Aftab Shivdasani has been in the Hindi film industry for the last 21 years. He made his Bollywood debut with Ram Gopal Varma's Mast in 1999, although he's also known for being a child actor in blockbusters like Mr. India and ChaalBaaz. He has now spoken about the initial successful films of his career, the failure that happened later, and how makers began to drop him from their projects.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, he said, "In between 2000 and 2010 when I did maximum work, I collaborated with good producers, directors, stars and star kids. But when some of my films failed then many started dropping me from their projects. At that point of time there was this herd mentality that his film don't work so don't take him."