Aditya Srivastava is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and theatre. He is best known for his role as Senior Inspector Abhijeet in India's longest-running television police procedural C.I.D. He has also portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood films Satya, Gulaal, Lakshya, Paanch, Black Friday, Kaalo, Super 30 and Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai.
Personal life Aditya married Manasi Srivasatava on 22 November 2000. They have two daughters.
Career While pursuing graduation from Allahabad University, Aditya Srivastava did theatre plays at Sangeet Samiti, 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, 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.
He was later offered C.I.D. in 1999, after B. P. Singh noticed him in Satya for playing a cop, after Ashutosh Gowariker left to pursue direction. He had already played a criminal, Paresh in the C.I.D. episode "The Case of the Stolen Gun" by then. Initially reluctant, he signed up for just 26 episodes, which were extended later. His first C.I.D. episode as a cop was "The Case of the Stolen Dynamite".
Meanwhile, he also did many films. He played Murgi, a bassist 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. 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. His first film playing the single male protagonist, Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jaana Hai, fetched him appreciation by critics for his performance, though it was a commercial failure as the production house decided to release its sans promotions. He played the lead role in the film Kaalo. He suffered a shoulder injury in a bus accident during the shooting of Kaalo.
Internationally, he is known for his work in films like Dil Se.., Mohandas, Dansh, Satya, Matrubhoomi, Black Friday and 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 named in the Guinness Book of World Records for shooting the longest uncut sequence in the episode The Inheritance of C.I.D.
A song was recorded for a 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 to raise money for charity.
After a hiatus owing to his tight schedule in the television industry, he is back to the big screen. In 2024, he portrayed Bansi Sahu in the crime-thriller Bhakshak.
Filmography Films YearFilmRoleNotes1994Bandit QueenPuttilal1996Sanshodhan Chunni Singh1998Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa SatyaInspector KhandilkarDil Se.. Terrorist2000Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!Tito2002SaathiyaACP Aditya Singh Rathore2003PaanchMurgiMudda - The IssueHarpool SinghMatrubhoomi Raghu's Uncle2004Ek Hasina ThiAdvocate Kamlesh MathurLakshyaLt. Col. PradeepDeewarEijazBlack FridayBadshah Khan/Nasir Khan2005DanshDr. John Sanga2006Naalai AdiTamil filmDarwaaza Bandh RakhoInspectorDil Se Pooch...Kidhar Jaana HaiAvinash Srivastava2007Aalwar InspectorTamil filmRaakhYusuf2009GulaalKaran Singh MohandasAdvocate Harshvardhan Soni2010KaaloSameer2017Julie 2 ACP Devdutt2018Karim MohammedNarrator2019Super 30Lallan Singh2020Raat Akeli HaiM.L.A. Munna Raja2021Haseen DilrubaKishore Rawat 2023BheedInspector Ram Singh2024BhakshakBansi SahuPhir Aayi Hasseen DillrubaA.C.P Kishore Jamwal 2025 Trimukha Professor. Vishnu Bhagat TeluguKaal TrighoriRaviraj Hello Knock Knock Kaun Hai? Andy
Television YearShowRoleNotes 1992–1994 Dera 1993–1994 Shesh Prashna 1994 Byomkesh Bakshi Madhumoy Surepisode: Kahen Kavi Kalidas 1995–1997 Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti 1998Aahat Warden Dev / Advocate Jayant episodes: Barrack No. 18 - Part I, Barrack No. 18 - Part II, Guest - Part 1, Guest - Part 1, Guest - Part 21997–1998 9 Malabar Hill Majid Mohandas B.A.L.L.B. Rohit Khanna Ep 15 - Debate 1998–1999 Rishtey Rashid Gul and Vijay Ep 39 - Maa 1998 Saturday Suspense Madhavan and Varun 1998 C.I.D. Paresh 1999–2018, 2024–2025 C.I.D. Senior Inspector Abhijeet Lead role 1999–2000 Star Bestsellers 2004 Raat Hone Ko Hai Pramod 2005 CID: Special Bureau Senior Inspector Abhijeet2012 AdaalatSenior Inspector Abhijeet CID Viruddh Adaalat2014Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 2017 Peshwa Bajirao Narrator First episode 2019 CIF Inspector Ashfaq Ali Khan Lead role2024–presentSafarkhana With Aditya & Daya Host Lead role2024IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack V K Agarwal2025The Family ManYashwant KumarSeason 3
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