He has also portrayed pivotal roles in the Bollywood films Satya, Gulaal, Lakshya, Paanch, Black Friday, Kaalo, Super 30 and Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jana Hai.

To hone his skills and pursue a career in acting, he moved to Delhi in 1989 and was involved in mostly theatre work at Sri Ram Center Of Performing Arts.

Naya Daur, 9 Malabar Hill and Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti had him in full-fledged and prominent roles.

His first film playing the single male protagonist, Dil Se Pooch Kidhar Jaana Hai,[6] fetched him appreciation by critics for his performance, though it was a commercial failure as the production house decided to release its sans promotions.

He is named in the Guinness Book of World Records for shooting the longest uncut sequence in the episode The Inheritance of C.I.D.

episode (aired on 21 January 2012), which was a lullaby sung by Aditya Srivastava and his fellow actors Shivaji Satam and Dayanand Shetty.

Aditya Srivastava, Shivaji Satam, Dayanand Shetty and Narendra Gupta also appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati 2014[10] to raise money for charity.