Ashutosh Rana, is an 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.
In his career, he won two Filmfare Awards for Dushman and Sangharsh. He won these awards in the category Filmfare Awards in a negative role. He is regarded as one of the most renowned actors for his portrayal of negative roles.
On his birthday today, here are lesser-known facts about Bollywood’s villain Ashutosh Rana
- Ashutosh Rana was born on the 10th of November 1967 and his full name is Ashutosh Rana Ramnarayan Neekhra.
- Dushman was his debut film which was lauded by the audience and received critical acclaim too. His role was of a psychopath postman who sexually assaults and kills women.
- He believes that acting is a ‘give and take’ medium, where both the actor and the director should trust each other.
- Besides being an actor, he is also an author. Some of the books written by him are ‘Maun Muskaan Ki Maar’ and ‘Ramrajya’
- He started his career with the television serial Swabhimaan, followed by serials like Farz, Sazish, Jax Kabhi, Waris and anchoring the TV show, Baazi Kiski.
Gulki Joshi initially found working with Ashutosh Rana very scary
