Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978)Shivdasani was born in Mumbai to Prem and Putli Shivdasani.His father is a Sindhi Hindu while his mother is a Parsi. He has an older 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.
Aftab Shivdasani has an older sister whose is name Afsana Shivdasani. His knocked the doors of glamour world when he was just 14 months old, fortunately he was selected as Farex baby and the interesting journey begins, he shot so many T.V commercials, in 1980's and 90's he emerged as most promising child star, his very first bollywood outcome was Mr.India he debut as a kid then he appeared in the films like Insaniyat, Shahenshah and Chaalbaaz. Aftab performed very well, in Chaal baaz his role was appreciated as he played Sridevi's younger brother.
Along with the movies he kept on doing modeling for commercials till the age of 19, his effort turned into fruit when he got his first break in the movie Mast opposite Urmila Matondkar, directed by very Talented Ram Gopal Verma, the point he got the break he was studying at H.R college, unfortunately the movie didnot do well and he was not acclaimed by critics as he looked too young to play the lead role. Although he won years 2000 Filmfare Awards as well as best newcomer.
He turned up after two years with the movies like Kasoor, Love ke liye Kuch Bhi Karega, his career was a mixture of hits and flops his hitlists are Awara pagal Deewana, Darna Mana Hai, Masti and Hungama. In 2009 he featured in Acid factory as an aggressive, violent and hyper,presently he is working for Aao wish karein.
On August 14 and 15, 2010, Shivdasani participated as Grand Marshal at the Festival of India in Fremont, California.Aftab has been added to the cast of Abbas-Mustan's film, Players, which also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor.
Awards and nominationsWins
2000: Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut for Mast
2000: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male for Mast
2002: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Kasoor
Nominations
2002: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Kasoor