Portrait of Ashutosh Rana

Ashutosh Rana

Acting

Biography

Ashutosh Rana Ramnarayan Neekhra, known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, has been working in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil & Hindi films for more than 20 years.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. 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. 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.He has acted in South Indian 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 like Vishnu Vijaya, starring Akshay Kumar.

Born: November 10, 1967

Place of Birth: Gadarwara

Filmography

2026
Alpha

as Colonel Sunil Luthra

2025
War 2

as Colonel Sunil Luthra

2025
Chhaava

as Sarlashkar Hambirrao Mohite

2025
Loveyapa

as Atul Kumar Sharma

2024
Murder in Mahim

as Peter Fernandes

2024
Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond

as Raqib Hamid Askani

2024
2024
Fighter

as Abhijeet Rathore

2023
Tiger 3

as Sunil Luthra

2023
Lakeerein

as Dudhari Singh

2023
Bheed

as Inspector Yadav

2023
Pathaan

as Sunil Luthra

2022
Khakee: The Bihar Chapter

as Mukteshwar Chaubey

2022
Karm Yuddh

as Guru Shastri

2022
Rashtra Kavach Om

as Jai Rathore

2022
Samrat Prithviraj

as Jayachandra

2022
The Great Indian Murder

as Jagganath Rai

2021
Aranyak

as Mahadev Dogra

2021
Hungama 2

as Colonel Kapoor

2021
Pagglait

as Shivendra Giri

2020
Purush

as Gulab Singh

2020
Baaghi 3

as Raj Nandan

2020
Bhoot: Part One - The Haunted Ship

as Professor Raghuveer Joshi

2020
2019
War

as Sunil Luthra

2019
Chicken Curry Law

as Sitapati Shukla

2019
Kalki

as MLA Narasappa

2019
2019
Milan Talkies

as Janardhan Panda

2019
Sonchiriya

as Virender Singh Gujjar

2018
Simmba

as Nityanand Mohile

2018
Johnny

as Ram

2018
Mulk

as Santosh Anand

2018
Dhadak

as Ratan Singh, Parthavi's father

2018
Jai Simha

as Thota Rami Reddy

2018
Udanchhoo

as Billu Kabootar

2017
Nene Raju Nene Mantri

as Subbarayudu

2017
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

as Kunwar Vikram Pratap Singh

2016
Shorgul

as Chaudhary

2016
2015
Brothers

as Paasha

2015
Dirty Politics

as Dayal Singh

2015
Ab Tak Chhappan 2

as Suryakant Thorat

2015
2014
Meaghamann

as Jothi (King)

2013
Mahabharat

as Dronacharya (Voice)

2013
Balupu

as Poorna

2013
Tadakha

as Bagga

2013
Zila Ghaziabad

as Sangram Singh

2012
2012
Vettai

as Annachi

2011
A Strange Love Story

as Inspector Iqbal

2011
Monica

as Chandrakant Pandit

2010
2008
Summer 2007

as Dr. Mukya

2007
Dhokha

as Police Inspector

2007
Awarapan

as Bharat Daulat Malik

2005
Kalyug

as Farid

2005
Shabnam Mausi

as Shabnam Mausi

2004
2004
Venky

as Yogendra Sharma

2003
2003
Haasil

as Gauri Shankar Pandey

2002
2002
2002
Annarth

as Raghav

2002
Ab Ke Baras

as Tejeshwar Singhal

2002
Ansh

as Sukhdev Singh

2002
Raaz

as Professor Agni Swaroop

2002
Gunaah

as Ex-Havaldar Madhusudan Gokhale "Uncle"

2001
Kasoor

as public prosecutor

2000
Laado

as Inder Singh

2000
Badal

as DIG Jai Singh Rana

1999
Sangharsh

as Lajja Shankar Pandey

1998
Zakhm

as Subodh Malgaonkar

1998
Dushman

as Gokul Pandit

1998
1998
Tamanna

as Haribhai

1996
Sanshodhan

as Clerk in VDO's office