MUMBAI: The very popular and talented Shaheer Sheikh prefers to keep it low-key. The actor admits though he doesn’t like the limelight.

The actor turns a year older on March 26 and shares that he doesn’t “really” celebrate his birthday. “There have been times when I’ve forgotten my birthday. If I had my way, I would want everyone to forget it. As I come from a humble background, as a kid, I never celebrated my birthday. In the routine of life and trying to make ends meet, my parents would forget our birthdays. In fact, now it is a tradition that my sisters and I, we all, forget each other birthdays,” he says.

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“Yes, my fans do show their love with messages and gifts, which is really sweet. They do make me special. I try to stay low-key and don’t like to be the centre of attention. It’s weird, I know (laughs). People tell me that I chose the wrong profession as being an actor also means being in the limelight. I agree but I became an actor for the art, to be able to live another life via a character that I essay and I feel I have lived so many lives through all the roles I have played,” he explains.

Shaheer is best known for playing the role of Arjun in TV show Mahabharat. He has also worked in television shows like Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi and Navya...Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal. He recently played the role of Abir Rajvansh in TV show Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke.

We wish him a very happy birthday.

Credits: Hindustan Times

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