Naved Aslam
Biography
Naved Aslam (born 23 November) is an Indian film, television, and theatre actor and screenwriter. He has been an actor, director, and screenwriter, respectively for TV shows, theater plays, and feature films.
He is best known for his portrayal of Bhishma in Suryaputra Karn. In 2018, Aslam made his digital debut in the web series Smoke (running from 2018 to 2019).
Naved Aslam was born and brought up in Delhi, where his father served as an Urdu literature professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, while his mother was a high school teacher at a government school.
Aslam has been trained in classical Indian vocal music and has pursued a postgraduate degree in mass communications from Jamia Millia Islamia University based in Delhi. It was his father who introduced him to the theatre. Aslam has written, directed, and acted in stage plays for over 10 years.
Aslam, moved to Mumbai to pursue his ambition of becoming a director, after a decade in theatre. Initially, he spent over 2 years working on some of the international projects. Afterward, Aslam turned actor and made his first acting television debut in DD National's Byomkesh Bakshi in the year 1993.
He had another breakthrough in 1996 with Sony TV's medical drama Hospital. Aslam is best known for playing the role of Chand Raichand in the Indian supernatural television series Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, where he played a 1000-year-old supernatural vampire.
Apart from working in television, Aslam has played roles in feature films such as Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, a 2010 film produced by Balaji Motion Pictures and Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Actor
Dahan: Raakan Ka Rahasya (Season 1) as Dr. Kaushik Arora
Matsya Kaand (Season 1) as Sunil Ajmera
The Empire (Season 1) as Qamber Ali