
Photo: Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Aftab Shivdasani's career reads like a life lived entirely on camera — chosen as a baby-food advertisement face at fourteen months, working as a child artist, then graduating to leading roles in Hindi cinema. What interests me most is his survival. Child performers rarely make the jump to adult stardom, yet he managed it and diversified into Tamil and Kannada films and production work. That suggests adaptability and a clear-eyed understanding of an unforgiving industry. He may not be Bollywood's biggest name, but longevity across decades of show business is its own achievement, and I find that quiet persistence more impressive than any single hit.
Overview
Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor, producer and model known for his works in Hindi and also working for Tamil and Kannada film industry. Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby at the age of 14 months and eventually appeared in many TV commercials for the product. He started his career as a child artist in films like Mr.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aftab Shivdasani
- Name (Japanese)
- アフターブ・シヴダサーニー
- Reading
- あふたーぶ・しゔださーにー
- Born
- June 25, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Mumbai, Bombay State, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Xhttps://x.com/AftabShivdasani
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftab%20Shivdasani
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.