Ashutosh Rana

Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (born 10 November 1967), known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, producer, author and television personality. He has worked in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi films. He has also worked in Indian television shows. He has also won two Filmfare Awards for '' Dushman'' and '' Sangharsh''. He won these awards in the category Filmfare Awards in a negative role. He is known for his portrayal of negative roles.

Besides being an actor, he is also an author. Some of the books written by him are 'Maun Muskaan Ki Maar' and 'Ramrajya'.

Early and personal life

Rana was born on 10 November 1967. He is from Gadarwara, Saugor Madhya Pradesh. He also spent some time Kasindra city of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat state. He spent his childhood in Gadarwara, Narshingpur district of Madhya Pradesh where he finished his primary school.He had done his graduation form Dr, Hari Singh Gaur university Sagar Madhya Pradesh. He used to play the role of Ravana in the local Ramleela productions. He is cousin of Rameshwar Neekhra, two times MP of Narmadapuram (Lok Sabha constituency) and state vice president of Indian National Congress.

He went to the National School of Drama, New Delhi and studied acting. He has done many plays with Satyadev Dubey in Prithvi Theatre.

Rana is married to Renuka Shahane also a Bollywood actress. They have two sons, Shauryaman and Satyendra.

Career

Television

Rana started his career with the television serial ''Swabhimaan'', followed by serials like ''Farz'', ''Sazish'', ''Jax Kabhi'', ''Waris'' and anchoring the TV show, ''Baazi Kiski''. He also hosted ''Sarkaar Ki Duniya'', a reality show which took place on Mango Island in Karwar, Karnataka. Later, in 2010, he had acted in a Star Plus show '' Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha'', where he played a negative role as ''Thakral''. He had also played lead role in famous TV serial of Doordarshan, named ''Apradhi Koun''.

Films

Rana became known in Indian Cinema after his movie '' Dushman'', where he played a cold blooded psychopathic killer. He is mostly given roles of antagonists in movies, particularly that of a killer. And in some movies he played supporting roles. He has acted in South Indian films. He frequently appears in Mahesh Bhatt's films. He played the role of Alia Bhatt's father in Karan Johar's '' Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania''.

He has acted in many Kannada films. He has shared screen space with South Indian Super Star Vishnuvardhan, a star of 220 movies in five different languages. He acted in the Kannada film '' Vishnu Vijaya'', starring Akshay Kumar. He also acted with Vishnuvardhan in the 2005-released super hit film ''Vishnu Sena'', and the 2007 released movie Kshana Kshana that also starred Aditya and Prema.

Filmography

Hindi films

Telugu films

*''Venky'' (2004) as Yogendra Kumar Sharma
*''Bangaram'' (2006) as Bhooma Reddy
*'' Okka Magadu'' (2008) as Namboodriyar
*''Victory'' (2008) as MLA K. Devraj
*''Balupu'' (2013) as Poorna
*'' Tadakha'' (2013) as Bagga
*''Pataas'' (2015) as G.K.
*'' Courier Boy Kalyan'' (2015)
*''Krishnashtami'' (2016)
*'' Nene Raju Nene Mantri'' (2017) as Subbarayudu
*'' Jai Simha'' (2018) as Thota Rami Reddy
*'' Saakshyam'' (2018) as Munuswamy's 2nd brother
*''Viswamitra'' (2019) as A. Rana
*''Kalki'' (2019) as Narsappa

Tamil films

*''Vettai'' (2012) As Annachi
*'' Meaghamann'' (2014) King Jothi
*''Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum'' (2016) Arun
*''Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva'' (2017) G.K
*''Johnny'' (2018) Ram
*''Sangathamizhan'' (2019) Kulandaivel
*'' Maaligai'' (2021)

Kannada films

* '' Vishnu Sena'' (2005)
* '' Kshana Kshana'' (2007) as Rana
* Avatara Purusha (2022) as Darka

Marathi films

*''Sankasur (2013)''... Marathi Movie
*'' Yeda (2013 Film )''... Marathi Movie

Host

*''Sarkaar Ki Duniya'' (2009)
*''Baazi Kiski'' (2001)
*Savdhaan India (2019 – present)

Television

*'' Tehkikaat'' (1994) Episode 21 to 23 A Mystery Behind Sleep Walking Disorder as Shyam
*''Swabhimaan'' (1995) as Tyagi
*''Aahat'' (1995) Episode 1 The Closed Room, Episode 12 to 15 Explosion as Avinash
*'' X-Zone'' (1998-2000) Episode 47
*''Saturday Suspense'' (1997-1999) as Inspector Raghuraj
*''Waris'' (1999)
*''Farz'' (2001)
*'' Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha'' (2010)
*''Saazish''
*'' Kabhi Kabhi''
*''Dhundh''
*'' Apradhi Kaun?'' as Inspector Gaurav Gambhir
*''Chhatrasal'' (Web-Series) as Aurangzeb
*'' Aranyak'' (2021) (Web-series on Netflix) as Mahadev Dogra
*''The Great Indian Murder'' (web series) on Disney+ Hotstar

Awards

;Screen Awards
*1999 Won Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for '' Dushman''

;Zee Cine Awards
*1999 Won Zee Cine Award for Best Villain for '' Dushman''.
*2000 Won Zee Cine Award for Best Villain for '' Sangharsh''.

;Filmfare Best Villain Award
* 1999: Won '' Dushman''
* 2000: Won '' Sangharsh''

;South Indian International Movie Awards
* 2014: Nominated- SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu)-'' Tadakha''
* 2021: Won - 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Film Pagglait.

References

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Indian male stage actors
Indian male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Madhya Pradesh
National School of Drama alumni
Male actors in Hindi cinema
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
People from Narsinghpur district
1967 births
Filmfare Awards winners
Screen Awards winners
Zee Cine Awards winners