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{{For|the Indian cricketer|Aditya Shrivastava (cricketer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Short description|Indian actor, Best known for his role in C.I.D as Senior Inspector Abhijeet}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aditya Srivastava
| image = 2016-03-10_AS.jpg
| image_size = 300 px
| caption = Srivastava during Press Conference at Le Meridien, Delhi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|07|21}}
| birth_place = [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice-over artist|television producer}}
| known_for = [[Senior Inspector Abhijeet]] in the TV series, ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]]''; Badshah Khan in [[Black Friday (2007 film) | Black Friday]]
| notable_works = ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D. ]]'',<br>''[[Black Friday (2004 film) | Black Friday]]'',<br>''[[Gulaal (film) | Gulaal]]''
, Super 30
| spouse = Manasi Srivastava
| children = 2
| years active = 1992–present
}}

'''Aditya Srivastava''' (born 21 July 1968)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastav|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820282/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=IMDb}}</ref> is a theater artist, [[Indian people|Indian]] [[film actor|film]] and [[television actor]]. He is best known for his role as [[Senior Inspector Abhijeet]] in India's longest-running television police procedural ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]]''. He has also portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood films ''[[Satya (1998 film) | Satya]]'', ''[[Gulaal (film) | Gulaal]]'', ''[[Lakshya (2004 film)| Lakshya]]'', ''[[Paanch]]'', ''[[Black Friday (2007 film) | Black Friday]]'', ''[[Kaalo]]'', ''[[Super 30 (film) | Super 30]]'' and ''Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai'' joining ''[[CIF (TV series) | CIF]]'' among others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastava|url=https://bollywoodbookingagency.com/portfolio/aditya-srivastava/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Bollywood Celebrity Booking Agency|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastava Hits And Flops Movies List With Box Office Collections|url=http://www.celebritiesadda.com/2020/08/Aditya-Srivastava-Hits-And-Flops-Movies-List-With-Box-Office-Collections.html|access-date=2021-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastava - Age, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Profession And Much More.|url=https://www.aajkedin.com/person/about/aditya-srivastava|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Aaj Ke Din|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastava : Booking Price,Contact,Show,Event: PartyMap.in|url=https://www.partymap.in/tv-actor-aditya-srivastava/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=PartyMap|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
While pursuing graduation from Allahabad University, Aditya Srivastava did theatre plays at Sangeet Samiti,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-543463|title=Sangam City (Allahabad) & Indian Film Industry|website=CNN iReport|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406213831/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-543463|url-status=dead}}</ref> Civil lines, Allahabad. To hone his skills and pursue a career in acting, he moved to Delhi in 1989 and was involved in mostly theatre work at Sri Ram Center Of Performing Arts. Spotted by Shekhar Kapoor, he got his first break in the movie ''Bandit Queen'', where he played Puttilal. After this, he moved to Mumbai in 1995. He did many voiceovers for promos and advertisements. He also played pivotal episodic roles in ''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series) | Byomkesh Bakshi]]'', ''[[Rishtey (TV series) | Rishtey]]'' and ''[[Aahat]]''. ''Naya Daur'', ''[[9 Malabar Hill]]'' and ''Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti'' had him in full-fledged and prominent roles. He took a break from television in 1997 to do films.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastava: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Aditya-Srivastava|access-date=2020-09-18|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

He was later offered ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]]'' in 1999, after [[B. P. Singh]] noticed him in ''[[Satya (1998 film) | Satya]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/chasing-criminals-cracking-cases/story-8RNx0CQ81TniDmdKW4ZCgI.html|title=Chasing criminals, cracking cases|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826035223/https://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Chasing-criminals-cracking-cases/Article1-902785.aspx|archive-date=26 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> for playing a cop, after [[Ashutosh Gowariker]] left to pursue direction. Although he had played as a criminal Paresh in the ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]]'' episode "The Case of the Stolen Gun" by then. Initially reluctant, he signed in for just 26 episodes, which however extended later. His first [[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]] episode as a cop was "The Case of the Stolen Dynamite". He, today, is one of the pillars of the show.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Srivastava News {{!}} Latest News of Aditya Srivastava {{!}} Times of India Entertainment|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Aditya-Srivastava/news|access-date=2020-09-18|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

Meanwhile, he also did many films. He played Murgi, a guitarist in Anurag Kashyap's ''[[Paanch]]'', which was shot in 2001, and was never released, but got his approval as an actor by the film fraternity when ''Paanch'' was shown as the closing film in [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/on-the-mark/article3711912.ece|title=On the mark|first=Anuj|last=Kumar|date=1 August 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He was offered to play the male lead in Hansal Mehta's ''Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar'', but the role was later given to [[Manoj Bajpayee]], leaving him to play another important character in the same movie named Tito, a Dubai returned entrepreneur. He even provided finance for the making of this movie, so kind of co-produced it. His first film as in playing the single male protagonist, ''Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jaana Hai'',<ref name="IndiaFM1">
{{cite news
| title = Dil Se PoochKidhar Jaana Hai set to release on 15 Dec
| publisher = [[Bollywood Hungama]]
| date = 2006-12-02
| url = https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/news/type/view/id/1176751/Dil%20Se%20PoochKidhar%20Jaana%20Hai%20set%20to%20release%20on%2015%20Dec
| access-date = 2012-12-05
}}</ref> though it was a commercial failure, as the production house decided to release its sans promotions, it fetched him appreciation by critics for his performance. ''[[Kaalo]]'' is another movie with him in lead. He suffered from a shoulder injury in a bus accident during the shoots of ''Kaalo''.<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/62377.html|title=When an accident threatened 'Kaalo' - Bollywood Movie News|publisher=indiaglitz.com|access-date=2014-11-06}}</ref>

Internationally, he is more known for his work in films like ''[[Dil Se..]]'', ''Mohandas'', ''[[Dansh]]'', ''[[Satya (1998 film) | Satya]]'',<ref name="INdotCOM">{{cite web
| url = https://www.in.com/aditya-shrivastava/biography-1460.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225746/http://www.in.com/aditya-shrivastava/biography-1460.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2016-03-03
| title = Aditya Shrivastava bio
| access-date = 2012-12-05
}}</ref> ''[[Matrubhoomi]]'', ''[[Black Friday (2007 film) | Black Friday]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glamsham.com/movies/news/07/feb/05_black_friday_anurag_kashyap_kay_kay_menon.asp|title=Men power galore in BLACK FRIDAY - bollywood news : glamsham.com|website=www.glamsham.com}}</ref> and ''[[Gulaal (film) | Gulaal]]'', all of which ran successfully across the International Film Festivals Circuit and had him as critically acclaimed parallel lead. He did many other films and made his presence known in each one of them, as claimed by critics. He prefers non-conventional cinema as it brings depth to his acting, as said by him in an interview.

He is also among those actors whose names are mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records and for shooting the longest uncut sequence, which was in an episode named ''The Inheritance'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1932888/|title=The Inheritance/C.I.D. 111|date=7 November 2004|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> of his show CID.

A song was recorded for a ''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series) | C.I.D.]]'' episode (aired on 21 January 2012), which was a lullaby sung by Aditya Srivastava and his fellow actors [[Shivaji Satam]] and [[Dayanand Shetty]]. Aditya Srivastava, [[Shivaji Satam]], [[Dayanand Shetty]] and [[Narendra Gupta]] also appeared in ''[[Kaun Banega Crorepati]]'' 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=Amitabh Bachchan reveals CID team's funny side on Kaun Banega Crorepati|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news/Amitabh-Bachchan-reveals-CID-teams-funny-side-on-Kaun-Banega-Crorepati/articleshow/43245231.cms|access-date=6 December 2014|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> to raise money for charity.

After a hiatus owing to his tight schedule in the television industry, he is back to the big screen. As for 2016, his movies ''[[Julie 2]]'' and ''[[Brina]]'' are due to release.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! style="background:;" |Year
! style="background:;" |Film
! style="background:;" |Role
|-
|1994
|''[[Bandit Queen]]''
|Puttilal
|-
|1996
|''[[Sanshodhan]]''
|Chunni Singh
|-
| rowspan="3" |1998
|''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''
|
|-
|''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
|Inspector Khandilkar
|-
|''[[Dil Se..]]''
|Terrorist
|-
|2000
|''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!]]''
|Tito
|-
|2002
|''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]''
|[[Assistant Commissioner of Police|ACP]] Aditya Singh Rathore
|-
| rowspan="3" |2003
|''[[Paanch]]''
|Murgi
|-
|''[[Mudda - The Issue]]''
|Harpool Singh
|-
|''[[Matrubhoomi]]''
|Raghu's Uncle
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
|''[[Ek Hasina Thi (film)|Ek Hasina Thi]]''
|Advocate Kamlesh Mathur
|-
|''[[Lakshya (2004 film)|Lakshya]]''
|Lt. Col. Pradeep
|-
|''[[Deewar (2004 film)|Deewar]]''
|Eijaz
|-
|2005
|''[[Dansh]]''
|Dr. John Sanga
|-
| rowspan="3" |2006
|''[[Naalai]]''
|Adi
|-
|''[[Darwaaza Bandh Rakho]]''
|Inspector
|-
|''Dil Se Pooch...Kidhar Jaana Hai''
|Avinash Srivastava
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
|''[[Aalwar]]''
|Inspector
|-
|''[[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]]''
|Badshah Khan/Nasir Khan
|-
|''[[Raakh (2010 film)|Raakh]]''
|Yusuf
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]''
|Karan Singh
|-
|''[[Mohandas (2008 film)|Mohandas]]''
|Advocate Harshvardhan Soni
|-
|2010
|''[[Kaalo]]''
|Sameer
|-
|2017
|''[[Julie 2]]''
|ACP Devdutt
|-
|2018
|''Karim Mohammed''
|Narrator
|-
|2019
|''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]''
|Lallan Singh
|-
|2020
|''[[Raat Akeli Hai]]''
|M.L.A. Munna Raja
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Haseen Dilruba]]''
|Kishore Rawat
|-
|''[[Bole Chudiyan]]''
|TBA
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Show
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" |Notes
|-
|1992–1994
|''Dera''
|
|
|-
|1993–1994
|''Shesh Prashna''
|
|
|-
|1993–1997
|''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)]]'' (Episode: Kahen Kavi Kalidas)
|Madhumoy Sur
|
|-
|1995–1997
|''Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti''
|
|
|-
|1995–2015
|''[[Aahat (TV series)]]'' (Episodes: 150–151 and 160–161)
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997–1998
|''[[9 Malabar Hill]]''
|Maajid
|
|-
|''[[Mohandas B.A.L.L.B.]]'' - Debate (Episode: 15)
|Rohit Khanna
|
|-
|1998–1999
|''[[Rishtey (TV series)|Rishtey]]'' (Episodes: 39 and 58)
|Rashid Gul and Vijay
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Saturday Suspense]]'' - (Episodes: 46 and 48)
|Madhavan and Varun
|
|-
|1999–2018
|''[[C.I.D. (Indian TV series)|C.I.D.]]''
|Senior Inspector Abhijeet
|
|-
|1999–2000
|''[[Star Bestsellers]]''
|
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Raat Hone Ko Hai]]'' - Lifeline: Part 1–Part 4 (Episodes: 49–52)
|Pramod
|
|-
|2005
|''[[CID: Special Bureau]]''
|Senior Inspector Abhijeet
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai]]''
| rowspan="2" |Himself
| rowspan="2" |Guest Appearance
|-
|2011
|''[[Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[Adaalat]]''
| rowspan="3" |Senior Inspector Abhijeet
|
|-
|''[[CID Viruddh Adaalat]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah]]''
|
|-
|''[[Kaun Banega Crorepati|Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 8)]]''
| rowspan="2" |Himself
| rowspan="2" |Guest appearance
|-
|2016
|''[[The Kapil Sharma Show]]''
|-
|2019
|''[[CIF (TV series)|CIF]]''
|Inspector Ashfaq Ali Khan
|Lead role
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0820282}}

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