Himalay was born in the Sindhi-speaking Dassani family. He shot into
fame after getting married to Bollywood mega-star and his childhood
sweetheart, Bhagyashree Patwardhan.
She quit acting after the marriage, and the couple became parents of
two children, a boy and a girl.
When his wife refused to appear on the screen with any other male
actor, he himself appeared alongside her in three movies in order to
enable her to make a major come-back on the silver-screen - without
much success.
He has now opened his very own production house and is involved in
making TV serials with his wife assisting and acting in them.