Sehban Azim is an Indian actor popular for his sensitive portrayal of Dr. Yuvraj Oberoi in Dill Mill Gayye telecast on STAR One

STAR One

STAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...

. He joined the show with the second batch of interns and was shown with negative shades at the beginning. Sehban has garnered a huge fan following for his depiction of a modern day angry young man. Sehban's character was seen leaving for the United States. He was nominated in the best supporting actor category for this role at the New Talent Awards 2010.
He is one of the strongest contenders as the antagonist for Shekhar KapurKs film Paani with Hrithik Roshan as the lead.

Personal life

Sehban belongs to New Delhi where he did his schooling from Apeejay School. He later joined Dyal Singh College in Delhi University to pursue an Honors degree in english literature. He later left the course mid way and is a certified computer engineer who has worked with Wipro in Mumbai. In an interview Sehban reminisces about his education saying he regrets not being able to attend regular classes while he had the time. "I always wanted to pay for my own expenses, and being a part of a generation which had seen the advent of cell phones and the likes, I bunked college to work part time as Master of ceremonies and have even distributed marketing pamphlets to pay for my personal expenses." says Sehban, "In a country where an education loan is priced higher than a car or home loan, I have graduated from the school of hard knocks." Sehban is fitness freak who must visit the gym daily. He is a self confessed fish junkie and describes himself as an "actor, learner and achiever" on his twitter. Not many people know that Sehban also writes poetry in his free time.

Career

The actor has played the lead role in a short film (20 mts) Stations (2008) directed by Emmanuel Quindo Palo. The film Stations bagged Best Short Fiction category award at 2nd International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala. 'Stations' has won three awards
, the Best Short Fiction Film, the Best Scientific Film and another for Best Editing in the 56th National Film Awards

National Film Awards

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...

 ceremony held on 19 March 2010. It is rumored that Sehban turned down the offer to endorse a soft drink because the shoot date was colliding with the commitment he had given the director for his presence at the awards function at Delhi. He has also played Dr.Yuvraaj Oberoi in 2009-2010 In the Starone's number one Hit Serial "Dill Mill Gayye" with Heroine Naina Mehta played by Neha Jhulka.

He has also done a story in horror nights on STAR One

STAR One

STAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...

. Sehban has also acted in a small role as Rocky in a Hollywood movie 'Karma - Crime. Passion. Reincarnation' Karma (2008 film)

Karma (2008 film)

Karma - Crime. Passion. Reincarnation is a psychological thriller, filmed in India, that touches upon reincarnation. The film was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and it went on to win various awards including best picture in at the Marbella Film Festival in Marbella, Spain.-Plot:Vik, played...

 filmed in Ooty, India. Best Feature Film at Festival Internacional DeCineDe Marbella 2008 Spain.

Sehban has also done television and print ads for Indigo Nation, TVS Victor, Siaram, Freak Cargo's n Shirts, Croma Independence Sale Campaign, National Handloom Corporation Campaign, Hier Electronics, Make My Trip.Com, and Amul Cool Cafe. He has done Levis Signature campaign with actress Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film...

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A Hindi Feature film "The Goodbye trip" directed by Yugander V.V.

Yugander V.V.

Yugander V.V. also known as Yugander Vungaralla, is an Indian Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer and Television Channel Head, based in Mumbai.Vungaralla was born in the city of Secunderabad in Andra Pradesh, India....

 yet to be Released.

External links

• http://www.karafilmfest.com/KaraFilm2009/currentkara_shorts_07.htm