Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor, motivational speaker, leadership and creativity coach, and YouTuber. He works in films of different languages like Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali. In 1995, he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Hindi film Drohkaal. He is known for playing the antagonist in various language films.
Wiki/Biography
According to some sources, Ashish Vidyarthi was born on Saturday 19 June 1965 (age 58; as of 2023) and according to some other sources he was born on Tuesday 19 June 1962 (age 61; as of 2023) in Delhi, India. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
Ashish Vidyarthi’s childhood picture
He studied in Shiv Niketan Public School, New Delhi till 5th standard. In 1983, he completed his 12th standard from VM Public School of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. Later, he pursued a BA in history. at Hindu College, New Delhi. While studying at Hindu College, he started acting in theater productions. He then joined the theater group Act One and Sambhav Theater Group in New Delhi. In 1990, he completed the acting course at the National School of Drama in New Delhi.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
He was born to a Malayali father and a Bengali mother.
parents and siblings
His father, Govind Vidyarthi, was an Indian freedom fighter and worked as an archivist at the Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi. His mother, Reba Vidyarthi, was a Kathak guru. He has no siblings.
A collage of Ashish Vidyarthi’s parents
wife and children
Ashish was married twice; He was first married to actress Rajoshi Vidyarthi who is the daughter of famous Bengali actress Shakuntala Barua. The couple had a love marriage. Ashish’s son Art Vidyarthi was born on November 15, 2000.
Ashish Vidyarthi with his wife
Ashish Vidyarthi with his son
On 25 May 2023, he married fashion entrepreneur Rupali Barua. This was his second marriage.
Ashish Vidyarthi and Rupali Barua wedding photo
Autograph
Ashish Vidyarthi’s signature
Career
Theater artist
Ashish started his career as a theater artist. He has acted in productions of various Indian theater groups including Ekjute Theater Group, Act One Theater Group and Prithvi Theatre.
Ashish Vidyarthi in a theater play
Beautiful
movie
Hindi
In 1991, he started his acting career with the Hindi film ‘Kal Sandhya’ in which he played the role of a police officer.
Cal Sandia
He came into limelight with the 1994 Hindi film Drohkaal as Commander Bhadra.
Ashish Vidyarthi as Commander Bhadra in Hindi movie Drohkaal
Ashish has acted in many Hindi films like ‘1942: A Love Story’ (1994), ‘Major Saab’ (1998), ‘Vaastav: The Reality’ (1999), ‘LOC: Kargil’ (2003), ‘Barfi!’ (2012) and “Kuttey” (2023).
Vaastav – reality
Telugu
In 1998, he made his debut in the Telugu film ‘Pape Naa Pranam’, in which he played the role of an assassin.
pape naa pranam
Some of his other Telugu films are ‘Sreeram’ (2002), ‘Gudumba Shankar’ (2004), ‘Narasimhudu’ (2005), ‘Naayak’ (2013) and ‘iSmart Shankar’ (2019).
iSmart Shankar
Canada
In 1999, he made his debut in the Canadian cinema with the film ‘AK 47’ where he played the role of David.
AK 47
He acted in various Kannada films like ‘Kotigobba’ (2001), ‘Nandhi’ (2002), ‘Nammanna’ (2005), ‘Siddhartha’ (2015) and ‘Pataki’ (2017).
Nandhi
Bengali
Ashish made his Bengali film debut in 2000 with Shesh Thikana as Soumyabrata.
Firewood was thick
He appeared in several other Bengali films such as ‘Bombaiyer Bombete’ (2003), ‘Kranti’ (2006), ‘Kalishankar’ (2007), ‘Challenge 2’ (2012) and ‘Captain Khan’ (2018).
Captain Khan
English
In 2000, he made his debut in the English cinema with the film “Night”, in which he played the role of Copton.
nightfall
In 2011, he appeared in another English movie called Dam 999.
Dam 999
Tamil
In 2001, he made his debut in the Tamil film industry with the film “Dhill” as DSP Shankar.
Delhi
He then acted in many other Tamil films like ‘Thamizh’ (2002), ‘Ghilli’ (2004), ‘Azhagiya Tamil Magan’ (2007), ‘Vallakottai’ (2010) and ‘En Vazhi Thani Vazhi’ (2015).
Ann son with son
Malayalam
In 2003, she played the role of Commissioner Gowri Shankar in her debut Malayalam film ‘CID Moosa’.
CID Moosa
Some of his other Malayalam films are Chess (2006), Rakshakan (2007), Bachelor Party (2012) and Uriyathu (2020).
Bachelor party
in Bangladesh
In 2015, he made his debut in the Bangladeshi film ‘Agnee 2’, in which he played the role of Python.
Agne 2
In 2016, he acted in Bangladeshi films like ‘Angaar’ and ‘Hero 420’.
Hangar
Other languages
In 2007, he made his Odia debut in the film ‘Kalishankar’ in which he played the role of Debu Soren.
Kalishankar
In 2014, he did cameo roles in Marathi films ‘Punha Gondhal Punha Mujra’ and ‘Avatarachi Goshta’.
Avatarachi Goshta
television
In 1990, he made his television acting debut in DD National’s TV serial ‘Truck Dhina Dhin’ in which he played the role of a father.
Truck Dhina Dhin
He has appeared in several other Hindi television series such as ‘Dastaan’ (1995; Zee TV) and ’24 Season 2′ (2016; Colors).
Ashish Vidyarthi still from Hindi TV serial Dastaan
web series
Ashish made his debut in the 2019 Hindi serial ‘MOM – Mission Over Mars’ in which he played K. Role of Muralidharan. The serial moved to Zee5.
Mother – Mission to Mars
He has acted in many other popular Hindi web series like ‘Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors’ (2020; Disney+ Hotstar), ‘Sunflower’ (2021; Zee5), ‘TVF Pitchers Season 2’ (2022; TVFPlay and YouTube) and ‘Rana Naidu’ (2023; Netflix).
Criminal Justice – Behind Closed Doors
YouTuber
In 2020, he started his YouTube channel “Ashish Vidyarthi Official” where he uploads his vlogs.
Ashish Vidyarthi Official YouTube Channel
He has also created several other YouTube channels such as Anbudan Ashish Vidyarthi, Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs, Kahaani Khatarnaak GOI, Food Khana with Ashish, Daily Ashish Vidyarthi and Ashish Vidyrathi Clips. As of 2023, his daily vlog channel Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs has 1.32 million subscribers.
Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs
other work
Ashish has started several podcast shows on various music streaming apps including Gaana, Spotify and Wynk.
Ashish Vidyarthi Podcast
In 2014, he started a professional training and coaching institute Ashish Vidyarthi & Associates- Avid Miner. He also works as a motivational speaker and has organized various motivational sessions for students and professionals.
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- 1995: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Hindi film Drohkaal
- 1996: Bengal Film Journalists Association – Best Actor Award (Hindi) for Raat Ki Subah Nahin
- 1997: Star Screen Award for Best Villain in a Hindi Film for Raat Ki Subah Nahin
- 2005: Filmfare Award for Best Villain in Telugu for Athanokkade
- 2012: Nandi Award for Best Actor for Telugu film Minugurulu
- 2023: Best Travel & Food Vlogger by Lokmat
Ashish Vidyarthi’s Lokmat Award
Facts/Trivia
- In 2016, Ashish almost drowned in a river while shooting a scene in the Hindi film ‘Bollywood Diaries’. Then he was rescued by a policeman.
Categories: Bollywood
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