Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor, motivational speaker, leadership and creativity coach, and YouTuber. He has done films in different languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali. In 1995, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Hindi film “Drohkaal”. He is famous for playing villains in films in many languages.
Wiki/Biography
According to some sources, Ashish Vidyarthi was born on Saturday, June 19, 1965 (58 years old; as of 2023), while according to some other sources, he was born on Tuesday, June 19, 1962 (61 years old; as of 2023) In Delhi, India. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
Ashish Vidyati childhood photos
Until fifth grade, he studied at Shiv Niketan Public School, New Delhi. In 1983, he completed his 12th class from VM Public School, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. He later studied for a BA Honors degree in History. at Hindu College, New Delhi. While he was studying in Hindu College, he started acting in plays. He later joined Act One and Sambav Theater Company in New Delhi. In 1990, he completed his acting course at the National School of Drama, New Delhi.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
His father is Malayan and his mother is Bengali.
Parents and siblings
His father, Govind Vidyarthi, was an Indian freedom fighter who worked as an archivist at the Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi. His mother Reba Vidyarthi was a Kathak guru. He doesn’t have any siblings.
Collage of Ashish Vidyarthi’s parents
wife and children
Ashish has been married twice; his first wife was actor Rajoshi Vidyarthi, daughter of famous Bengali actress Shakuntala Barua. The couple had a love marriage. On November 15, 2000, Ashish’s son Arth Vidyarthi was born.
Ashish Vidyarthi and wife
Ashish Vidyarthi and his son
On May 25, 2023, he married fashion entrepreneur Rupali Barua. This is his second marriage.
Ashish Vidyarthi and Rupali Barua wedding photos
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Ashish Vidyati’s signature
Profession
theater artist
Ashish started his career as a theater artist. He has acted in plays with several Indian theater companies, including Ekjute, Act One and Prithvi.
Ashish Vidyarthi in drama performance
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Movie
Hindi
He started his career as an actor in 1991, playing a police officer in the Hindi film “Kal Sandhya”.
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He came to limelight with his role as Commander Bhadra in the 1994 Hindi film “Drohkaal”.
Ashish Vidyarthi plays Commander Bhadra in Hindi film Drohkaal
Ashish has appeared in many Hindi films such as 1942: A Love Story (1994), Major Saab (1998), Vastav: The Reality (1999), LOC: Kargil (2003) ), “Buffy!” ” (2012) and “Kuti” (2023).
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telugu
In 1998, he made his debut in the Telugu film “Pape Naa Pranam”, playing an assassin.
Pappu Na Puranam
His other Telugu films include “Sreeram” (2002), “Gudumba Shankar” (2004), “Narasimhudu” (2005), “Naayak” (2013) and “iSmart Shankar” (2019) .
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kannada
In 1999, he made his debut in the Kannada film “AK 47”, playing the role of Dawood.
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He has acted in several Kannada films such as “Kotigobba” (2001), “Nandhi” (2002), “Nammanna” (2005), “Siddhartha” (2015) and “Pataki” ( 2017).
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Bengal
Ashish made her Bengali film debut in 2000, playing the role of Soumyabrata in the film Shesh Thikana.
Shesh Tikana
He has also appeared in several other Bengali films such as Bombaiyer Bombete (2003), Kranti (2006), Kalishankar (2007), Challenge 2 (2012) and Captain Khan ( 2018).
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English
In 2000, he made his British film debut in the film Nightfall, playing Coton.
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In 2011, he appeared in another British film called “Dam 999”.
Dam 999
tamil
In 2001, he made his debut in the Tamil film industry with the film “Dhill” where he played the role of DSP Shankar.
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He subsequently acted in many other Tamil films such as “Thamizh” (2002), “Ghilli” (2004), “Azhagiya Tamil Magan” (2007), “Vallakottai” (2010) and “En Vazhi Thani Vazhi” ( 2015).
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Malayalam
In 2003, he played Commissioner Gowri Shankar in his first Malayalam film CID Moosa.
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Some of his other Malayalam films include Chess (2006), Rakshakan (2007), Bachelor Party (2012) and Uriyatu (2020).
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Bengali
In 2015, he made his acting debut in the Bangladeshi film Agnee 2, where he played the role of Python.
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In 2016, he starred in Bangladeshi films such as “Angaar” and “Hero 420”.
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other languages
In 2007, he made his Odia debut as Debu Soren in Kalishankar.
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In 2014, he made guest appearances in Marathi films “Punha Gondhal Punha Mujra” and “Avatarachi Goshta”.
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television
In 1990, he made his debut in DD National’s TV series “Truck Dhina Dhin”, playing the role of mother.
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He has also appeared in several other Hindi television series such as “Dastaan” (1995; Zee TV) and “24 Season 2” (2016; Colors).
Stills of Ashish Vidyarthi from Hindi TV series Dastaan
web series
Ashish made his web series debut in the 2019 Hindi drama series MOM – Mission to Mars, in which he played the role of K. Murlidharan. The series airs on Zee5.
MOM – Mission to Mars
He has also appeared in many other popular Hindi web series such as Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020; Disney+ Hotstar), Sunflower (2021; Zee5), TVF Pitcher Season 2 ( 2022; TVFPlay and YouTube) and Rana Naidu (2023; Netflix).
Criminal Justice – Closed Trials
YouTuber
In 2020, he started his own YouTube channel ‘Ashish Vidyarthificial’ where he uploads his vlogs.
Ashish Vidyarthi Official YouTube Channel
He has also created several other YouTube channels such as Anbudan Ashish Vidyarthi, Ashish Vidyrathi Actor Vlogs, Kahaani Khatarnaak GOI, Food Khana with Ashish, Daily Ashish Vidyrathi and Ashish Vidyrathi Clips. As of 2023, his daily vlogging channel Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs has 1.32 million subscribers.
Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlog
Other jobs
Ashish has launched several podcasts on various music streaming apps including Gaana, Spotify and Wynk.
Ashish Vidyati Podcast
In 2014, he founded Ashish Vidyarthi & Associates- Avid Miner, a professional training and coaching institute. He also works as a motivational speaker and organizes various motivational courses for students and professionals.
Awards
- 1995: Won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Hindi film “Drohkaal”
- 1996: Bangladesh Film Journalists Association – Best Actor Award (Hindi) for the film Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
- 1997: Won the Star Silver Award for Best Villain for the Hindi film Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
- 2005: Won the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Villain for the movie “Athanokkade”
- 2012: Won the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Telugu film “Minugurulu”
- 2023: Lokmat Best Travel and Food Vlogger
Ashish Vidyarthi’s Lokmat Award
Facts/Trivia
- In 2016, Ashish almost drowned in a river while shooting a scene for the Hindi film Bollywood Diaries. He was later rescued by a police officer.
- He is an avid animal lover and owns two pet dogs named Sasha and Laika.
Ashish Vidyarthi and his pet dog
- Ashish is a foodie and loves eating non-vegetarian food.
- In interviews, he said he was often bullied because of his dark skin color.
- His father adopted the surname Vidyarthi from Indian freedom fighter and journalist Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. His father adopted the surname as a tribute to him, having played the role of Ganesh Shankar in various plays.
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