Background
Shastri was born into a Gujarati family in London, England.
Shastri was born into a Gujarati family in London, England.
Shastri attended the George Tomlinson Primary school in Leytonstone, East London, and studied at local dance and drama clubs. Kavi graduated into the Academy"s College on a government scholarship in 2003.
At the age of nine, he was enrolled into The Padmini Kholapuri School of Acting in London, and throughout his primary years performed at venues across London. In 1997, Shastri started his studies at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. As well as academic studies, he trained in Ballet, Tap Dancing, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre and Drama.
Whilst at school, Shastri had small roles in Independent Television"s This Morning and British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Holby City.
While attending college, he acted in three seasons of CBBC"s hit drama show UGetMe and the British feature Film lieutenant Could Be You. As part of his work on the film, Shastri flew to India.
After leaving College, Shastri appeared on Independent Television"s The Bill, and in British feature film Popcorn. In 2009 he moved to India and enrolled in Anupam Kher"s Actor Prepares.
After graduation, he acted in the Hindi Shastriature film Imtiaz Ali"s Love Aaj Kal, where he met Vir Das.
In 2008, Shastri played the part of Rohan Mehra on the Indian television show YRF "s Rishta.com which debuted on 3 January 2010 on Sony Entertainment. After four nominations at award shows, Shastri was named the best newcomer at the 10th Indian Telly Awards. Shastri then took on a role with YRF "s Kismat, an adaptation of Kane and Able.
Shastri shot his first two films Amit Sahni Ki List and Main aur Mr Riight back to back.
Later, he took on a role in the 2013 film Yash Raj Aurangzeb. In 2014, Shastri returned to London, England to shoot for the British feature, Ameet Chana"s directorial debut Jayden.
The pair returned to Mumbai to create India"s first Comedy Company "Weirdass Comedy", which presented stand up comedy shows and performance across India and worldwide, and wrote scripts for the Filmfare Awards, Zee Cine Awards and Stardust Awards. Shastri and Das performed together at Sophia Auditorium in late 2011, in the stand up comedy show Ashvin Gidwani"s History of India.