Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962^[5]) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Drohkaal. He has also received several awards including a Filmfare Award South along with nominations for two Filmfare Awards.^[6][7]

Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi in May 2008
Born	(1962-06-19) 19 June 1962 (age 62)[1][2][3] Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouses	Rajoshi Barua ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2022)​ Rupali Barua ​ (m. 2023)​ [4]
Children	1

Early life

Ashish Vidyarthi was born on 19 June 1965 in Delhi, India to a Malayali father from Kannur (Kerala), and a Bengali mother from Rajasthan.^[8] His mother Reba Vidyarthi (Née: Chattopadhyay) was a Kathak guru,^[9] while his father Govind Vidyarthi is an expert in cataloging and archiving vanishing Performing Arts of India for the Sangeet Natak Akademi. He attended National School of Drama until 1990 and associated himself with another theatre group, Act One, run by N. K. Sharma.^[10]

Career

In 1992, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). Ashish played the role of V. P. Menon in his first film, Sardar, based on Sardar Vallabhai Patel's Life. Though, his first release was Drohkaal, for which he won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1995. He is also renowned for his role as Ashutosh, in 1942:A Love Story. Ashish received the Star Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role, for the 1996 film Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin.

Vidhyarthi has worked in 11 languages in over 300 films.^[11] He is the co-founder and curator of AVID MINER Conversations, which are interactive modules customized for organizations.^[12]

Currently, he has a YouTube channel with over one million subscribers and he often vlogs about food.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Vidyarthi married Piloo Vidyarthi aka Rajoshi in 2001. They have a son Arth. The couple filed for mutual divorce in 2022.^[13] He married Rupali Barua in 2023.^[14]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1991	Kaal Sandhya		Hindi
1993	Sardar	V. P. Menon
1994	Drohkaal	Commander Bhadra
	1942: A Love Story	Ashutosh
1995	Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!
	Baazi	Shiva
	Naajayaz	Ratan
1996	Jeet	Inspector Pratap Bidyarthi
	Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin	Ramanbhai
1997	Vishwavidhaata	Rai Bahadur
	Bhai	David
	Mrityudaata	Mohanlal
	Daud: Fun on the Run	Inspector Nair
	Koi Kisise Kum Nahin	Ashok
	Ziddi	ACP Inder Saxena
1998	Major Saab	Shankar
	Soldier	Dinesh Kapoor
	Yamraaj	Raja Bhaiya
	Pape Naa Pranam	Assassin	Telugu
1999	AK-47	Dawood	Kannada Telugu
	Haseena Maan Jaayegi	Bhai	Hindi
	Arjun Pandit	Haldiram
	Benaam	Damak
	Trishakti	Rajeshwar Raja
	Jaanwar	Inspector Arjun Pradhan
	Vaastav: The Reality	Vitthal Kaanya
2000	Badal	Jeet Ram
	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai	Inspector Satish Shinde
	Bichhoo	Devraj Khatri
	Gaja Gamini	Scientist
	Joru Ka Ghulam	Pappu Anna
	Refugee	Makkad
	Shesh Thikana	Soumyabrata	Bengali
	Nightfall	Kopton	English	American film
	Madhuri	Kishan	Telugu
2001	Vande Matharam	Major Sujan	Kannada
	Kotigobba	Mark Anthony
	Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love	Hari Singh	Hindi
	Jodi No.1	Sir John
	Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta	Kalra Bhai
	Dhill	DSP Shankar	Tamil
2002	Sainika	Captain Badshah	Kannada
	Ansh: The Deadly Part	Dawoo	Hindi
	Ab Ke Baras	Rudra Singh
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Tito
	Hum Kisise Kum Nahin	Pillai
	Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai	Raj Patil (Raja)
	Shararat	Arora
	Waah! Tera Kya Kehna	Charles
	Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai	Gul Baloch
	Baba	'Ippo' Ramaswamy	Tamil
	Ezhumalai	Nagalingam
	Bagavathi	Easwarapandiyan
	Thamizh	Periyavar
	Thamizhan	GK
	Sreeram	Encounter Shankar	Telugu
	Law & Order	Don Chota
	Nandhi	Different Dyani alias Dhanraj	Kannada
2003	Ramachandra	"Sodukku" Chockalingam	Tamil
	Ek Aur Ek Gyarah	Cobra	Hindi
	LOC: Kargil	Col. Ravindran, 2 Rajputana Rifles
	Border Hindustan Ka	Major Ansari
	Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century	Ghoshal
	Jaal: The Trap	Naved Rabhani
	Love at Times Square	Hashmi 'Bullet'
	Talaash: The Hunt Begins...	Police Commissioner
	Dum	Thilak	Tamil
	Bombaiyer Bombete	Mr. Gore	Bengali
	CID Moosa	Commissioner Gowri Shankar	Malayalam
2004	Durgi	Police Commissioner	Kannada
	Kismat	Vikas Patil	Hindi
	Shikaar	Kanwar Singh
	Agnipankh	Pakistani Army Commander
	AK-47	Dadua
	Ghilli	Sivasubramanian	Tamil
	No	DK	Telugu
	Gudumba Shankar	Kumaraswamy
	Chatrapathy	SI Pasupathy Chakravarthy's henchmen
	Vijayendra Varma	Nanaji	Telugu
	Jananam	Muthukaruppan	Tamil
2005	Spiritual Reality		Hindi
	Thunta	Suryaprakash	Kannada
	Aakash
	Nammanna
	Jurm	Police Inspector	Hindi
	Eashwar Mime Co.	Eashwar
	Athanokkade	Anna	Telugu
	Narasimhudu	Police Commissioner
	Aaru	Naadhan	Tamil
2006	Thandege Thakka Maga	Dharmanna	Kannada
	Suntaragaali	Kalinga
	Mere Jeevan Saathi	Torani	Hindi
	E	Dr. Ramakrishnan	Tamil
	Annavaram	Tapas Balu	Telugu
	Raraju	Kotireddy Venkat Reddy
	Agantakudu
	Brahmastram	Rudra
	Pokiri	Sub-inspector Pasupathy
	Simhabaludu
	Madhu	Siluvai	Tamil
	Chess	SP Swaminathan	Malayalam
	Kranti	Vishnu	Bengali
	Nayak The Real Hero	Kali Gunda
2007	Aa Dinagalu	M. P. Jayaraj	Kannada
	The Challenge	Sanju	Hindi
	Awarapan	Rajan D. Malik
	Main Rony Aur Jony
	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Anand Chelliah	Tamil
	Malaikottai	Chittappa Kanthaswamy
	Chirutha	Mattu Bhai	Telugu
	Athidhi	Danny Bhai
	Tulasi	Veeranna
	Lakshyam	DIG Ajay Prakash
	Manikanda	Balasingam	Tamil
	Black Cat	Prabhul Kumar	Malayalam
	Rakshakan	CI Sugathan
	Bhasmasuran
	Greptar	Balaram Ghosh	Bengali
	Kalishankar	Debu Soren
	Kalishankar	Debu Soren	Odia
2008	Janumada Gelathi		Kannada
	Citizen
	Paramesha Panwala
	Mr. Black Mr. White		Hindi
	Jimmy
	Dhanam	Cop #1	Tamil
	Ellam Avan Seyal	Anbukkarasu
	Kuruvi	Konda Reddy
	Theekuchi	Pasupathy Pandian	Tamil
	Bheemaa	Commissioner
	Konchem Koththaga		Telugu
	Kantri	Seshu
	Ontari	Lal Mahankali
	Satyameba Jayate		Bengali
	Neel Rajar Deshe
2009	Bhagyada Balegara		Kannada
	Devru
	Lahore	Mohd. Akhtar	Hindi
	Adada Enna Azhagu	Alexander	Tamil
	Red Alert: The War Within	Velu	Hindi
	Kisse Pyaar Karoon	Police Inspector
	Yodha	Patil	Kannada
	Solla Solla Inikkum	Madhiyazhagan	Tamil
	Kanthaswamy	Pallur Paramajothi Ponnusamy (PPP)
	Ganesh Just Ganesh	Mahadevan	Telugu
	I G Inspector General		Malayalam
	Daddy Cool	Bheem Bhai
2010	Black Stallion	Irumban John
	Khuda Kasam	Home Minister	Hindi
	Porki	Ali Bhai	Kannada
	Varudu	Raj Gopal	Telugu
	Jothegara	ACP Veerabhadra	Kannada
	Rakta Charitra	Mandha	Hindi
	Uthamaputhiran	Periyamuthu Gounder	Tamil
	Vallakottai	Nachiyar
	Adhurs	Dhanraj	Telugu
2011	Ala Modalaindi	John Abraham
	Fighter	DIG	Bengali
	Chattam	Shivaji	Telugu
	Mappillai	Devaraj	Tamil
	Kandaen	Narmadha's Father
	Udhayan	Ayyanaar
	Madatha Kaja	Nanda	Telugu
	Dam 999	Durai	English
	Gosainbaganer Bhoot	Habu Sardar	Bengali
2012	Khokababu	Ballu
	Jaaneman	Sridhar
	Bachelor Party	Chettiyar	Malayalam
	Awara	Indrajit	Bengali
	Barfi!	Mr. Chatterjee	Hindi
	Challenge 2	Guru Nayak	Bengali
	Thiruthani		Tamil
	Shakti	Police Officer	Kannada
	Genius	Peddapuram Peda Babu	Telugu
2013	Naayak	CBI Officer
	Baadshah	Crazy Robert
	Bachchan	Mahesh Deshpande	Kannada
	Minugurulu	Father	Telugu
	Kevvu Keka	Gottam Gopalakrishna
	Bhai	David
	Chandee	Minister
	Abdul Kalam	Dr. Yuvraj Shankar
	Greeku Veerudu	P. R.
	Kamina	Teja
	R... Rajkumar	Manik Parmar	Hindi
	Nirbhoya		Bengali
2014	Bachchan	Inspector
	Haider	Brigadier T. S. Murthy	Hindi
	Punha Gondhal Punha Mujra	Himself	Marathi
	Autonagar Surya		Telugu
	Amara	Sethupathi	Tamil
	Teenkahon	Joydeb Guha	Bengali
	Rang Rasiya	Raja Thirumal	Hindi
	Aagadu	SP Mallikarjun	Telugu
	Meaghamann	Sharma	Tamil
	Avatarachi Goshta	Himself	Marathi	Special appearance
2015	Siddhartha	Yeshwanath	Kannada
	Yennai Arindhaal	Golden Raj	Tamil
	Anegan	Commissioner Gopinath
	Rahasya	Sachin Mahajan	Hindi
	Gopala Gopala	Shankar Narayana	Telugu
	Jadoogadu
	Kick 2	Settlement Durga
	Sher	Chhota
	En Vazhi Thani Vazhi		Tamil
	Besh Korechi Prem Korechi	Dibakar	Bengali
	James Bond	Don	Telugu
	Once Upon a Time in Bihar	Madan Sharma	Hindi
	Agnee 2	Python	Bengali	Bangladeshi film
	Black	Biru Pande
2016	Aligarh	Advocate Anand Grover	Hindi
	Angaar	Swapan Sarkar	Bengali	Bangladeshi film
	Hero 420	Rai / Riya's father
	Nannaku Prematho	Kapil Sinha / Satpal Singh	Telugu
	Janatha Garage	Raghava's business partner
	Rokto	Villain	Bengali
	Bollywood Diaries	Vishnu	Hindi
2017	Begum Jaan	Harsh
	Radha	Home Minister	Telugu
	Pataki	Rudrapratap	Kannada
	March 22	Muslim Maullah
	Bachche Kachche Sachche	Munna	Hindi
	Sarkari Kelasa Devara Kelasa	Minister	Kannada
	Oxygen	CBI Officer	Telugu
	Andhhagadu	Dr. Ashish
2018	Jole Jongole	Police Officer	Bengali
	Inttelligent	Venkateswara Rao	Telugu
	Mukhyan	Police Inspector	Malayalam
	Dhumketu	Commissioner Dibakar Gupta	Bengali
	Chalbaaz	Dada
	Pantham	Defence Lawyer	Telugu
	Captain Khan	Abdur Rahman	Bengali
2019	iSmart Shankar	Ramamoorthy	Telugu
	The Lion King	Scar	Hindi	Voice Artist
2020	Uriyattu		Malayalam
2021	Helmet	Jogi	Hindi
2022	Kaun Pravin Tambe?	Coach Vidyadhar Paradkar
	GoodBye	P.P. Singh
2023	Writer Padmabhushan	Madhusudhan Rao	Telugu	[15]
	Kuttey	Harry	Hindi	[16]
	Abhilasha		Telugu
	Echo	Edward	Tamil
	Khufiya	Jeev Bonda	Hindi
	Tejas	IAF chief R K Panicker
	Iraivan	Hari K. Vedantam	Tamil
2024	Aavesham	College executive Director	Malayalam	Special Appearance[17]
	Kill	Beni	Hindi	[18]

Television and OTT shows

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Truck Dhina Dhin	Mama	Hindi
1995	Dastaan	Lankesh
2016	24	Roshan Sherchan		Season 2
	Kahanibaaz	Ashish Vidyarthi
2019	M.O.M. - Mission Over Mars	K. Murlidharan		Web series
2020	Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors	Dipen Prabhu, Public Prosecutar
2021	Sunflower	Dilip Iyer
	Tryst with Destiny[19]	Mr. Mudira
2022	Raktanchal	Ramanand Rai		Season 2
	Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness	Jt. CP Raman Acharya
	Aar Ya Paar	Business tycoon
	TVF Pitchers	Kishen Charan Desai		Season 2
2022	Half Pants Full Pants	Railway guard Subbarao		[20]
2023	Rana Naidu	Surya Rao Naidu / Surya Mohammad Khan	Hindi, Telugu
	Trial By Fire	Neeraj Suri	Hindi	[21]
	Slow Rivers	Guru Margadarishi	English	[22]
2024	Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond	Madhusudan Dutta	Hindi	[23]

Awards

Won

• 1995: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor: Drohkaal
• 1996: Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Actor Award (Hindi): Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
• 1997: Star Screen Award for Best Villain: Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
• 2005: Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Telugu: Athanokkade
• 2012: Nandi Award for Best Character Actor: Minugurulu

Nominated

• 1996: Filmfare Best Villain Award for Drohkaal
• 1997: Filmfare Best Villain Award: Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
• 2012: SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu): Ala Modalaindi
• 2014: SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Kannada): Shivajinagara

References

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23. "'Got Goosebumps While Shooting For Ranneeti: Balakot And Beyond': Ashish Vidyarthi". News18. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

• Ashish Vidyarthi at IMDb
• Ashish Vidyarthi's channel on YouTube
• Ashish Vidyarthi: Filmography at Bollywood Hungama