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Asad Shan is a British[1] tech startup entrepreneur, actor, fashion model, TV presenter and producer/director. He was formerly an Investment Banker, having worked for RBS (ABN AMRO) and HSBC. In 2004, he was crowned Mr. Asia UK.[2] The film 7 Welcome to London both his actor and directorial debuts. It received critical and commercial acclaim after its UK release, and has gone on to become the most successful British made Hindi language film in the UK.[3]
Shan's other notable appearances include being a veejay for B4U Music,[4] and he is currently on Zee TV's Zing as a host for the weekend film show Brits Bollywood, as well as the daily rude tube show Grinds My Teeth.[5] Shan has starred in New York Film Academy and Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute productions of the well-renowned East is East and The Glass Menagerie. He has recently endorsed campaigns for major brands like Sky Digital, HSBC and most recently One for the Boys, a charity chaired by Samuel L. Jackson.

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Asad Shan
Born	Asad Shan London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor, Model, TV Presenter, Director, Producer and Tech Entrepreneur
Years active	2009–present
Website	http://www.asadshan.com

Early life

Asad was born in London to parents of Kashmiri ancestry and raised in East London. His grandparents moved to London from Kashmir in the 1940s. He studied at Brentwood School in Essex. He then studied law and management at university.^{[citation needed]} Asad grew up supporting Liverpool F.C. and is an avid tennis and football player.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Upon graduating with a degree in law and management, he worked as an investment banker in the city of London for two years in Corporate Broking and ECM.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, Asad won the Mr. Asia UK competition. Inspired by this win, he went to New York to train in method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and in Film Performance at the New York Film Academy.^{[citation needed]} he then moved from the Big Apple to Mumbai, India to begin work in Bollywood.

Within a few months after his move to Mumbai he was seen on the runways at Indian Fashion Week as well as being an ambassador for top fashion labels and eventually became one of the most sought-after veejays for B4U Music.^{[citation needed]} In 2009 he was named the 'Best & Sexiest VJ' at the music channel. He fronted popular shows like "Just Request", "Star Stop", "Flash" and "India's Top Ten".^{[citation needed]}

Eventually seeing an opportunity and growth in the UK market, Asad shifted base back to London from Bombay where he started a film production company Iconic Productions UK Limited.[6] He worked on the company's debut venture, a Bollywood thriller film titled 7 Welcome to London. He played Jai in the starring role.[7] The film was set in London and had a UK wide release on 9 March 2012.[8]

In the 2016 film London Life he played the protagonist Raj. The English film is set in London and is about Indian students who migrate to the UK and the problems they face.[9]

Since 2011, he is UK's most popular & recognised face on Zee TV's music channel Zing as a host for Brits Bollywood and UK's first Asian Rude Tube show " Grinds My Teeth" which has gathered a huge response in the UK[10] Shan has hosted a daily request show Rock The Vibe in the past for Zing.[5]

Asad also dabbled as a creative producer for the Black Arts company in Soho London, and has been the creator and host of "The Film Show" on Zing TV from 2015 to 2018, which is an Iconic production and commissioned by Zee TV.^{[citation needed]}

Asad is currently^[when?] filming his first drama serial called "Aabgeenay" written by Qaisra Hayat and directed by Nadeem Siddique.

Personal life

Asad enjoys playing Sunday league football and Docklands tennis league in London. He played tennis at UK county level. He loves outdoor sports and is a keen hiker. He takes an active interest with his fans and can be connected via his social media accounts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Production	Director	Notes
2005	The Waiter	Raju	Les Beauchistes/O2 Mobiles	Nilesh Patel
2005	The Room Mate	Jay	New York Film Academy	Ruchir Garg
2005	What If	Tom	New York Film Academy	Chung K. Park
2006	Ya Ali	Self/ Model	Kunika Lal	Kabir Sadanand	Music Video
2008	Never Ending Story	Sunny	Kala Ghoda Film Festival	Ranjeeta Kaur
2010	Manali Cream[11]	Kal	B3 Productions	Navdeep Khandola
2012	7 Welcome to London	Jai	Iconic Productions UK Ltd.[6]	Asad Shan
2017	London Life	Raj	Kaybee Pictures	Naveen Medaram	Post Production

Theatre productions

Year	Play	Role	Production	Director
2005	The Individual	Ray	CPS Stage London
2005	Talking With Angels	Jason	CPS Stage London
2005	The Glass Menagerie	Jim O'Conner	New York Film Academy
2005	In God We Trust	Joe	NYFC	Lee Strafford
2005	East Is East	Tariq	NYFA Theatre	John Stafford

Television

Year	Title	Role	Production
2005	The Salon	Self/ Mr. Asia UK	Channel 4
2007	BBC Desi DNA	Self	BBC Asia
2008	Brits Abroad	Self	Current TV
2007–08	Express, Star Stop	Vj Asad	B4U Music
2008	GPL	Self	MTV India
2010–present	Brits Bollywood	Vj Asad	Zing (TV channel)
2013–present	Grinds My Teeth	Vj Asad	Zing (TV channel)
2015–present	Zing JukeBox	Vj Asad	Zing (TV channel)
2018	Aabgeenay	Shahzad	GEO TV (TV channel)

Commercials

Year	Advertisement	Role	Production
2006	Fair & Lovely Men's Active	Model	Fair & Lovely
2006	Ayurveda Body Butter Cream	Model	Ayurveda
2007	Škoda Octavia	Model	Škoda Octavia
2007	Hero Honda	Model	Hero Honda
2010	LG F1	Man	Th2ng, Nick Meikle
2010	William Hill	Silent Terrace Man	The Bank Film Company, Ian Cassie
2012–present	Sky (UK and Ireland)	Model	Sky (UK and Ireland)

Modelling

Year	Designer/Show	Notes
2005–06	London Fashion Week	Ramp Model
2006-08	Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week	Ramp Model
2006-08	Lakme India Fashion Week	Ramp Model
2007-08	Options	Brand Ambassador
2007–08	Boy London	Brand Ambassador
2007	Matrix Hair Model Fashion Show	Model
2008	Indian Contemporary & Classic Couture	Model
2008	Roberto Cavalli	Model
2008	Kiran Gidwani	Model

See also

• List of British actors

External links

• Asad Shan at IMDb

References

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