Ashish Vidyarthi filmography

Ashish Vidyarthi 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. ^[1] . During his career he has acted in over 300 films in 11 different languages. ^[2]

Filmography

Hindi

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Kaal Sandhya		[3]
1993	Sardar	V. P. Menon	[2]
1994	Drohkaal	Commander Bhadra	[2]
	1942: A Love Story	Ashutosh	[2]
1995	Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!		[4]
	Baazi	Shiva	[4]
	Naajayaz	Ratan
1996	Jeet	Inspector Pratap Bidyarthi
	Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin	Ramanbhai
1997	Vishwavidhaata	Rai Bahadur
	Bhai	David
	Mrityudaata	Mohanlal	[4]
	Daud: Fun on the Run	Inspector Nair
	Koi Kisise Kum Nahin	Ashok
	Ziddi	ACP Inder Saxena	[4]
1998	Major Saab	Shankar	[4]
	Soldier	Dinesh Kapoor	[4]
	Yamraaj	Raja Bhaiya
1999	Haseena Maan Jaayegi	Bhai	[4]
	Arjun Pandit	Haldiram	[4]
	Lohpurush	Inspector Salim Hindustani	[5]
	Benaam	Damak
	Trishakti	Rajeshwar Raja	[2]
	Jaanwar	Inspector Arjun Pradhan
	Vaastav: The Reality	Vitthal Kaanya	[4]
2000	Badal	Jeet Ram
	Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai	Inspector Satish Shinde
	Bichhoo	Devraj Khatri	[6]
	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
2002	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'	[7]
	Talaash: The Hunt Begins...	Police Commissioner
2004	Kismat	Vikas Patil
	Shikaar	Kanwar Singh
	Agnipankh	Pakistani Army Commander
	AK-47	Dadua
2005	Jurm	Police Inspector
	Eashwar Mime Co.	Eashwar
2006	Mere Jeevan Saathi	Torani
2007	Awarapan	Rajan D. Malik
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	Scar	Voiceover
2021	Helmet	Jogi
2022	Kaun Pravin Tambe?	Coach Vidyadhar Paradkar
	GoodBye	P.P. Singh
2023	Kuttey	Harry	[8]
	Khufiya	Jeev Bonda	[9]
	Tejas	IAF chief R K Panicker	[10]
2024	Kill	Beni	[11]

Telugu

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Pape Naa Pranam	Assassin
1999	AK-47	Dawood
2002	Sreeram	Encounter Shankar
2004	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
	Brahmastram	Rudra
	Pokiri	Sub-inspector Pasupathy
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
	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	[12]

Tamil

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Dhill	DSP Shankar
2002	Thamizh	Periyavar
	Thamizhan	GK
	Ezhumalai	Nagalingam
	Baba	'Ippo'
	Bagavathi	Easwarapandiyan
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	[13]

Bengali

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Bombaiyer Bombete	Mr. Gore
2006	Kranti	Vishnu
2007	Greptar	Balaram Ghosh
	Kalishankar	Debu Soren
2008	Satyameba Jayate
	Neel Rajar Deshe
2011	Fighter	DIG
	Gosainbaganer Bhoot	Habu Sardar
2012	Khokababu	Ballu
	Awara	Indrajit
	Challenge 2	Guru Nayak
2013	Nirbhoya
2014	Bachchan	Inspector
	Teenkahon	Joydeb Guha
2015	Besh Korechi Prem Korechi	Dibakar
	Agnee 2	Python	Indo-Bangladesh joint production film
	Black	Biru Pande
2016	Angaar	Swapan Sarkar	Indo-Bangladesh joint production film
	Hero 420	Rai / Riya's father
	Rokto	Villain
2018	Jole Jongole	Police Officer
	Chalbaaz	Dada
	Captain Khan	Abdur Rahman	Bangladeshi film

Kannada

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	AK-47	Dawood
2001	Vande Matharam	Major Sujan
	Kotigobba	Mark Anthony
2002	Nandhi	Different Dyani alias Dhanraj
2004	Durgi	Police Commissioner
2005	Aakash
	Nammanna
2006	Thandege Thakka Maga	Dharmanna
	Suntaragaali	Kalinga
2007	Aa Dinagalu	M. P. Jayaraj
2008	Janumada Gelathi
	Paramesha Panwala
2009	Bhagyada Balegara
	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

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	CID Moosa	Commissioner Gowri Shankar
2006	Chess	SP Swaminathan
2007	Black Cat	Prabhul Kumar
	Rakshakan	CI Sugathan
2009	I G Inspector General	Scaria Zachariah
	Daddy Cool	Bheem Bhai
2010	Black Stallion	Irumban John
2012	Bachelor Party	Chettiyar
2024	Aavesham	College executive Director	[14]

Other language films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Nightfall	Kopton	English	American film
2007	Kalishankar	Debu Soren	Odia
2011	Dam 999	Durai	English
2014	Punha Gondhal Punha Mujra	Himself	Marathi
	Avatarachi Goshta			Cameo [15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Dastaan	Lankesh
2016	24 (Season 2)	Roshan Sherchan
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	Mr. Mudira [16]
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	[17]
2023	Rana Naidu	Raj Naidu	Hindi, Telugu	[18]
	Trial By Fire	Neeraj Suri	Hindi	[19]
	Slow Rivers	Guru Margadarishi	English	[20]
2024	Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond	Madhusudan Dutta	Hindi	[21]
2025	The Traitors	Contestant		11th place [22]

References

1. "Ashish Vidyarthi reveals how he celebrated his National Award win amid financial struggles: 'Even the teetotallers wanted to drink that day...'". The Times of India. 2025-08-28. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-10-04.
2. Singh, Kashvi Raj (8 August 2025). "Ashish Vidyarthi Wants 'Central Roles', Else He Might Not Return To Films". News 18. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
3. Arya, Prachi (22 June 2023). "Is Ashish Vidyarthi struggling for work? Actor shares his ordeal in an open letter". India Today. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
4. Das, Saantanu (8 August 2025). "Ashish Vidyarthi reveals he won't return to films unless he gets 'central roles': 'Main ek behtereen actor hoon'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
5. "Lohpurush - Movie - - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
6. Jha, Subhash K. (7 July 2025). "25 years of Bichhoo: Guddu Dhanoa admits, "If I had kept Bobby Deol's character alive, the film would have been a huge hit"". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
7. Adarsh, Taran (14 February 2003). "Love At Times Square Movie Review: On the whole, LOVE AT TIMES SQUARE is too weak a fare to register any impact whatsoever". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
8. "Kuttey on OTT platform: Release date, where to watch, cast and plot". India Today. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
9. Farzeen, Sana (29 August 2022). "Khufiya director Vishal Bhardwaj: 'I try to always find a reason to work with Tabu'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
10. Rigobertha, Prabhatha (27 October 2023). "Tejas review: Kangana Ranaut's Air Force drama is a crash burn that never takes off". South First. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
11. Bhardwaj, Kartik (2024-06-12). "Kill trailer: Lakshya is a super soldier who will leave a bloody trail for love". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
12. "Writer Padmabhushan trailer unveiled". Cinema Express . 20 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
13. KR, Manigandan (28 September 2023). "Iraivan review: Director Ahmed delivers a grim, dark crime thriller". South First. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
14. "'Aavesham' teaser out: Fahadh Faasil is a massy gangster in this action-comedy". India Today. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
15. Bhanage, Mihir. "Avatarachi Goshta Movie Review 3/5: Critic Review of Avatarachi Goshta by Times of India". Times of India. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
16. "Tryst With Destiny (2021) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
17. NAIR, DIVYA. "Half Pants Full Pants Review: Memorable!". Rediff. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
18. Robinson, Abby (12 June 2025). "Rana Naidu cast: Who stars in season 2 of Netflix's Indian remake of Ray Donovan?". RadioTimes. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
19. "Ashish Vidyarthi on Trial By Fire: 'Human story of people who stood up and said that a wrong has happened'". Hindustan Times. 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
20. "'Slow Rivers review: Smoky Mirrors'". Indian Express. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
21. "'Got Goosebumps While Shooting For Ranneeti: Balakot And Beyond': Ashish Vidyarthi". News18. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
22. Features, C. E. (2025-05-30). "The Traitors trailer: Karan Johar hosts Uorfi Javed, Maheep Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi and others in this enigmatic reality show". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2025-06-17.

External links

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