Ashmit Patel (born 13 January 1978) is an Indian actor who appears in

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films and was seen on ''Bigg Boss''.

Personal life

Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, and the younger brother of actress and model Ameesha Patel, and the grandson of the lawyer-politician Rajni Patel, who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Mumbai. His birth name is a blend of the first three letters of his mother's name Asha and the last three letters of his father's name Amit. Patel studied at the

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in United States, from which he received a bachelor's degree in Business in 2000.

Career

Patel started his career as an assistant director and worked with

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in the making of his films, ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' (2002), '' Raaz'' (2002) and '' Footpath'' (2003). He made his acting debut with the film '' Inteha'' directed by Vikram Bhatt. In 2004, he appeared alongside

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and Emraan Hashmi in the thriller '' Murder'', a Bollywood inspiration of '' Unfaithful''. The film was his first commercial success. In 2005, Patel starred in

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's thriller '' Nazar'' and

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's multi-starrer '' Silsiilay''. Both the films were unsuccessful at the box office. In 2006, he also played leading roles in '' Dil Diya Hai'', '' Banaras'' and ''

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''. In 2007, he starred in the comedy '' Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana'' alongside

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and

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. His next film '' Toss'' was released in 2009. Patel featured as one of the finalists in the fourth season of the Indian television reality show ''

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''. He hosted ''Superstud'' on

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and working on two films, Good Night and Future Toh Bright Hai Jee. He hosted Superdude on

. He will be marking his digital debut with Ullu App's upcoming web-series titled Peshawar, which is based on

2014 Peshawar school massacre On 16 December 2014, six gunmen affiliated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) conducted a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. The militants, all of whom were foreign nationals, compr ...

. He will be playing the role of terrorist Abu Shamil, who masterminded the attacks and managed to brainwash the rest of his crew into perpetrating this heinous crime.

Filmography

Assistant Director

* ''

'' (2002) (second assistant director) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Raaz'' (2002) * '' Footpath'' (2003)

Television

Web series

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Ashmit Indian male film actors 1978 births Living people Sindhi people Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants McCombs School of Business alumni