Born in Mumbai to a Parsi family and raised in Navsari, he completed a BCom before pursuing diplomas in advertising, marketing and management in Mumbai, and finally earned an acting diploma from Roshan Taneja’s Actors Studio in 1988. His screen debut came with the NFDC-produced Gujarati film Percy (1989), which garnered critical praise and a National Award nomination for Best Actor in 1990; a late…