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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
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| occupation = [[Actor]], [[casting director]]
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'''Aakash Dahiya''' (born 20 September 1986) is a Mumbai-based actor and [[casting director]], who is known for his work in [[Bollywood]] films.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saumya |first1=Bhatia |title=Aakash Dahiya: Casting to acting, directing... |url=http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/aakash-dahiya-casting-acting-directing-242 |access-date=3 August 2014 |publisher=The Asian Age |date=3 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814023239/http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/aakash-dahiya-casting-acting-directing-242 |archive-date=14 August 2014 }}</ref><ref name=in/>

== Career ==

Born in [[New Delhi]], Dahiya started acting in the [[New Delhi]] Theater. He then started working as associate casting director<ref>{{cite web|last1=Anjum|first1=Shabbir|title=Kai Po Che Movie Review|url=http://bollyspice.com/55173/kai-po-che-movie-review|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> with his friend [[Mukesh Chhabra]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sengupta |first1=Saumita |title=Casting hones my acting skills |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/%E2%80%9Ccasting-hones-my-acting-skills%E2%80%9D/ |access-date=21 June 2014 |publisher=Box office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806172400/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/%E2%80%9Ccasting-hones-my-acting-skills%E2%80%9D/ |archive-date=6 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = In Actor's Studio | url = http://epaper.absoluteindianews.com/Details.aspx?id=1058&boxid=12636218&uid&dat=12%2F16%2F2013 | access-date = 14 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814025357/http://epaper.absoluteindianews.com/Details.aspx?id=1058&boxid=12636218&uid&dat=12%2F16%2F2013 | archive-date = 14 August 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

His first role in Bollywood was as "Googly" in ''[[Chillar Party]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sabnani|first1=Pankaj|title=Chillar Party Movie Review|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/07-chillar-party-movie-review-071104.asp|website=www.glamsham.com|access-date=7 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chillar Party famed actor finds teacher in Vidya Balan|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/chillar-party-famed-actor-finds-teacher-in-vidya-balan-hindi-news-107726.html|website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> directed by [[Nitesh Tiwari]] and [[Vikas Bahl]]. He also got some smaller roles in ''Rock Star'' (2011), ''[[Kaminey]]'' (2009) and ''[[Trishna (2011 film)|Trishna]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web|last1=AVINASH|first1=PRABHAKAR|title=A feel-good, hard work story|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-feelgood-hard-work-story/article6062994.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trishna|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/trishna-1.478373|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>

Later, in [[Nikhil Advani|Nikhil Advani`s]] ''[[D-Day (2013 film)|D-Day]]'', he acted as "Aslam". The film got critical appreciation and so did his character.<ref>{{cite web | title = Movie review: D-Day is a surprising package |work= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-dday-is-a-surprising-package/ |author=Shalini Langer |date=19 July 2013| access-date = 14 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gayatri|first1=Sankar|title=D-Day' review|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/d-day-review-rishi-kapoor-irrfan-khan-steal-the-show_139346.html|access-date=20 July 2013|publisher=zee news India}}</ref> After that, Dahiya appeared in ''[[Mastram]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Soumita |first1=Sengupta |title=Mastram is a story we all have grown up reading |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/%E2%80%9Cmastram-is-a-story-we-all-have-grown-up-reading%E2%80%9D/ |website=www.boxofficeindia.co.in/ |access-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810010453/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/%E2%80%9Cmastram-is-a-story-we-all-have-grown-up-reading%E2%80%9D/ |archive-date=10 August 2014 }}</ref> and ''[[Bobby Jasoos]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bollyspice.com/84133/characters-bobby-jasoos|title=More about the characters of Bobby Jasoos!|date=|website=|publisher=bollyspice.com/|access-date=|last1=Stacey|first1=Yount}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Roy|first1=Purba|title=Akash Dahiya : smitten by Acting|url=http://starblockbuster.com/akash-dahiya-smitten-acting|access-date=2014-07-05}}</ref> He conducted an acting workshop for the movie ''[[Bobby Jasoos]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karishma|first1=Upadhyay|title=Bidya as Bobby!|url=http://www.abplive.in/movies/2014/06/29/article352908.ece/Bidya-as-Bobby|website=www.abplive.in|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=UDASI|first1=HARSHIKAA|title=Bobby comes calling|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bobby-comes-calling/article6136786.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Karishma|first1=Upadhyay|title=Bidya as Bobby!|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140629/jsp/t2/story_18561382.jsp#.VAYojvmSx6M|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903122557/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140629/jsp/t2/story_18561382.jsp#.VAYojvmSx6M|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2014|access-date=29 June 2014|agency=Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Jamindar|first1=Darshana|title=Aakash Dahiya says"I have never seen Hard-working Producers like Dia Mirza and Saahil in my life"|url=http://www.gujaratheadline.com/aakash-dahiya-saysi-have-never-seen-such-producers-like-dia-and-saahil-in-my-life/|access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

He acted as Amit<ref>{{cite web|last1=IANS|title=Aakash Dahiya: Not violence but friendship forms core of 'Meeruthiya Gangsters'|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/aakash-dahiya-not-violence-but-friendship-forms-core-of-meeruthiya-gangsters/16503161|access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref> in<ref>{{cite web|title=All guns blazing |url=http://epaper.absoluteindianews.com/Details.aspx?id=2460&boxid=61602628&uid=&dat=8/14/2015 |website=epaper.absoluteindianews.com/ |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925103033/http://epaper.absoluteindianews.com/Details.aspx?id=2460&boxid=61602628&uid=&dat=8%2F14%2F2015 |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref> [[Zeishan Quadri]]'s ''[[Meeruthiya Gangster]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Not violence but friendship forms core of 'Meeruthiya Gangsters': Aakash Dahiya|url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/not-violence-but-friendship-forms-core-of-meeruthiya-gangsters-aakash-dahiya-115090101120_1.html|publisher=Business Standards|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="in">{{cite news|last1=Coelho|first1=Alisha|title=I'll Never Stop Casting: Aakash Dahiya|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/ill-never-stop-casting-aakash-dahiya-158428.html|access-date=1 July 2014|publisher=[[Indiatimes]]|date=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=FPJ Bureau |title=Zeishan builds team for 'Meeruthiya Gangsters' |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/zeishan-builds-team-for-meeruthiya-gangsters/ |access-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712040353/http://www.freepressjournal.in/zeishan-builds-team-for-meeruthiya-gangsters/ |archive-date=12 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=IANS|title='Meeruthiya Gangsters' release date pushed to September|website=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Meeruthiya-Gangsters-release-date-pushed-to-September/articleshow/47331873.cms|access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meeruthiya Gangsters (2015)|website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4117066/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meeruthiya Gangsters' to go on floors June 15|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/-meeruthiya-gangsters-to-go-on-floors-june-15_156462.html|access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=IANS|title=Filming for 'Meeruthiya Gangsters' to begin|url=http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/film/movie-news/filming-for-meeruthiya-gangsters-to-begin-1.1345660|publisher=Gulfnews.com|access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref> In 2015 Aakash appeared in [[Anand L. Rai]]'s ''[[Tanu Weds Manu Returns]]'', in a short role as Deepak,<ref>{{cite web|title=The genius of Kangana turns Tanu weds Manu returns into one of the best bolly sequels ever|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150523/jsp/t2/story_21511.jsp#.VWLu0dKeDGc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525120616/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150523/jsp/t2/story_21511.jsp#.VWLu0dKeDGc|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2015|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=23 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tanu Weds Manu Returns|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/tanu-weds-manu-returns-3/|publisher=Box office India|access-date=22 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525143106/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/tanu-weds-manu-returns-3/|archive-date=25 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> but he got appreciation for his dazzling appearance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marty|first1=Moody|title=''Miyan, captain banoge?''|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/news/15/jun/miyan-captain-banoge.asp|access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Casting Associate
! Actor
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2009|| ''[[Kaminey]]'' || ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011|| ''[[Teen Thay Bhai]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011 || ''[[Chillar Party]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011|| ''[[Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011|| ''[[Force (2011 film)|Force]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011|| ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2011|| ''[[Trishna (2011 film)|Trishna]]'' || ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2012|| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2012|| ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]]'' ||{{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2012|| ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2013|| ''[[Kai Po Che!]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2013|| ''[[D-Day (2013 film)|D-Day]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2013|| ''[[Siddharth (2013 film)|Siddharth]]'' || {{yes}} ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2014|| ''[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|Highway]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2014|| ''[[Mastram]]'' || || {{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2014|| ''[[Bobby Jasoos]]'' || ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2014|| ''[[PK (film)|PK]]'' || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2015|| ''[[Tanu Weds Manu Returns]]'' || ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2015|| ''[[Meeruthiya Gangsters]]'' || ||{{yes}}
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2020|| ''[[Operation Parindey]]''<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/operation-parindey/0-0-135755|title=Operation Parindey on Zee5}}</ref> || ||{{yes}}
|Released on [[ZEE5]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=TUTEJA|first=JOGINDER|title=Operation Parindey review|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/operation-parindey-review/20200312.htm|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
|[[Permanent Roommates]] Season 2
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
| 2023
|[[Rafuchakkar]]
|
|{{Yes}}
| [[JioCinema]]
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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