Aditya Srivastava
Srivastava during Press Conference at Le Meridien, Delhi
Occupations	Actor voice-over artist television producer
Years active	1992–present
Known for	Senior Inspector Abhijeet in the TV series,C.I.D.; Badshah Khan inBlack Friday
Notable work	C.I.D., Black Friday, Gulaal, Super 30
Spouse	Manasi Srivastava
Children	2

Aditya Srivastava is an Indian actor who works inHindi films, television and theatre. He is best known for his role asSenior Inspector Abhijeet in India's longest-running television police proceduralC.I.D.. He has also portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood filmsSatya,Gulaal,Lakshya,Paanch,Black Friday,Kaalo,Super 30 andDil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai.

Aditya is married to Manasi Srivasatava. They have two daughters.^{[citation needed]}

While pursuing graduation fromAllahabad University, Aditya Srivastava did theatre plays at Sangeet Samiti,^[1] Civil lines,Allahabad. To hone his skills and pursue a career in acting, he moved toDelhi in 1989 and was involved in mostly theatre work at Sri Ram Center Of Performing Arts. Spotted byShekhar Kapoor, he got his first break in the movieBandit Queen, where he played Puttilal. After this, he moved toMumbai in 1995. He did many voiceovers for promos and advertisements. He also played pivotal episodic roles inByomkesh Bakshi,Rishtey andAahat.Naya Daur,9 Malabar Hill andYeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti had him in full-fledged and prominent roles. He took a break from television in 1997 to do films.^[2]

He was later offeredC.I.D. in 1999, afterB. P. Singh noticed him inSatya^[3] for playing a cop, afterAshutosh Gowariker left to pursue direction. He had already played a criminal, Paresh in theC.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 firstC.I.D. episode as a cop was "The Case of the Stolen Dynamite".^[4]

Meanwhile, he also did many films. He played Murgi, a bassist in Anurag Kashyap'sPaanch, which was shot in 2001, and was never released, but got his approval as an actor by the film fraternity whenPaanch was shown as the closing film inOsian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2005.^[5] He was offered to play the male lead in Hansal Mehta'sDil Pe Mat Le Yaar, but the role was later given toManoj 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,^[6] 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 filmKaalo. He suffered a shoulder injury in a bus accident during the shooting ofKaalo.^[7]

Internationally, he is known for his work in films likeDil Se..,Mohandas,Dansh,Satya,^[8]Matrubhoomi,Black Friday^[9] andGulaal, 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 theGuinness Book of World Records for shooting the longest uncut sequence in the episodeThe Inheritance of C.I.D.^{[citation needed]}

A song was recorded for aC.I.D. episode (aired on 21 January 2012), which was a lullaby sung by Aditya Srivastava and his fellow actorsShivaji Satam andDayanand Shetty. Aditya Srivastava,Shivaji Satam,Dayanand Shetty andNarendra Gupta also appeared inKaun Banega Crorepati 2014^[10] 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-thrillerBhakshak.^[11]

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