Sanjeev Jaiswal


Sanjeev Jaiswal is an Indian film actor. Jaiswal has acted in 2 Hindi films, a drama and an action thriller. His first movie was Shaitan in which he played a small role of a police informer, while his second movie was The Attacks of 26/11, a film based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which he played lead role of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, with Nana Patekar And Sadh Orhan. He is working in Howrah Bridge directed by award winning director Lohith H., a bilingual film in Kannada and Tamil being released in 2019.

Education

Jaiswal was born on 18 February 1988 to Hindu parents in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. His father is a businessman from Jamshedpur and his mother is a housewife. He has one elder brother and two younger brothers. Jaiswal grew up in Jamshedpur where he attended Motilal Nehru Public School, then through IGNOU, he earned his bachelor's degree in Arts. Jaiswal was also doing theater in Delhi while pursuing a graduation degree.

Career

Early in his career, he was recognised for his theatre acting in Delhi. He has done theatre in Delhi from 2005 to 2008. He was also selected in the top ten finalists in the Delhi audition of Zee TV's India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj in 2008. He then moved to Mumbai in 2008 and there he played a small role in one ad of the 2008 Indian Premier League. After that, he got many small roles in serials and played all the roles with sincerity and his acting was appreciated by the audience. In 2012, he played the role of assistant director in a TV serial Sasural Genda Phool. He also gave voice over in an animation film based on Mahabharat.
In 2013, Jaiswal got the opportunity to play lead role in the RGV-directed movie The Attacks Of 26/11. After auditioning 500 applicants, RGV finally found an actor Sanjeev Jaiswal to play Ajmal Kasab, the prime accused terrorist in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai. The movie released on 1 March and the acting of Jaiswal was appreciated by audience and media both. In a press conference, Jaiswal said his biggest challenge was that people shouldn't feel that he won the role just because he resembled the terrorist. Talking about the response to the film, Jaiswal said that people hated the character he played, but liked him as an actor.

The Attacks of 26/11

Reception

said on Twitter, "RGV shows me a rough cut of his latest 'Attacks of 26/11'... stunned, shocked, angered.. but choked with tears when ..!" Nana Patekar is brilliant … such restraint and maturity in his performance.. And the young actor Sanjeev Jaiswal that plays Kasab, so convincing. Director Shekhar Kapur tweeted saying, "Tonight is gonna b a tough night 2 sleep. Just came out of a screening of Ram Gopal Varma's film on 26/11".
He further went onto add, "Everyone will have a deeply personal reaction to Ram Gopal Varma's film on 26/11, but it left me haunted by the ghosts of those fateful days."
Ram Gopal Varma arranged a special screening of The Attacks of 26/11 for Senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani at the national capital. Advani was moved to tears in the climax of the film. Member of Parliament Rajeev Pratap Rudy said that he wants to arrange a show of 26/11 for all the MPs inside the parliament. Others present at the screening were Shah Nawaz Hussain, Sanjay Nirupam, Naveen Jindal Balbir Punj, and Raj Babbar. Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, The Attacks of 26/11 has received a similar response from most who have watched the film till now including Shekhar Kapur, Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan.