Aakash Dahiya (born 20 September 1986) is a Mumbai-based actor and

casting director In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra to land the role of a character in a script, screenp ...

, who is known for his work in

Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

Career

Born in

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

, Dahiya started acting in the

Theater. He then started working as associate casting director with his friend

Mukesh Chhabra Mukesh Chhabra (born 27 May 1984) is an Indian casting director, filmmaker and actor. Some of his notable works include ''Bajrangi Bhaijan'' (2015), ''Bombay Velvet'' (2015), '' Dangal'' (2016), '' Dil Bechara'' (2020), '' Scam 1992'' (2020), ...

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. His first role in Bollywood was as "Googly" in '' Chillar Party'', directed by Nitesh Tiwari and

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. He also played some smaller roles in ''Rock Star'' (2011), ''

Kaminey ''Kaminey'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures, featuring Shahid Kapoor in a dual role, alongside Priyanka Chopra and Amole Gupte in ...

'' (2009) and '' Trishna'' (2011). Later, in Nikhil Advani`s ''

D-Day The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as ...

'', he acted as "Aslam". The film got critical appreciation and so did his character. After that, Dahiya appeared in '' Mastram'', and '' Bobby Jasoos''. He conducted an acting workshop for the movie '' Bobby Jasoos''. He acted as Amit in

Zeishan Quadri Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri has also acted in ''Gangs of Wasseypu ...

's '' Meeruthiya Gangster''. In 2015, Dahiya appeared in Anand L. Rai's ''

Tanu Weds Manu Returns ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Aanand L. Rai, and is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Tanu Weds Manu''. R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar, and Eijaz Khan repris ...

'', in a brief role as Deepak.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahiya, Aakash Living people 1983 births Indian casting directors Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema People from Delhi