Amitash Pradhaan

Amitash Pradhan (born 12 October 1990) is a debuted actor in the South-Indian Film Industry prominently known for his negative role in blockbuster hit movie Velaiyilla Pattadhari starring South-Indian film actor Dhanush.

Amitash Pradhan
Residence	Chennai, India
Occupation	Actor
Parent(s)	Girish Pradhan and Weena Pradhan

Personal life

Amitash Pradhan is from Karnataka by origin but was born and brought up in Chennai. Pradhan is the only son of Girish and Weena Pradhan. He graduated in 2013 from Anna University in Electronic Media. Pradhan is eminently known for his theatre work for playing and directing plays while he was in college. Pradhan underwent most of his schooling in Bala Vidya Mandir.

He was interested in acting since he was a child after watching a Shah Rukh Khan movie with his mother and concluding then that he will be an actor when he grows up. When he turned 8, Pradhan was performing with The Little Theatre and The Pantomimes which are popular theatre companies based in Chennai. Being an integral part of his school theatre group, he went on to perform in several plays at cultural and school events which led to development of his innate acting abilities.

After his graduation from Anna University, Pradhan was recognised by actor Dhanush in his childhood friend and notable music director Anirudh Ravichander's sister's wedding.

Acting career

Early in his life, Pradhan participated in the song "Mundhinam Parthene" with Surya in Vaaranam Aayiram as an extra.

His professional acting breakthrough came in 2014 with the Tamil drama Velaiyilla Pattadhari, in which he plays the role of the main antagonist. The film was the highest grossing Tamil film of 2014 with Pradhan’s performance being critically acclaimed. The role lead to Pradhan earning the epithet, ‘Amul Baby. He later said in an interview, "It is a risk to begin in cinema as a villain but it is also an interesting challenge to rise." Which he perfectly succeeded being awarded for the 'Best Debut Actor' by V4Entertaiment.

After gaining popularity with Velaiyilla Pattadhari, he was recognised by the Telugu Film Industry by director Srinu Vaitla. Pradhan made his debut in Tollywood with a minor role in the 2015 Telugu action comedy film, Bruce Lee - The Fighter starring mega power star Ram Charan. On 27 December 2015, Pradhan tweeted confirming his Hollywood debut in an upcoming movie named Heartbeats directed by Step Up 4 writer Duane Adler. An official confirmation post by the director, Duane Adler was also tweeted.

Theatre

Year	Title
2009	The Virtuous Burglar
2010	"Whose wife is she anyway ?"
2010	The Fire and the Rain
2011	The Cyclist

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

S.No	Year	Film	Role	Director	Language
1	2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Dancer in the song "Mundinam Paarthene"	Gautham Menon	Tamil
2	2014	Velaiyilla Pattadhari	Arun Subramaniam	Velraj	Tamil
3	2015	Bruce Lee - The Fighter	Rahul	Srinu Vaitla	Telugu
4	2016/2017	Heartbeats	Male Lead	Duane Adler	English

Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2015	V4Entertainment's Best Debut 2014	Vellaiyilla Pathadari	Won

Sources

1. The Guindy Times - " Exclusive Interview with Amitash Pradhan"
2. Silverscreen.in - "Atypical : The Amitash Pradhan interview"
3. - "Amitash Pradhan in Ram Charan's Next"
4. - "Amitash Pradhan Tweet: Debut in Hollywood"
5. -"Amitash Pradhan lead in #Heartbeatsmovie"
6. - Official Page of Amitash Pradhan
7. - "Meet Kollywood's latest baddie"
8. -"Amitash Pradhan to make telugu debut in Ram Charans Next"
9. - "Amitash Pradhan to make tollywood debut"

10. - "Meet Amitash Pradhan, the new villain in tamil cinema"