Naved Aslam

Naved Aslam (born 23 November) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and screenwriter. He has been an actor, director and screenwriter, respectively for TV shows, theater plays and feature films. He is best known for his portrayal of Bhishma in Suryaputra Karn. In 2018, Aslam made his digital debut in the web-series Smoke (running from 2018 to 2019).

Naved Aslam
Naved Aslam (left), IFFI (2008)
Born	24 November Delhi, India
Occupations	Actor screenwriter
Years active	1990s–Present
Notable work	Pavitra Rishta Ishqbaaz Smoke
Relatives	Tyabji family

Early life and education

Naved Aslam was born and brought up in Delhi, where his father served as an Urdu literature professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, while his mother was a high school teacher at a government school. Aslam has been trained in the classical Indian vocal music and has pursued a postgraduate degree in mass communications from Jamia Millia Islamia University based in Delhi. It was his father who introduced him to the theatre. Aslam has written, directed and acted in stage plays for over 10 years.

Career

Aslam, moved to Mumbai to pursue his ambition of becoming a director, after a decade in theatre. Initially, he spent over 2 years working on some of the international projects. Afterwards, Aslam turned actor and made his first acting television debut in DD National's Byomkesh Bakshi in the year 1993. He had another breakthrough in 1996 by Sony TV's medical drama Cover Story Hospital, a 26–part thriller series about a journalist duo discovering the kidney transplant racket rampant in big hospitals and how they unravel the story at a great risk to their lives. It was aired in 1995-96. Directed by Maya Rao, it featured Naved Aslam, Natasha Rana, Milind Wagh among others. Aslam is best known for playing the role of Chand Raichand in the Indian supernatural television series Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, where he played a 1000 year old supernatural vampire. Apart from working in television, Aslam has played roles in feature films such as Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, a 2010 film produced by the Balaji Motion Pictures and Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.

Filmography

Television

List of performances in television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1997	Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)	Sukumar, Sitanshu Das Sanat	Episodes: Ep. 5: Wasiyat Ep. 16: Vansh ka Khoon Ep. 31: Veni Sanhar
1995–1996	Cover Story Hospital (Sony TV)	Vivek
2010–2011	Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani	Chand Raichand; Hassena's husband; Abhay and Siddharth's adoptive father
2011–2013	Pavitra Rishta	Digvijay Kirloskar (D.K.); Ashna's husband; a Ruthless Businessman; Manav's Boss; Arjun's father; Purvi's Father-in-law; Pari and Pia's grandfather
2013	Jodha Akbar	Bairam Khan
2013–2014	Beintehaa	Usman Abdullah; Shabana's brother; Surraiya's husband; Aaliya and Aayat's maternal uncle; Fahad and Zain's father; Zayed, Aroob, Sana and Saif's paternal grandfather)	Dead
2015–2016	Suryaputra Karn	Bhishma; Shantanu and Ganga's son; Step Great Grandfather of Pandavas and Kauravas
2016	Ishqbaaaz	Vikram Pradeep Rana; Ketaki's husband; Siddharth's father
	Adaalat	Captain Goyal
2021	The Empire	Qambar Ali
2022	Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul	Mustafa; Qasim and Ali Baba's father; a great sorcerer who was killed by Iblis	Dead

Film

List of performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Sehar	Inspector Joginder Singh Solanki
2007	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Sunil
2010	Once Upon A Time in Mumbai	Patrick, Sultan's henchman

External links

• Naved Aslam at IMDb