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{{Short description|Indian actor, screenwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Naved Aslam
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| caption = Naved Aslam (left), [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[39th International Film Festival of India|2008]])
| birth_date = 24 November{{efn|name="birthyear"}}
| birth_place = Delhi, India
| occupation = {{Hlist | Actor | screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1990s–Present
| notable_works = {{Ubl | ''[[Pavitra Rishta]]'' | ''[[Ishqbaaz]]'' | ''[[Smoke (web series)|Smoke]]''}}
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'''Naved Aslam''' (born 23 November<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=ifazayn1 |first=Ifa |last=Pratiwi |number=668933003297488896 |title=happy birthday Naved Aslam}}</ref>{{efn|name="birthyear"|No reliable source has been cited to verify the year of his birth.}}) 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 TV|digital]] debut in the web-series ''[[Smoke (web series)|Smoke]]'' (running from 2018 to 2019).{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

== Early life and education ==
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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 education|postgraduate degree]] in [[mass communication]]s 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 (TV series)|Byomkesh Bakshi]]'' in the year 1993. He had another breakthrough in 1996 by [[Sony TV]]'s [[medical drama]] ''Hospital''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Wish-there-could-be-more-roles-written-for-actors-like-us/articleshow/31785825.cms|title=Wish there could be more roles written for actors like us|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref> Aslam is best known for playing the role of Chand Raichand in the Indian [[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|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.]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

== Filmography ==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of performances in television
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | 1993–1997
|''[[Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)]]''
|{{ubl
| Sukumar,<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/qEswKEZ10YE |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEswKEZ10YE |title = Byomkesh Bakshi: Ep#5 - Wasiyat |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| Sitanshu Das<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/GrVT_ynauHw |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrVT_ynauHw |title = Byomkesh Bakshi: Ep#16 Vansh Ka Khoon |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| Sanat<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/C0KFS1_7hjU |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0KFS1_7hjU |title = Byomkesh Bakshi: Ep#31 - Veni Sanhar |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
}}
| {{Ubl | '''Episodes''': | Ep. 5: Wasiyat | Ep. 16: Vansh ka Khoon | Ep. 31: Veni Sanhar}}
|-Hospital 1996 (Sony TV)
! scope="row" |2010–2011
|''[[Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani]]''
| {{Ubl | Chand Raichand | Hassena's husband | Abhay and Siddharth's adoptive father}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |2011–2013
|''[[Pavitra Rishta]]''
| {{Ubl | 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 }}
|
|-
! scope="row" |2013
|''[[Jodha Akbar]]''
|[[Bairam Khan]]
|
|-
! scope="row" |2013–2014
|''[[Beintehaa]]''
| {{Ubl | 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)}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |2015–2016
|''[[Suryaputra Karn]]''
| {{Ubl| [[Bhishma]] | Shantanu and Ganga's son | Step Great Grandfather of Pandavas and Kauravas}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |2016
|''[[Ishqbaaaz]]''
| {{Ubl | Vikram Pradeep Rana | Ketaki's husband | Siddharth's father}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |2021
|[[The Empire (web series)|The Empire]]
|Qambar Ali
|
|-
! scope="row" |2022
|[[Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul]]
| {{Ubl | Mustafa | Qasim and Ali Baba's father | a great sorcerer who was killed by Iblis (Dead)}}
|
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of performances in film
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" |2005
|''[[Sehar]]''
| Inspector Joginder Singh Solanki
|
|-
! scope="row" |2007
|''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]''
| Sunil
|
|-
! scope="row" |2010
|''[[Once Upon A Time in Mumbai]]''
| Patrick, Sultan's henchman
|
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Male actors from Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian male television actors]]
[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Indian television directors]]
[[Category:Indian television writers]]
[[Category:Jamia Millia Islamia alumni]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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