Ashutosh Rana

Ashutosh Rana
Rana in 2011
Born	Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (1967-11-10) 10 November 1967 (age 58) Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Dr. Hari Singh Gour University National School of Drama
Occupations	Actor poet television presenter author singer
Spouse	Renuka Shahane ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (born 10 November 1967), known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, poet, televion presenter, author, and singer who works predominantly in Hindi films, in addition to Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films. He is known for his portrayal of negative roles and has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and two Filmfare Awards. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Besides his acting career, he is an author and philanthropist. Some books written by him include 'Maun Muskaan Ki Maar' and 'Ramrajya'. ^[4]

Early and personal life

Rana was born on 10 November 1967 in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh. He lived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in his childhood. He graduated from the Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. He is the cousin of Rameshwar Neekhra, an Indian politician. He is married to actress Renuka Shahane. ^[5]

Career

Television

Rana appeared in the television serial Swabhimaan , which was followed by serials such as Farz, Sazish, Jax Kabhi, Waris. He anchored the TV show, Baazi Kiski . He has also hosted Sarkaar Ki Duniya , a reality show which took place on Mango Island in Karwar, Karnataka. In 2010, he featured in the Star Plus show Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha , where he played the negative role of Thakral.

Films

Rana received recognition for his negative role in Dushman , where he played a cold blooded psychopathic killer. Throughout his career, he has predominantly played negative and supporting roles. He has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Villain for his performances in Dushman and Sangharsh .

Apart from featuring in Hindi films, he has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films.

In 2021, he won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original film for his performance as a grief-stricken father in Pagglait .

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1993	Ashaant	–	Hindi	Billingual film
			Kannada
1996	Sanshodhan	Daaman Verma	Hindi
1997	Tamanna	Haribhai	Hindi
	Krishna Arjun	Billoo Singh	Hindi
1998	Dushman	Gokul Pandit	Hindi
	Ghulam	Agrawal Shyamsundar	Hindi
	Zakhm	Subodh Malgaonkar	Hindi
1999	Sangharsh	Lajja Shankar Pandey	Hindi
	Jaanwar	Abdul Razi	Hindi
2000	Laado	Inder	Haryanvi
	Badal	DIG Jaisingh Rana	Hindi
	Tarkieb	Major / Dr. Kamal Dogra	Hindi
2001	Guru Mahaaguru	Gautam	Hindi
	Kasoor	Inspector Ram Lokhande	Hindi
2002	Raaz	Professor Agni Swaroop	Hindi
	Ansh	Sukhdev Singh	Hindi
	Danger	Nainesh	Hindi
	Ab Ke Baras	Tejeshwar Singha	Hindi
	Gunaah	Madhusudhan Gokhale	Hindi
	Annarth	Raghav Kapoor	Hindi
	Karz	Rajpal Thakur	Hindi
2003	2 October	Karan Abhyankar	Hindi
	Haasil	Gaurishankar Pandey	Hindi
	Sandhya	Dr. Ajay Singhania	Hindi
	LOC: Kargil	Yogendra Singh Yadav	Hindi
	Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa	Major Ram Brujpal	Hindi
2004	Pardesi Re	Prabhakar Rao	Hindi
	Venky	Yogendra Sharma IPS	Telugu
	Chot- Aj Isko, Kal Tereko	Kishan Yadav	Hindi
	Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo	Sikandar Khan	Hindi
2005	Shabnam Mausi	Shabnam Bano	Hindi
	Dil Ke Pechey Pechey	Vanraj Chauhan	Hindi
	Vishnu Sena	Badrinath	Kannada
	Kalyug	Johnny Ranade	Hindi
2006	Bangaram	Bhooma Reddy	Telugu
2007	Kshana Kshana	Rana	Kannada
	Awarapan	Bharat Daulat Malik	Hindi
	Dhokha	Inspector Dev Singh	Hindi
2008	Okka Magaadu	Chief Minister Namboodriyar	Telugu
	Summer 2007	Dr. Mukesh Jadhav	Hindi
	Victory	MLA K. Devaraj	Telugu
2009	Coffee House	Kamal Kishore	Hindi
2010	Ramayana: The Epic	Ravana	Hindi	Voiceover
2011	Monica	Chandrakant Pandit	Hindi
2012	Vettai	Annachi	Tamil
	Kismet Love Paisa Dilli	Kaptan Sahab	Hindi
	Ata Pata Laapata	Satyaprakash Chaubey	Hindi
2013	Zila Ghaziabad	Santosh Singh Rana	Hindi
	Yeda	Appa Kulkarni (Yeda)	Marathi
	Balupu	Vizag Poorna	Telugu
	Tadakha	Bagga	Telugu
	Mutthi Bhar Sapne	Ramakant Mishra	Hindi
	Mahabharat	Dronacharya	Hindi	Voiceover
2014	Desi Kattey	Politician Amrish	Hindi
	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Kamaljeet Pratap Singh	Hindi
	Spark	Rana / Veera	Hindi	Dual role
	Meaghamann	Jothi Bhai	Tamil
2015	Pataas	G. K.	Telugu
	Ab Tak Chhappan 2	Inspector Suryakant Roy	Hindi
	Dirty Politics	Dayal Upadhyay	Hindi
	Brothers	Pasha	Hindi
	Black Home	Darshan "DK" Kumar	Hindi
	Courier Boy Kalyan	Corrupt Doctor	Telugu
2016	Krishnashtami		Telugu
	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	Arun	Tamil
	Shorgul	Vikram Chaudhary	Hindi
2017	Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai	Kunwar Vikram Singh	Hindi
	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva	G. K.	Tamil
	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	Subbarayudu	Telugu
	Aa Gaya Hero		Hindi
2018	Jai Simha	Thota Rami Reddy	Telugu
	Yeh Kaisa Tigam	Chhagan Patel	Hindi
	Mulk	Public Prosecutor Santosh Anand	Hindi
	Udanchhoo	Billu Kabootar	Hindi
	Saakshyam	Munuswamy's second brother	Telugu
	Dhadak	Ratan Singh Rathod	Hindi
	Johnny	Ram	Tamil
	Simmba	Head Constable Nityanand Mohile	Hindi
2019	Sonchiriya	Virender Singh Gujjar	Hindi
	Milan Talkies	Janardhan Panda	Hindi
	Viswamitra	A. Rana	Telugu
	Chicken Curry Law	Sitapati Shukla	Hindi
	War	Colonel Sunil Luthra	Hindi
	Kalki	Narsappa	Telugu
	Sangathamizhan	Kulandaivel	Tamil
2020	Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship	Prof. Raghubir Joshi	Hindi
2021	Pagglait	Shivendra Giri	Hindi
	Hungama 2	Colonel Govind Kapoor	Hindi
	Maaligai	King Vikramaditya	Tamil
2022	Avatara Purusha	Darka	Kannada
	Samrat Prithviraj	Jayachandra	Hindi
	Rashtra Kavach Om	Colonel Jai Rathore	Hindi
2023	Pathaan	Colonel Sunil Luthra	Hindi	[6]
	Bheed	Inspector Subhash Yadav	Hindi
	Lakeerein	Dhudhari Singh	Hindi	[7]
	Tiger 3	Colonel Sunil Luthra	Hindi	Cameo appearance
2024	Fighter	Abhijeet Rathore	Hindi	Special appearance
	Avatara Purusha 2	Darka	Kannada
2025	Loveyapa	Atul Kumar Sharma	Hindi
	Chhaava	Sarsenapati Hambirrao Mohite	Hindi
	Kaushaljis vs Kaushal	Sahil Kaushal	Hindi	[8]
	War 2	Colonel Sunil Luthra	Hindi	[9]
	Heer Express	TJ	Hindi
2026	One Two Cha Cha Chaa	Ved Prakash Jaiswal	Hindi	[10]
	Alpha†	Colonel Sunil Luthra	Hindi	Post-production [9]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Tehkikaat	Shyam	Episode: "A Mystery Behind Sleep Walking Disorder"
1995	Swabhimaan	Tyagi
	Aahat	Avinash	Uncredited role; Episodes: "The Closed Room", "Explosion"
1997–1999	Saturday Suspense	Inspector Raghuraj
1998–2000	X-Zone
1999	Waris
2001	Farz
	Baazi Kiski	Host
2003	Kabhi Kabhie
2009	Sarkaar Ki Duniya	Host
2010	Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha	Keshav Thakral
2019	Savdhaan India	Host
2021	Chhatrasal	Aurangzeb
	Aranyak	Mahadev Dogra
2022	The Great Indian Murder	Jagganath Rai
	Khakee: The Bihar Chapter	IG Mukteshwar Chaubey IPS
2024	Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond	Raqib Hamid Askani
	Murder In Mahim	Peter Fernandes
	The Mystery of Moksha Island	Viswak Sen
2025	Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan	Chand Bardai

Awards and nominations

Screen Awards

• Won - Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Dushman ^[11]

Zee Cine Awards

• Won - Best Performance in a Negative Role for Dushman ^[12]
• Won - Best Performance in a Negative Role for Sangharsh ^{[13] [14]}

Filmfare Awards

• Won - Best Performance in a Negative Role for Dushman ^{[15] [16]}
• Won - Best Performance in a Negative Role for Sangharsh ^{[17] [16]}

South Indian International Movie Awards

• Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) for Tadakha

Filmfare OTT Awards

• Won - Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Filmfor Pagglait ^[18]

Bibliography

• Rana, Ashutosh (2019). Maun Muskan Ki Maar. Prabhat Publication. p. 200. ISBN   978-9352669813.
• Rana, Ashutosh (2024). Ramrajya. Kautilya Books. p. 312. ISBN   978-9390885183.

References

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7. "Ashutosh Rana, Bidita Bag's courtroom drama 'Lakeerein' gets release date". The Hindu. 10 October 2023.
8. Sharma, Devesh (21 February 2025). "Kaushaljis VS Kaushal Review: Ashutosh Rana, Sheeba Chaddha Shine". Filmfare . Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
9. "Ashutosh Rana confirms return as Colonel Luthra in Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR's War 2 & Alia Bhatt, Sharvari's Alpha". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
10. "One Two Cha Cha Chaa: Bollywood's Funniest Film of the Festive Season". The Times of India. 7 September 2025. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 9 September 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
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13. "Lux Zee Cine Awards 2000 - 3rd Zee Cine Awards". www.awardsandshows.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
14. "Zee Cine Awards - 2000". www.hindilyrics.net. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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17. "Filmfare Awards Winners 2000: Complete list of winners of Filmfare Awards 2000". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
18. "Besharam Rang Song from the movie Pathaan featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

External links

• Ashutosh Rana at IMDb