Ayush Tandon (born 31 July 1998) is an actor working in Bollywood and Hollywood films. He played Pi, age 12 in the 2012 Hollywood film ''
Life of Pi
''Life of Pi'' is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. After a ...
''.
Ayush made his acting debut in the 2011 Bollywood film ''
7 Khoon Maaf
''7 Khoon Maaf'' (; read as "''Saat Khoon Maaf''"), released internationally as ''Seven Sins Forgiven'', is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj. The film stars Priyanka Chopra ...
''.
At the age of 10, he, along with Vasundhara Raturi entered as contestants in the first season of ''
Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka'' and were declared as the winning jodi (team) during the grand finale which took place on 3 January 2009.
In 2013, Ayush made his music video debut with Labdiyaan,
with co-actor
Avneet Kaur
Avneet Kaur (born 13 October 2001) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television and films. Kaur is well-known for her work in '' Dance India Dance Li'l Masters'', '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5'', ''Mardaani'', ''Chandra Nandini'', ''Aladdin – ...
under the music label
Times Music
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.
Ayush Made his directorial debut with the documentary film ''(Dis)abled'' in 2017. Ayush also starred in a short film named ''She'' which was produced by ''
Farhan Akhtar
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''’s MARD (Men Against Rape and Discrimination), filmmaker ''
Feroz Abbas Khan
Feroz Abbas Khan is an Indian theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, who is most known for directing plays like Mughal-e-Azam, ''Saalgirah'', '' Tumhari Amrita'' (1992), ''Salesman Ramlal'' and ''Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi''.
Ca ...
'' and Population Foundation of India (PFI) jointly. The short film was based on sexual harassment faced by women. The film was released online on 25 November 2018.
In April 2019, Ayush made his singing debut with the song 'Guzre Jo Lamhe'. The video for the song was directed by his Father, Hatinder Tandon, who also penned the lyrics.
Personal life
Ayush was born an in Pune to his parents Hatinder Tandon and Asha Tandon. He cleared his ''
Secondary School Certificate
Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) or Matriculation examination, is a public examination in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives and Nepal conducted by educational boards for the successful completi ...
'' (SSC) board exams in the year 2014, scoring 87 percent and is currently a student at Annasaheb Vartak College of Arts, Commerce and Science.
Filmography
Film
Web series
Reality Television
References
External links
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Living people
1998 births
Male actors from Mumbai
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male child actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema