12 Facts About Aditya Srivastava

Aditya Srivastava is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and theatre.

Aditya Srivastava has portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood films Satya, Gulaal, Lakshya, Paanch, Black Friday, Kaalo, Super 30 and Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai.

Aditya Srivastava played pivotal episodic roles in Byomkesh Bakshi, Rishtey and Aahat.

Aditya Srivastava took a break from television in 1997 to do films.

Aditya Srivastava 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.

Aditya Srivastava 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.

Aditya Srivastava even provided finance for the making of this movie.

Aditya Srivastava's 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.

Aditya Srivastava played the lead role in the film Kaalo.

Aditya Srivastava suffered a shoulder injury in a bus accident during the shooting of Kaalo.

Aditya Srivastava did many other films and made his presence known in each one of them, as claimed by critics.

Aditya Srivastava prefers non-conventional cinema as it brings depth to his acting, as said by him in an interview.