Shiney Ahuja (born 15 May 1973) is an Indian actor, who won Filmfare Best Debut Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2006.
Shiney Ahuja
Born Shiney Ahuja
May 15, 1973 (1973-05-15) (age 36)
Delhi, India
Occupation Actor, Model
Years active 2003 — present
Spouse(s) Anupam Pandey
Early life
Shiney Ahuja was born in New Delhi. His father was in the Indian army.[2] His early schooling was at St. Xavier’s School, Ranchi, whereafter, he studied at The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi. His initial plans were to join the armed forces. While studying at Hansraj College University of Delhi from 1992-1996, he was attracted to Theater and joined the Barry Johns Acting School in Delhi[3]. Sometime after 1996, he moved to Mumbai.
Career
Shiney Ahuja, before making his debut in films did modeling and some commercials.[4] He then appeared in a music video for the British Asian band Stereo Nation.
He made his acting debut with the critically acclaimed Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi which debuted at various film festivals in 2004 and was released in theaters in 2005. The film won Shiney Ahuja rave reviews and was viewed as one of the best films of that year. In 2006 Ahuja was awarded Best male debut by Filmfare Awards, Screen Awards, IIFA Awards, Zee Cine Awards and Stardust Awards for his performance. He however grew more familiar with mainstream audiences with Karam (2005), where he starred alongside John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra.
He became popular playing lead role in Mahesh Bhatt’s Gangs
Filmography
Film Year Role Other notes
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi 2005 Vikram Malhotra
Sins’ 2005 Father William
Karam 2005 ACP Wagh Pratap Singh
Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow 2005 Tarun Haksar
Gangster 2006 Daya Shankar
Fanaa 2006 Suraj Ahuja
Zindaggi Rocks 2006 Dr.Suraj Rihan
Woh Lamhe 2006 Aditya Garewal
Life in a… Metro 2007 Akash
Bhool Bhulaiya 2007 Siddharth
Khoya Khoya Chand 2007 Zaffar
Hijack 2008 Vikram Madaan
Har Pall Rohit
Classmates 2009
