Ashutosh Rana

Ashutosh 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 and has also worked in Indian television shows. He is known for his portrayal of negative roles. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and two Filmfare Awards. Besides being an actor, he is also an author, a philanthropist. Some of the books written by him are 'Maun Muskaan Ki Maar' and 'Ramrajya'. Early and personal life Rana was born on 10 November 1967. He is from Gadarwara, Narsinghpur Madhya Pradesh. He also spent some time Kasindra city of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat state. He spent his childhood in Gadarwara, Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh where he finished his primary school. He had done his graduation from Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University Sagar Madhya Pradesh. He used to play the role of Ravana in the local Ramleela productions. He is cousin of Rameshwar Neekhra, two times MP of Narmadapuram (Lok Sabha constituency) and state vice president of Indian National Congress. He went to the National School of Drama, New Delhi and studied acting. He has done many plays with Satyadev Dubey in Prithvi Theatre.