Sanjeev Jaiswal

Sanjeev Jaiswal
Sanjeev Jaiswal at Mumbai March 2013
Born	(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 29) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film Actor

Sanjeev Jaiswal (born 18 February 1988) is an Indian film actor. Jaiswal has acted in 2 Hindi films, a drama and an action thriller. His first movie was "Shaitan" in which he played a small role of police informer, while his second movie was "The Attacks of 26/11", a film based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which he played a lead role, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, with Nana Patekar And Sadh Orhan.

Jaiswal was born on 18 February 1988 to Hindu parents in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. His father is a businessman from Jamshedpur and his mother is a housewife. He has one elder brother and two younger brothers. Jaiswal grew up in Jamshedpur where he attended Motilal Nehru Public School before attended the Ignou and earned his bachelor's degree in Arts. Jaiswal was also doing theatre in Delhi while pursuing graduation degree.

Early in his career he was recognised for his theatre acting in Delhi. He has done theatre in Delhi from 2005 to 2008. He was also selected in top ten finalist in Delhi audition of Zee TV's India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj in 2008. He then moved to Mumbai in 2008 and there he played a small role in one ad of 2008 Indian Premier League. After that he got many small roles in serials and played all the roles with sincerity and his acting was appreciated by audience. In 2012, he played a role of assistant of a director in a TV serial Sasural Genda Phool.

In 2013, Jaiswal got opportunity to play lead role in the RGV-directed movie The Attacks Of 26/11. After auditioning 500 applicants, RGV finally found an actor Sanjeev Jaiswal to play Ajmal Kasab, the prime accused terrorist in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai. Movie released on 1st march and the acting of Jaiswal was appreciated by audience and media both. In a press conference, Jaiswal said his biggest challenge was that people shouldn't feel he won the role just because he resembled the terrorist. Talking about the response to the film, Jaiswal said that people hated the character played but liked him as an actor.