Amitash Pradhan

Amitash was born and brought up in Chennai. He did his schooling in Bala Vidya Mandir, and master's degree in Electronic Media from Anna University. He did his Diploma in acting from Anupam Kher's institute in Bombay called An Actor Prepares.

Amitash was enrolled in Little Theatre, a popular theatre group in Chennai at the age of 8, and came on stage in his first play with them. He went on to pursue his acting talent in many of their plays as well as school plays. His association with several experienced and eminent theatre directors and theatre groups like Madras Players shaped his perspectives on acting. He founded Theatron, a theatre club in Anna University, the first of its kind in that institution and introduced many students to stage plays. Under that banner, he directed several plays. He has also directed many other plays.

Vaaranam Aayiram was his introduction to cinema, albeit a tiny role, just as he completed his schooling.

His professional acting breakthrough came in 2014 with the Tamil film Velaiyilla Pattadhari, in which he plays the role of the main antagonist against Dhanush. The film went on to make waves as the highest grossing Tamil film of 2014 and Amitash got overnight recognition and critical acclaim, one of them being the Best Male Debutante by V4 Entertainment.

Telugu film director Srinu Vaitla, after seeing his potential cast him in his Telugu film Bruce Lee - The Fighter, starring Ram Charan. That was his formal debut in Tollywood though Velaiyilla Pattadhari had been dubbed in Telugu. The Telugu version is called Raghuvaran BTech.

He made his Hollywood debut in the year 2015 with playing male lead in the movie Heartbeats directed by Duane Adler of the Step Up series was a significant phase for Amitash. He plays the role of Aseem Kapoor, an Indian choreographer with whom Krystal Ellsworth, an American dancer falls in love and the film celebrates their love and the tough path they had to tread.

Vaanam Kottatum ( transl. Let it rain), a Tamil film marked his association with the Madras Talkies. Directed by Dhana Sekaran, the film is co-written by Maniratnam.

His next film Thalli Pogathey, a remake of the Telugu blockbuster Ninnu Kori sees Amitash as one of the two male leads alongside Atharva and Anupama Parameswaran , being directed by R Kannan.

Amitash is a part of an anthology called Kutty Love Story by four eminent directors of South and he features in A L Vijay's episode along with Megha Akash. The anthology is slated for release soon.

Amitash is also a singer. He has to his credit a Cover Sing For The Moment, which is a tribute to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Laal Ishq.

During the pandemic lockdown of 2020, he has sung and performed in an independent Tamil music video called "Corona Kannala" which has hit 2.2 million views and "Arakkiye" which has hit 1.2 million views. The former music video has been produced by Kavi Creations in association with Sony Music (south)

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