Ashutosh Gowariker

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ashutosh Gowariker

• He belongs to a well-educated family.

• While he was studying in school, he could not remember dates and even failed in History subject.

• During his college days, while he was a participant in an inter-college folk dance competition, he met Sunita (now his wife).

• In an interview, he shared that he never joined any film-making school.

• He started his career as a model and appeared in TV commercials for Close-Up toothpaste and Lifebuoy soap.

  

• Ashutosh has acted in many Hindi TV series including Bharat Ek Khoj (1988), Indradhanush (1989), Circus (1989), C.I.D. (1998), and Woh (1998).

  

• He has also acted in various Hindi films such as Goonj (1989), Chamatkar (1992), and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994).

  

• He has appeared in a few Marathi films like Jeeva Sakha (1991), Vazir (1994), Sarkarnama (1998), and Ventilator (2016).

  

• He has worked as a writer-director in many popular Hindi films like Lagaan (2001), Swades (2004), and Jodhaa Akbar (2008).

  

• In 2004, he started a film production company named Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd. (AGPPL).

  

• In 2005, he became the voting member for the Oscars.

• As a writer-producer, some of his Hindi films are What’s Your Raashee? (2009), Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), Mohenjo Daro (2016), and Panipat (2019).

• In 2014, he worked as a writer-producer in the Hindi TV series ‘Everest.’

• In the same year, he was featured on the cover of Graphiti magazine.

  

• He was listed #92 in the Celeb 100 Rank Forbes India Lists in 2016.