putli Shivdasani in Mumbai. He has an elder sister named Afsana Shivdasani.
His father Prem is Sindhi Hindu while his mother Putli is Parsi. He did his schooling from St. Xavier School, Fort, Mumbai and he graduated from H. R. College of Commerce.
When Aftab was just 14 months old he was selected as Farex baby (baby food brand). After that he appeared in many commercials. When he was just 9 years old he made his debut in the Bollywood film MR. INDIA (1987) as a child artist. After that He was seen in many films such as Shehensha (1988), Chaalbaaz (1989) and Insaniyat (1994).
Aftab next film, Mr. YA MS. (2005) was inspired by a Hollywood film Switch (1991) directed by Blake Edwards. Aftab played a role of a rich Gujarati boy (Sanjay Patel) who is a complete Casanova and doesnt hesitate ditching any girl in his life. Antara Mali, Ritesh Deshmukh and Divya Dutta were the actors in the film.
Deewane huye paagal (2005) was his next movie released in 2005, directed by Vikram Bhatt. Suniel Shetty, Shahid Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal, Vivek Oberoi and Johnny Lever played the main characters in the film.
Aftab had given guest appearance in the film. The next was director Partho Mishra Koi aap sa (2005). Aftab played as Rohan, a good footballer in the film. The film lacked a strong story and good actors resulting in its failure at the Box Office.
The next film was a suspense thriller Jaane hoga kya (2006) directed by Ankush and Glenn Barretto. Aftab played a double role in the film and Bipasha Basu was the female lead in the film. Rahul Dev, Tinu Anand, Paresh Rawal and Preeti Jhangiani were the other actors in supporting role.
Ram Gopal Verma Darwaza band rakho (2006) was Aftab next film in 2006. Aftab, Chunky Pandey, Zakir Hussain and Snehal Dabi were portrayed the main characters in the film. Vikram Bhatt Ankahee (2006) was his next film. Ankahee (2006) was based on love and betrayal.
Amisha Patel and Esha Deol were the female leads in the film. Hrishita Bhatt gave a special appearance in the film. SHAADI SE PEHLE (2006) directed by Satish Kaushik was the film in which Aftab was seen in a short role. Akshay Khanna, Ayesha Takia and Mallika Sherawat were the lead actors in the film while Aftab, Suniel Shetty, Anupam Kher and Gulshan Grover were seen as supporting actors.
In 2007, aftab was seen in six movies, out of which two were just special appearance, nishabd (2007) and om shanti om (2007). The other three movies were speed (2007), life mein kabhi kabhi (2007) and red: the dark side.
Speed was an action comedy film directed by vikram bhatt based on the hollywood film cellular (2004). With aftab, sanjay suri, zayed kahn, urmila matondkar, ashish chaudhary, amrita rao, tanushree dutta and sophie chaudhary were the actors seen in the film. life mein kabhi kabhi (2007), directed by vikram bhatt was a social thriller film.
The film was about five friends played by aftab, dino morea, nauheed cyrusi, sameer dattani and anjhori alagh. red: the dard side (2007) again was vikram bhatt and aftab film. celina jaitly, amrita arora and sushant singh were other actors in the film.
Money hai to honey hai (2008) and de taali (2008) were aftab two movies released in 2008. Money hai to honey hai (2008), directed by ganesh acharya had actors like govinda, upen patel, aftab, celina jaitly, prem chopra, hansika motwani, ravi kissen and manoj bajpayee.
The story revolves around few people who are struggling to succeed in life. de taali (2008), directed by e. niwas was a comedy film. the film is about three childhood friends played by ayesha takia, ritesh deshmukh and aftab.
In 2009 robbie grewal romantic comedy aloo chaat (2009) which released on 20 march 2009, saw aftab with debutant actress aamna shariff. aftab played a role of a hindu boy and aamna played a well cultured muslim girl. the film didnt succeed at the boxoffice.
After aloo chaat (2009), in the same year he was seen in robbie grewal film aao wish karein (2009) with aamna again. Aao wish karein (2009) was a fantasy film. He played a boy named mickey in the film. like aloo chaat (2009) this film too failed to do good business at the boxoffice.
Beside grewal aloo chaat (2009) and aao wish karein (2009) aftabh was also seen in movies like acid factory (2009), kambakht ishq (2009) and daddy cool (2009). acid factory (2009) was a paranoid thriller directed by supan verma. It had a multi star cast.
Actors like danny danzongpa, manoj bajpai, fardeen khan, irrfan khan, dino morea, gulshan grover and diya mirza were the actors seen in the film. This film was a complete disaster at the boxoffice.
Next aftab appeared in akshay kumar and kareena kapoor starrer kambakht ishq (2009). He was paired opposite amrita arora. the last movie in 2009 aftab was seen in was a remake of british comedy film death at a funeral (2007). directed by k. murli mohan rao, daddy cool (2009) could not do well at the box office.
Suniel shetty, javed jaffrey, ashish chaudhary, sophie chaudhary, prem chopra, kim sharma, aarti chhabria, chunky pandey, and vrajesh hirji were the actors seen in the film with aftab. During his Bollywood career he was linked with model Yana Gupta, and it is said that they called off their relationship due to personal differences.
He is recently being linked with her aloo chaat (2009) and aao wish karein (2009) costars aamna shariff.
