What happened to the boy from ‘Salaam Bombay’ by Mira Nair? The journey of Shafiq Syed

After 'Salaam Bombay!' by Mira Nair, Shafiq acted in 'Patang' (1994), a film by Goutam Ghose. However, the offers didn't keep coming. By 1993, he had returned to Bangalore.