Ashwath Bhatt

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Ashwath Bhatt
Born
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Education National School of Drama
OccupationActor

Ashwath Bhatt is an Indian film actor. He is known for his roles in IB71 , [1] Mission Majnu, [2] Sita Ramam , Raaz Reboot , Rakkhosh , Raazi [3] Phantom, Kesari, [4] and Haider. [5] [6]

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Early life

Ashwath Bhatt was born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandits family. [7] He received a scholarship from the National School of Drama (NSD) in 2001. In 2003, he graduated from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hammersmith, London. [8]

Career

Bhatt made his Bollywood debut with the film Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir [9] in 2010. He followed this with another Bollywood role in Meghna Gulzar's Raaz [10] i [8] [11] alongside Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. In 2019, he played alongside Akshay Kumar in Anurag Singh's Kesari. In 2023, he played in Mandali. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2014 Haider Zahoor Hussain [13]
2015 Pantom Firoz [14]
2016 Raaz Reboot Trilok Shastri [15]
2018 Manto Prosecutor Qasim [16]
2018 Raazi Mehboob Syed [17]
2019 Kesari Gul Badshah Khan
2019 Rakkhosh Dr. Partho [16]
2022 Khuda Haafiz Chapter 2 - Agni Pariksha - [18]
2022 Sita Ramam Ansari
2023 IB71 Afsal Aga [19]
2023 Mission Majnu Zia-ul-Haq [20]

TV Series

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2021 Cartel - [21]
2019 Leila Mr. Dixit [22]

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