The actor we will talk about today started his career as a child artist. At the age of 9, he worked in a blockbuster film but his debut film in 1999 flopped. He has been active in the film industry for the last 26 years but only a few selected films have become hits. Know about these films here.

Only 6 out of 29 films spent their budget
The actor we are talking about is none other than Aftab Shivdasani. He started his career as a child artist and people appreciated his performance. But when he debuted with the film Mast in 1999, it flopped badly at the box office.

According to Bollywood Hungama, in his 26 years of career, the actor has worked in a total of 29 films, out of which 23 films were only flops. The remaining 6 films have drained the makers’ budget by becoming average, hit, semi-hit and super hit. The names and box office collections of some successful films of Aftab Shivdasani are as follows –

1. Kasur – 5.31 crores
2. Awara Pagal Deewana – 16.02 crores
3. Hungama – 12.61 crores
4. Masti – 20.28 crores
5. 1920: Evil Returns – 22.86 crores
6. Grand Masti – 102 crores

According to the report of Bollywood Hungama, Aftab Shivdasani has been able to win the hearts of the audience only through these 6 films and these movies have recovered the money of the makers’ budget by earning decent money at the box office. But despite giving only 6 hit films in his 26 years of career, Aftab Shivdasani always remains a part of this hit franchise.

Aftab Shivdasani always features in this hit franchise
Hindi film star Aftab Shivdasani is in the news these days for his film ‘Masti 4’. Although many of his films flopped in the actor’s career, he is always seen in Bollywood’s hit franchise Masti.

‘Masti’ was released in 2004 which proved to be a hit at the box office. After this, Aftab Shivdasani was also seen in ‘Grand Masti’ in 2013 and ‘Great Grand Masti’ in 2016.

All the films of this franchise did wonders in theatres. Now ‘Masti 4’ will be released on 21st November in which like always, Aftab Shivdasani will be seen along with Vivek Oberoi and Ritesh Deshmukh in the lead roles.

Happy Birthday Karisma Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani
The more colorful the world of films, the more interesting relationships there are. The relationship between Karisma Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani is also similar. These stars look completely different on the screen, but in real life, their relationship is very deeply connected. When Karishma Kapoor stepped into Bollywood as a heroine in the 90s, Aftab started his career as a child artist. The connection of both artists is of blood as well as blood. The most interesting thing is that both are celebrating their birthday today i.e. 25 June.

What is Karisma Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani’s relationship Karishma? Kapoor was born on 25 June 1974 in Mumbai. Actress is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita Kapoor. So at the same time, Aftab Shivdasani was also born on 25 June 1978 in Mumbai. The actor’s father is Prem Shivdasani Sindhi and mother Putli Shivdasani Irani. Karishma’s Kapoor’s mother Babita Kapoor was the daughter of Shivdasani Ghar before marriage. Babita’s father Hari Shivdasani’s nephew was Prem Shivdasani i.e. Aftab’s father. This is why Karishma Kapoor has mother and Aftab’s father cousin siblings. Aftab Shivdasani is the maternal brother of the actress with this relationship.

A look at Karisma Kapoor’s career
Karishma Kapoor left his studies for her acting career. He made his first step in Bollywood at the age of just 16 years. He started his career with the 1991 film Prem Prisoner. A year later, he worked in a police officer with veteran actor Jackie Shroff. Karishma Kapoor got recognition from films like ‘Jigar’ and ‘Anari’. In 1994, his career gained momentum in films like ‘Raja Babu’, ‘Khuddar’, ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ and ‘Suhag’. From 1999 to 2000, his popularity was at the peak. In films like ‘Biwi No. 1’, ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’, ‘Fiza’ and ‘Zubaida’, he received a lot of praise from the audience by playing emotional roles. In the 90s, Karishma made a successful pair with Govinda in hit comedy films like ‘Coolie No. 1’, ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’, ‘Hero No. 1’. 1996’s ‘Raja Hindustani’ made her a superstar and also received the first Filmfare Award. For the 1997 ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’, he got away from the film screen after marriage with Sanjay Kapoor in the year 2003. After this, he returned to Bollywood in 2012 with ‘Dangerras Ishq’ and in 2020, he made his steps into OTT with a web series like ‘Mantalhad’ and ‘Murder Mubarak’ in 2024.

How was Aftab Shivdasani’s film career?
Aftab Shivdasani, the actress of the actress, started her career as a child artist in Bollywood. At the age of just 14 months, he appeared in the ‘Farex Baby’ advertisement. After this he worked in many TV AIDS. In 1987, he was seen as a child artist in films like ‘Mr. India’, ‘Shahenshah’, ‘Chalbaaz’. In 1999, he made his debut as a hero from the film Mast, made under the instructions of Ram Gopal Varma. He was awarded the Best Debut Actor Award for this role. In 2001, he captured the hearts of the audience by playing a negative role in Kasur. For this, he also got Filmfare Nomination. The series of hit films continued continuously after the other. ‘Love for Kuch Karega’, ‘Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat’ and ‘Kya Hai Pyaar Hai’ also made their acting iron.

He became a comedy star by working in films like Hungama in 2003 and Masti in 2004. But there was also such a period in the middle where his films started flopping. In 2012, Aftab made a tremendous comeback with films like Horror film 1920: The Evil Returns and Grand Masti. He was then seen in Special Ops 1.5 in 2012. His acting was highly appreciated in this. He has made his mark in Bollywood by playing hard work and different characters.