Ashutosh Rana

Ashutosh "Rana" 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 regarded as one of the most renowned actors 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'.

Biography
Rana is from Gadarwara dist. - Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh state. He spent his childhood in Gadarwara, where he finished his primary school. He used to play the role of Ravana in the local Ramleela productions.

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

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

Actor couple, Ashutosh Rana and Renuka Shahane recently celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary. They took to Twitter to share love notes that described their beautiful journey together. Celebrities and netizens congratulated them and wished them a blessed future ahead.

TV career
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. He also hosted Sarkaar Ki Duniya, a reality show which It 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 an extremely powerful negative role as Thakral. He had also played lead role in famous TV serial of Doordarshan, named Apradhi Koun.

Film career
He 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 Dr. 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 Dr. Vishnuvardhan in the 2005-released super hit film Vishnu Sena, and the 2007 released movie Kshana Kshana that also starred Aditya and Prema.

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

Marathi films

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

Kannada films

 * Vishnu Sena (2005)
 * Kshana Kshana (2007)

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

Television presenter

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

Soap operas

 * Tehkikaat (1994) Episode 21 to 23 A Mystery Behind Sleep Walking Disorder as Shyam
 * Swabhimaan (1995) as Tyagi
 * Aahat-season 1 (1995-2001)
 * X-Zone (1998)
 * Waris (1999)
 * Farz (2001)
 * Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha (2010)
 * Saazish
 * Kabhi Kabhi
 * Dhundh
 * Apradhi Kaun? as Inspector Gaurav Gambhir

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
 * Pending—2012: Best Actor in a Negative Role


 * Sansui Awards
 * 1999: Won Sansui Award Best Performance in a Negative Role Dushman.