Aftab Shivdasani

Aftab Shivdasani
Shivdasani at the 2012 Global Indian Film & Television
Born	1978 (age 38–39) Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor, producer
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Nin Dusanj (m. 2014)
Parent(s)	Putli Shivdasani Prem Shivdasani

Aftab Shivadasani (Sindhi: آفتاب شوداساڻي‎; Hindi: आफ़ताब शिवदासाणी) is an Indian film actor, producer and model known for his works in Bollywood. He started his acting career as a child artist with the film Mr. India. In 1999, he starred in Ram Gopal Varma's Mast, for which he received the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut. In 2000, he appeared in Vikram Bhatt's Kasoor alongside Lisa Ray, for which he received Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role..

Shivdasani was born in Mumbai to Prem and Putli Shivdasani. His father is a Hindu Sindhi while his mother is a Parsi. He has an elder sister named Afsana Shivdasani. He studied at St. Xavier's High School, (Fort) located at Lokamanya Tilak Marg in Mumbai. He then graduated from H. R.College of Commerce in Mumbai. In 2012, he was engaged to Nin Dusanj, a London-based Punjabi who works in Hong Kong. On 11 June 2014, he married Dusanj at a private ceremony attended only by both their families.

Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby (Baby food brand) at age 14 months and from that point on he appeared in many TV commercials. He made his Bollywood debut as a child actor in Mr. India (1987), then appearing in films such as Awwal Number, Shahenshah, ChaalBaaz and Insaniyat. He also played the child role for Inspector Vijaykumar Srivastav in the 1988 film 'Shahenshah', who would later be played by Amitabh Bachchan for the remainder of the film.