 Shiney was selected from over 200 aspirants for the role of Vikram Malhotra and made his acting debut in the film "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi".The film went on to win critical acclaim, and was screened at as many as 12 film festivals over 6 months.These included film festivals at Turkey, Estonia, River to River (Florence), Berlin, Edinburgh, Washington, Dallas, India (Goa), Bite The Mango festival (Bradford, UK), the Commonwealth festival (Manchester), and the Pacific Rim festival (California).