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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. In 2018, Aslam made his digital debut in the web-series ''
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'' (running from 2018 to 2019).


Early life and education

Naved Aslam was born and brought up in Delhi, where his father served as an
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professor at
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, 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
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in mass communications from
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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
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's ''
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'' in the year 1993. He had another breakthrough in 1996 by
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's medical drama ''Hospital''. Aslam is best known for playing the role of Chand Raichand in the Indian supernatural television series ''
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'', where he played a 1000 year old supernatural vampire. Apart from working in television, Aslam has played roles in feature films such as ''
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'', a 2010 film produced by the
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and
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Filmography


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aslam, Naved Living people Male actors from Delhi Indian male film actors Indian male television actors Indian male stage actors Indian television directors Indian television writers Jamia Millia Islamia alumni Year of birth missing (living people)