Ashish Vidyarthi

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Ashish Vidyarthi
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Ashish Vidyarthi in May 2008
Born (1965-06-19) 19 June 1965 (age 60) [1] [2] [3]
Delhi, India
Occupation Actor
Years active1986–present
Spouses
Rajoshi aka Piloo
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(m. 2001;div. 2022)​
Rupali Barua
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(m. 2023)​
[4]
Children1
YouTube information
Years active2021–present
Genre(s)Travel, Food, Lifestyle, Vlogs
Subscribers2.34 million [5]
Views577,900,537 [6]
Contents are inHindi, English
Last updated: 03 September 2025

Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1965 [7] ) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Marathi, and Odia 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. [8] [9]

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Early life

Ashish Vidyarthi was born on 19 June 1965 in Delhi, India to a Malayali father from Thalassery (North Malabar, Kerala), and a Bengali mother from Rajasthan with ancestry in West Bengal. [10] His mother Reba Vidyarthi (Née: Chattopadhyay) was a Kathak guru, [11] 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. [12]

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. [13] He is the co-founder and curator of AVID MINER Conversations, which are interactive modules customized for organizations. [14]

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. [15] He married Rupali Barua in 2023. [16]

Filmography

Hindi

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Kaal Sandhya
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
1999 Haseena Maan Jaayegi Bhai
Arjun Pandit Haldiram
Lohpurush Inspector Salim Hindustani [17]
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
2001 Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love Hari Singh
Jodi No.1 Sir John
Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta Kalra Bhai
2002Ansh: The Deadly PartDawoo
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
2003 Ek Aur Ek Gyarah Cobra
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
2004 Kismat Vikas Patil
Shikaar Kanwar Singh
Agnipankh Pakistani Army Commander
AK-47 Dadua
2005Spiritual Reality
Jurm Police Inspector
Eashwar Mime Co. Eashwar
2006 Mere Jeevan Saathi Torani
2007The ChallengeSanju
Awarapan Rajan D. Malik
Main Rony Aur Jony
2008 Mr. Black Mr. White
Jimmy
2009 Lahore Mohd. Akhtar
Red Alert: The War Within Velu
Kisse Pyaar Karoon Police Inspector
2010 Khuda Kasam Home Minister
Rakta Charitra Mandha
2012 Barfi! Mr. Chatterjee
2013 R... Rajkumar Manik Parmar
2014 Haider Brigadier T. S. Murthy
Rang Rasiya Raja Thirumal
2015 Rahasya Sachin Mahajan
Once Upon a Time in Bihar Madan Sharma
2016 Aligarh Advocate Anand Grover
Bollywood Diaries Vishnu
2017 Begum Jaan Harsh
Bachche Kachche Sachche Munna
2019 The Lion King ScarVoiceover
2021 Helmet Jogi
2022 Kaun Pravin Tambe? Coach Vidyadhar Paradkar
GoodBye P.P. Singh
2023 Kuttey Harry [18]
Khufiya Jeev Bonda
Tejas IAF chief R K Panicker
2024 Kill Beni [19]

Telugu

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Pape Naa Pranam Assassin
1999 AK-47 Dawood
2000MadhuriKishan
2002 Sreeram Encounter Shankar
Law & OrderDon Chota
2004NoDK
Gudumba Shankar Kumaraswamy
Chatrapathy SI Pasupathy Chakravarthy's henchmen
Vijayendra Varma Nanaji
2005 Athanokkade Anna
Narasimhudu Police Commissioner
2006 Annavaram Tapas Balu
Raraju Kotireddy Venkat Reddy
Agantakudu
Brahmastram Rudra
Pokiri Sub-inspector Pasupathy
Simhabaludu
2007 Chirutha Mattu Bhai
Athidhi Danny Bhai
Tulasi Veeranna
Lakshyam DIG Ajay Prakash
2008 Konchem Koththaga
Kantri Seshu
Ontari Lal Mahankali
2009 Ganesh Just Ganesh Mahadevan
2010 Varudu Raj Gopal
Adhurs Dhanraj
2011 Ala Modalaindi John Abraham
Chattam Shivaji
Madatha Kaja Nanda
2012 Genius Peddapuram Peda Babu
2013 Naayak CBI Officer
Baadshah Crazy Robert
Minugurulu Father
Kevvu Keka Gottam Gopalakrishna
Bhai David
Chandee Minister
Abdul KalamDr. Yuvraj Shankar
Greeku Veerudu P. R.
Kamina Teja
2014 Autonagar Surya
Aagadu SP Mallikarjun
2015 Gopala Gopala Shankar Narayana
Jadoogadu
Where Is Vidya Balan Police Inspector
Kick 2 Settlement Durga
Sher Chhota
James Bond Don
2016 Nannaku Prematho Kapil Sinha / Satpal Singh
Janatha Garage Raghava's business partner
2017 Radha Home Minister
Oxygen CBI Officer
Andhhagadu Dr. Ashish
2018 Inttelligent Venkateswara Rao
Pantham Defence Lawyer
2019 iSmart Shankar Ramamoorthy
2023 Writer Padmabhushan Madhusudhan Rao [20]
Abhilasha

Tamil

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Dhill DSP Shankar
2002 Baba 'Ippo' Ramaswamy
Ezhumalai Nagalingam
Bagavathi Easwarapandiyan
Thamizh Periyavar
Thamizhan GK
2003 Ramachandra "Sodukku" Chockalingam
Dum Thilak
2004 Ghilli Sivasubramanian
Aai SP Eashwarapandian
Jananam Muthukaruppan
2005 Aaru Naadhan
2006 E Dr. Ramakrishnan
Madhu Siluvai
2007 Azhagiya Tamil Magan Anand Chelliah
Malaikottai Chittappa Kanthaswamy
Manikanda Balasingam
2008 Dhanam Nambiar
Ellam Avan Seyal Anbukkarasu
Kuruvi Konda Reddy
Theekuchi Pasupathy Pandian
Bheemaa Commissioner
2009 Adada Enna Azhagu Alexander
Solla Solla Inikkum Madhiyazhagan
Kanthaswamy Pallur Paramajothi Ponnusamy (PPP)
2010 Uthamaputhiran Periyamuthu Gounder
Vallakottai Nachiyar
2011 Mappillai Devaraj
Kandaen Narmadha's Father
Udhayan Ayyanaar
2012 Thiruthani
2014 Amara Sethupathi
Meaghamann Sharma
2015 Yennai Arindhaal Golden Raj
Anegan Commissioner Gopinath and Rana Dual role
En Vazhi Thani Vazhi
2023 Echo Edward
Iraivan Hari K. Vedantam

Bengali

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Shesh ThikanaSoumyabrata
2003 Bombaiyer Bombete Mr. Gore
2006 Kranti Vishnu
Nayak The Real HeroKali Gunda
2007 Greptar Balaram Ghosh
Kalishankar Debu Soren
2008 Satyameba Jayate
Neel Rajar Deshe
2011 Fighter DIG
Gosainbaganer Bhoot Habu Sardar
2012 Khokababu Ballu
JaanemanSridhar
Awara Indrajit
Challenge 2 Guru Nayak
2013 Nirbhoya
2014 Bachchan Inspector
Teenkahon Joydeb Guha
2015 Besh Korechi Prem Korechi Dibakar
Agnee 2 PythonBangladeshi film
Black Biru Pande
2016 Angaar Swapan SarkarBangladeshi film
Hero 420 Rai / Riya's father
Rokto Villain
2018 Jole Jongole Police Officer
DhumketuCommissioner Dibakar Gupta
Chalbaaz Dada
Captain Khan Abdur Rahman

Kannada

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 AK-47 Dawood
2001 Vande Matharam Major Sujan
Kotigobba Mark Anthony
2002SainikaCaptain Badshah
Nandhi Different Dyani alias Dhanraj
2004 Durgi Police Commissioner
2005ThuntaSuryaprakash
Aakash
Nammanna
2006 Thandege Thakka Maga Dharmanna
Suntaragaali Kalinga
2007 Aa Dinagalu M. P. Jayaraj
2008 Janumada Gelathi
Citizen
Paramesha Panwala
2009 Bhagyada Balegara
Devru
Yodha Patil
2010 Porki Ali Bhai
Jothegara ACP Veerabhadra
2012 Shakti Police Officer
2013 Bachchan Mahesh Deshpande
2015 Siddhartha Yeshwanath
2017 Pataki Rudrapratap
March 22 Muslim Maullah
Sarkari Kelasa Devara KelasaMinister

Malayalam

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 CID Moosa Commissioner Gowri Shankar
2006 Chess SP Swaminathan
2007 Black Cat Prabhul Kumar
Rakshakan CI Sugathan
Bhasmasuran
2009 I G Inspector General Scaria Zachariah
Daddy Cool Bheem Bhai
2010 Black Stallion Irumban John
2012 Bachelor Party Chettiyar
2018MukhyanPolice Inspector
2020Uriyattu
2024 Aavesham College executive Director [21]

Other language films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2000 Nightfall KoptonEnglishAmerican film
2007 Kalishankar Debu SorenOdia
2011 Dam 999 DuraiEnglish
2014 Punha Gondhal Punha Mujra HimselfMarathi
Avatarachi Goshta Special appearance

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1990Truck Dhina DhinMamaHindi
1995 Dastaan Lankesh
2016 24 (Season 2)Roshan Sherchan
KahanibaazAshish Vidyarthi
2019 M.O.M. - Mission Over Mars K. MurlidharanWeb series
2020 Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Dipen Prabhu, Public Prosecutar
2021 Sunflower Dilip Iyer
Tryst with Destiny [22] Mr. Mudira
2022 Raktanchal Ramanand RaiSeason 2
Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness Jt. CP Raman Acharya
Aar Ya Paar Business tycoon
TVF Pitchers Kishen Charan DesaiSeason 2
2022 Half Pants Full Pants Railway guard Subbarao [23]
2023 Rana Naidu Surya Rao Naidu / Surya Mohammad KhanHindi, Telugu
Trial By Fire Neeraj Suri Hindi [24]
Slow RiversGuru MargadarishiEnglish [25]
2024 Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond Madhusudan DuttaHindi [26]
2025 The Traitors Contestant11th place [27]

Awards

Won

Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Birthday Special: Apart from actor Ashish Vidyarthi, he is a famous motivational speaker who is married to RUPALI BARUA AXOM". News Track. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Policeman rescues Ashish Vidyarthi from drowning on set". Hindustan Times. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi gets married to fashion entrepreneur at 57; says 'It's an extraordinary feeling'". The Indian Express. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi marries Kolkata fashion entrepreneur". Ruman Ganguly. The Times of India. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs - YouTube" . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs - About" . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Actor Ashish Vidyarthi On Getting Married At 57: "Age Doesn't Matter"". NDTV.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi to present play in the city". The Hindu. 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Expressing his gratitude". The Hindu. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Ashish Vidyarthi and Anjali. I Came Here To Give An Interview, Not To Reveal Secrets - Ashish Vidyarthi Full Interview | #17 - YouTube. iDream Telugu Movies. Event occurs at 5m29s. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi's mother passes away". The Times of India . PTI. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  12. ↑ "Meeting Ashish Vidyarthi". Man's World India. 14 June 2001. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "I am still hungry and foolish: Ashish Vidyarthi". Zee News. 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi | Speakers". Simply Life India Speakers Bureau. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi's Ex-Wife Piloo Opens Up About Their Marriage: 'Ashish Never Cheated On Me, There Was No Torture, Hardship". ABP news. 26 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi Opens Up About His Second Wedding, Says His Split With Ex-Wife Was Amicable - Watch". ABP news.
  17. ↑ "Lohpurush - Movie - - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "Kuttey on OTT platform: Release date, where to watch, cast and plot". India Today. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Bhardwaj, Kartik (12 June 2024). "Kill trailer: Lakshya is a super soldier who will leave a bloody trail for love". Cinema Express. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Writer Padmabhushan trailer unveiled". Cinema Express . 20 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "'Aavesham' teaser out: Fahadh Faasil is a massy gangster in this action-comedy". India Today. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  22. ↑ "Tryst With Destiny (2021) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
  23. ↑ NAIR, DIVYA. "Half Pants Full Pants Review: Memorable!". Rediff. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  24. ↑ "Ashish Vidyarthi on Trial By Fire: 'Human story of people who stood up and said that a wrong has happened'". Hindustan Times. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  25. ↑ "'Slow Rivers review: Smoky Mirrors'". Indian Express. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  26. ↑ "'Got Goosebumps While Shooting For Ranneeti: Balakot And Beyond': Ashish Vidyarthi". News18. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  27. ↑ Features, C. E. (30 May 2025). "The Traitors trailer: Karan Johar hosts Uorfi Javed, Maheep Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi and others in this enigmatic reality show". Cinema Express. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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