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Ashish Vidyarthi Biography

Ashish Vidyarthi

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Ashish Vidyarthi

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Vidyarthi in January 2012

Born 19 June 1962 (age 56)[1]

Kannur, Kerala, India[2]

Residence Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Nationality Indian

Occupation Film actor, motivational speaker

Years active 1986–present

Spouse(s) Rajoshi

Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian film actor and motivational speaker, known for his work in 11 different languages, predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, English, Odia and Marathi cinema. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. He also acted in the TV serial, Ham Panchi Ek Chal Ke. In 1995, he received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Drohkaal.[3][4]

Early life

He was born in Kannur, Kerala, India to Reba Vidyarthi,[5] a Kathak guru and Govind Vidyarthi, an expert in cataloging and archiving vanishing Performing Arts of India for the Sangeet Natak Akademi. Having started his studies at Shiv Niketan School, 7, Hailey Road, New Delhi, he later joined the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi. In 1983, Ashish attended Hindu College and studied History. It was at Hindu College, where he joined a Theatre Group called Sambhav, run by National School of Drama alumni and started his journey in performing arts. He also attended National School of Drama till 1990 and associated himself with another theatre group, Act One, run by N. K. Sharma