Aftab Shivdasani
Biography
Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor, producer, and model known for his works in Hindi and also working for Tamil and Kannada film industry. Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby at the age of 14 months and eventually appeared in many TV commercials for the product.
He started his career as a child artist in films like Mr. India (1987), Shahenshah (1988), ChaalBaaz (1989), Awwal Number (1990), C.I.D. (1990), and Insaniyat (1994).
In 1999, he made his adult debut in Ram Gopal Varma's Mast, for which he received the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut and Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer- Male.
Subsequently, he featured in several commercially successful films, including, Kasoor (2001) for which he received the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and a nomination for the Filmfare Best Villain Award, Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (2002), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), Hungama (2003), Masti (2004).
His debut film in Tamil cinema was Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018). He made his debut in Kannada cinema with the commercial hit movie Kotigobba 3 (2021).
Actor
Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story (Season 1) as Vijay Kumar
Kotigobba 3 as Sharath
Nishabd as Rishi