Aftaab Shivdasani's exciting journey into the limelight started at
a very young age when he was only 14 months old. He had featured in
a lot of ads in his growing years and did a couple of videos. As a child
he didn't have a thriving acting career which left him with enough time
to pursue academic interests.
It was his impish portrayals in Coke and Nestle Bar One ads that caught
the creative eye of Ramgopal Varma who needed the same innocent character
in his movie, 'Mast'. Even before the film was released, he had a busy
schedule and a large fan following, mainly female. Mast did not do well
at the box office but the initial promos teased the audiences with flashes
of his cute dimpled smile. He has become a pro at using his best charm-weapon.
Vikram Bhatt's Kasoor have brought him back into the reckoning and
this time he seems to have grabbed a firm foothold. He's got the looks
and the talent. He's got the cool and the self-belief not to lose sight
of himself in the fickle world of films. Aftab has amassed work quantitatively,
but whether or not he will click in the real sense of the word, is a
good question!