*Broad wings of time,Another year of milestone*|HBD Aditya Srivastava|

Adi ka jub Birthday aaya

Hum nay Party ka Plan banaya

Singh Sir sy thora Pataya

Shooting Schedule kuch aagy Barhaya

Shivaji Sir kay Sath Sub ny

Adi ko Script mein Engage Karaya

Dinesh aur Ajay nay Mil kr

Venue ko Mehnat sy Sajaya

Phool, Balloons, Ribbons, Sitaray

 Sub ko Jee bhar kr lagaya

Ansha aur Jhanvi ny bhi

Is mein Un ka Hath Bataya 

Khany ki jub Baat hy aayii

Daya ny Apna Talent dikhaya

Narendra Sir ko Chupky sy

Cake lany ka Order Thamaya

Santosh, Ishwar aur Christene ny

Staff ky Sath Dhoom Machaya

Adi ko Surprise Bata kr

  Birthday Song ka Shor Machaya

Dheemi sii Muskaan liye labun pr

Adi sy Chocolate Cake Kataya

Gifts ki jub Demand thi aayii

Sub ny Usy Angotha Dekhaya...  

Aditya Srivastava's Black Friday

The film started and I was taken into the entire conspiracuy of the bomb blasts. Aditya Srivastav aka Badshah Khan was known to me as we had worked with him in Ek Haseena Thi before. Before that my memories of him were of the straight forward honest cop that he played in RGV's Satya. When I was watching it I was constantly pulled in by his performance. Never ever did I loose a single frame whenever he was on screen. What I had liked about the film was its innocent approach towards justifying what happened. And three cheers to Anurag he managed to achieve it.

Its interval, Aditya Srivastav is no doubt my hero, KK still I do not like. We have chai, cigrettes, samosa's, and go back again. The film begins, Pawan too has had an impact on me and he is consistent even today. Aditya I like much more than yesterday. He rocks; I start to feel after Amitabh Bachchan he is the one who has the caliber when it comes to performing.

I can never be wrong in my judgement. As the film unfolds, I am reminded of the scenes that I know. Aditya Srivastav makes me further respect him as the most convincing Badshah Khan. I love you boss as an actor. Whether, it's his gradual progression when he realizes that he has been cheated by Tiger Memon. Jusy check him out in the scene where Theba (I think) tells him that their passports have been burnt. The fight that ensues there, immediately the next cut is of Aditya standing in the bathroom and guys the way he has performed actually made me feel that, this is how real Badsha Khan must have felt. It's so touching.. the scenes where he is constantly trying to speak with Tiger Memon, where in he keeps asking him to move him from Bombay, and his conctant trips to Rampur to jaipur to tonk to again jaipur to Calcutta are amazingly performed, I just loved the way Anurag has designed his emotional graph, which ultimately leads to his coming back to Rampur Badshah Khans native place. It was so well done. Badshah Khan surrenders, his first meeting with Maria, and him finally trying to turn the state approver just makes you feel bad for not only him but for all the boys who were a part of conspiracy. Aditya's track gets over and so does chapter three.

Off Bollywood - A breed of young actors chooses variety in portfolio over superstardom and money[Track-II Heroes]

Aditya Srivastava: Black Friday, Satya

...And they aren't the only ones on the Bollywood horizon'actors like Ranvir Shorey, Deepak Dobriyal, Prroshant Narayanan, Aditya Srivastava, etc are all bringing fresh vitality, vigour and also money and success to the alternate, small film movement in the country.

"Opportunities for us are increasing," says Aditya Srivastava, seen recently as Badshah Khan, Tiger Memon's henchman on the run in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday.

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar! A bittersweet life By Hansal Mehta

...After much hesitation and awkwardness, my worst fears came true. Manoj refused the film. He wanted to be part of a much bigger film. He wanted to support me but in a bigger endeavor. In despair I approached the very gifted and under-rated Aditya Srivastava for Manoj's role. Aditya agreed. The producer backed out...Aditya Srivastava showed no disappointment when I told him that Manoj would be doing the role offered to him. He accepted the role of Tito for a pittance. He even contributed money towards making the film. I think Tito is one of Indian cinema's most memorable characters. It was a great performance by a very magnanimous actor. 

Twelfth year, caught in the same case!
[Smita Roy, TNN Mar 15, 2009, 12.12am IST]

Having done a host of critically acclaimed movies, from Bandit Queen, Dil Se, Ek Hasina Thi, Black Friday, Aditya Srivastav is now excited about Gulaal in which he's seen portraying grey shades.

Besides films, Aditya is a known face on TV. But, incidentally, he has never done any other show apart from CID. "This is the 12th running year and somehow it's more of an emotional bonding I have with the serial now," he says. But why isn't he seen in any other show? "I took up CID because I simply loved the concept of the show. Today, its the only one of its kind crime thriller on TV. Unfortunately, this genre has not been tapped too much on television and the bandwagon runs after saas-bahu sagas or reality shows, either of which I'm not really interested in. If apart from CID there's something that I like, it has to be the movies I do!"

But unlike his counterpart and good friend Kay Kay Menon, who also arose from television, Aditya has not yet received the kind of appreciation and roles that he might deserve. To this, he says, "I'm doing this serial for so many years now, that I feel it would be unfair on my part to leave it just for the sake of films. In the process of trying to juggle both TV and films, it becomes a little difficult as I've dedicated 20 days a month to the show. That leaves me with 10 days for meetings, script readings or shoots for my films. But now slowly I'm doing some time management so I can work more towards films. Hopefully things should happen and by God's grace, I get more and better work."

Few people know that recently he had done a film as a solo hero called Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jaana Hai, which he modestly confesses didn't work well at the box office and he wasn't surprised, as the marketing was next to negligible. But then he believes, "One should keep trying. I'm trying my best and what happens or what would happen would definitely be for the best. I don't lose heart and by the way there's another movie releasing this year with me as the protagonist. It's a daylight horror and a one of its kind... just like my show!"

By Pankaj Sabnani, Glamsham Editorial

[December 16, 2010 10:39:43 PM IST]

Aditya Srivastava (CID fame) gives an earnest performance. 

The same face I see, almost everyday, behind a glass screen and wish to see the man without a barrier of that screen. Fans try to capture the maximum of him, to keep a record of every film, every serial, every character related to him. Photographs are shared and liked; thousands of comments make them popular. The world of his fandom brought together many people, from country and abroad...we talked and we became friends. But there always remained a common interest- to know more about the man I'm talking about- Aditya Srivastava.

Over the years, I saw many faces of his in the innumerable movies and serials he did, and of course, the show that glued me to him for the first time. The director named him Abhijeet and he became Senior Inspector Abhijeet for all of us. It took me many years to know what his real name is. It took me some more years to see a piture of his off screen; and yet more to see him speak off screen in the form of videos that the lucky fans share, who get to meet him.

As a habit, I used to sit in front of the TV every Friday at 10 p.m., until a few months back, and watch CID. He comes and performs his role, without a tinge of Aditya Srivastava in him, except the face, that goes out of his hands to be changed. The only image I had of him was that of Abhijeet- a tough, serious and yet a softhearted cop. Then came the day when I discovered this forum and came to know that there are numerous fans like me, who has finished infinite number of pages only on appreciating and adoring him. This was a treasure. In no time, I had gone through his past and present. I read fans meeting him in person; I saw his videos when he acted as Abhijeet, when he gave interviews. Over the time, more and more photographs were shared and I felt to know more about him.

A time came when I started comparing Abhijeet with Aditya. They shared the same face, the same height. However, even after being same in the two things people normally use to characterize a person, I found them completely different as person. When I see Abhijeet, he seem to look directly into the eyes even from behind the glass barrier- the fire in those deep eyes be clearly felt by the viewer, whereas Aditya's eyes seem to be like the cold and calm river that provides a sooth to everybody around. When I read or watch his off screen self, I find Aditya a man with more patience and calm than Abhijeet is. Aditya likes to listen, judge, and then speak. Abhijeet would mostly do the same too, as far as he is not in a bad mood.  Once he is...well, we all know what happens then- he speaks, make others listen and give a final verdict straightaway. 

I saw an old episode where he was blamed for something he didn't do. He showed anger, argued the head and left the bureau. His friend had to come and convince him to get back. As I see the newer episodes, I clearly felt the change in characterization of the cops, and Abhijeet was one of them. Sometimes we discussed on the forum why Aditya doesn't speak against it to the creators. Then I think; might be this is because Aditya is not Abhijeet. As much we know, he is a person who loves his profession but cannot say no' to people he is working with for so long. There certainly is a difference between Abhjeet and Aditya. This too is a difference. Abhijeet could speak and argue for himself and against something wrong. Aditya can only speak, not argue and fight. Unknowingly, I started to love him more. In the past few years however, I see Abhijeet tuning into Aditya. He too can't speak much against something wrong that he faces. This time it angered me against the persons responsible for this change.

Recently, I saw an interview of the team on a channel and got to know a new facet of him. The person, I always thought to be shy and silent was revealed a complete opposite. Aditya's collegues said he loves to pass comments and pull their legs and called him a Taana King'. Immediately, my mind ran to Abhijeet. Yes, he too has this habbit of pulling everybody's legs. This time the qualities match on- and off- screen. His friends have given him the correct name- Taana King'.

Also, both Abhijeet and Aditya have a skill to observe people and things around him. His eyes show that, both on the show and off it. Another thing that the two have in common is their eyes- what Abhijeet or Aditya is thinking can be seen in his eyes. This is the reason why his fans say that he has the most expressive eyes and fans cannot be wrong.

I see him on TV and see him in the pictures shared on social networking sites. His sitting postures, his standing style, that smile and easiness too remains the same. The only change that comes with the cameras on' and cameras off' is that he removes the coat of the coppish tough attitude once the camera is off and those heavy bright lights are off. He wears the coat back once these mechanical instruments and switched on. This is a single line in English but only the viewers know what a big difference they feel between watching Abhijeet and Aditya.

I find this analysis interesting. I try to find more similarities and differences between Aditya and Abhijeet. Sometimes I find them too. Most of them are minute differences. Everytime I find the differences, I wonder how he manages to remember and enact these minor differences from his own self to portray Abhijeet everytime the director says "Action.  This may be difficult, but not for a versatile and protean actor like him.