Aditya Srivastava
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Srivastava during Press Conference at Le Meridien, Delhi
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| Born |
21 July 1968 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Atul (byname) Adi Abhijeet (popular character name) |
| Occupation | Actor Voice-over artist Producer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | Senior Inspector Abhijeet in the TV series, C.I.D.; Badshah Khan in Black Friday |
| Notable work | CID, Black Friday, Gulaal |
| Height | 5'10" |
| Spouse(s) | Mansi Srivastava |
| Children | 2 (Arushi Srivastava, Adwika Srivastava) |
Aditya Srivastava (born on 21st July, 1968 in Allahabad, India) is a theater artist, and, Indian film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Senior Inspector Abhijeet in India's longest-running television police procedural C.I.D.. He has also portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood films Satya, Gulaal, Paanch, Black Friday, Kaalo and Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai among others.
While pursuing graduation from Allahabad University, Aditya Srivastava did theatre plays at Sangeet Samiti, Civil lines, Allahabad. To hone his skills and pursue a career in acting, he moved to Delhi in 1989 and was involved in mostly theatre work at Sri Ram Center Of Performing Arts. Spotted by Shekhar Kapoor, he got his first break in the movie Bandit Queen, where he played Puttilal. After this he moved to Mumbai in 1995. He did many voice overs for promos and advertisements. He also played pivotal episodic roles in Byomkesh Bakshi, Rishtey and Aahat. Naya Daur, 9 Malabar Hills and Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti had him in full-fledged and prominent roles. He took a break from television in 1997 to do films.
He was later offered C.I.D. in 1999, after B.P. Singh noticed him in Satya for playing Sr.Insp. Khandilkar, after Ashutosh Gowariker left to pursue direction. Although he had played as a criminal in C.I.D. episode "The Case of the Stolen Gun" by then. Initially reluctant, he signed in for just 26 episodes, which however extended later. He, today, is one of the pillars of the show. His character in the show is shown to be serious.
Meanwhile, he also did many films. He played Murgi, a guitarist in Anurag Kashyap's Paanch, which was shot in 2001, never released but got him approval as an actor by the film fraternity when Paanch was shown as the closing film in Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2005. He was offered to play the male lead in Hansal Mehta's Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar but the role was later given to Manoj Bajpayee, leaving him to play another important character in the same movie named Tito, a Dubai returned entrepreneur. He even provided finance for the making of this movie, so kind of co-produced it. His first film as in playing the single male protagonist, "Dil se Pooch Kidhar Jaana Hai", though it was a commercial failure as production house decided to release it sans promotions, fetched him appreciation by critics for his performance. Kaalo is another movie with him in lead. He suffered from a shoulder injury in a bus accident whilst the shoots of Kaalo.
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