Ali Haji is a flourishing Indian child actor, born on October 30, 1999 to a Muslim family in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Ali is an intelligent student at Ashburn International Heights School in Mumbai. Even though he has a hectic shooting schedule, he assure that he always have time for school.
Ali was 6-months old when he first appeared on the commercials of Johnson and Johnson. Then he did few more advertisement campaigns such as Dabur Chyawanprash, Tata Tea and Lifebouy. His early step into Bollywood arena initiated at his very young age of 2 in year 2001, with a special appearance in the popular drama film, Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham or K3G. Later on, Ali showed up again at
Amitabh Bachchan
starrer movie, Family in 2006 when Ali was just five years old. Ali also appeared as Aarav in the
The main film which endorsed him to nip out as an actor with his talents was the award winning crime drama film, Fanaa, where he appeared as Rehan Jr, the son of Rehan (played by
Aamir Khan
) in the film. After the success of Fanaa, he appeared in the Bollywood comedy film, Partner in 2007 and on the same year, Ali appeared as Champ in the family drama film, Ta Ra Rum Pum under Yash Chopra Production. Followed by the movie, Ta Ra Rum Pum, Ali has been selected in many other films like Drona in 2008 along with
Priyanka Chopra
and
Abhishek Bachchan
, My Friend Ganesha 2 and Life Partner in 2009, Paathshaala and
Right Yaaa Wrong
in 2010. He was previously seen in the film, Partner 2 in 2013.
Ali was also known as Master Ali Haji in the film industry. He was also seen in the documentary of the Undergrads South on episodes David’s Dad Does Drag, Mother Falcon Part 1 and 2, Little Lo tour, Ransom Notes and Brady Campaign in 2012. He was also a jury n the Episode 69 of the dance competition, Boogie Woogie Season 2 on Sony Entertainment Television together with Angelina Idhani.
Besides doing films, Ali was also in the in the popular drama serial, Zindgi Ka Har Rang… Gulaal, which was aired on STAR Plus channel. He played as Kesar who is the younger devar of Gulaal (played by
Manasi Parekh
). Following the Deeyarvattu practice, Gulaal marries Kesar instead of Dushyant (played by
Sushant Singh
) to protect Kesar and his family.