Ashish Sonkar was born on 7th July 1998 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His birth name is Ashish Kumar Sonkar. He enrolled in St. Xaviers public school, and, later completed his education from DAV public school Varanasi. As a kid, he got training in acting plays from the Baryjohn academy.
He graduated in Bachelor of Mass Media from Lords Universal College Mumbai, Maharashtra. In present, he is doing Masters in Entertainment, Media and Advertisement (MAEMA) from RD National College. When he was in college, he actively participated in stage shows and also did theater in Mumbai. Also read about, Ekta Kapoor, Anisha Padukone.
Relationships and Caste
Ashish Sonkar was born in a Hindu Family. His father is a Businessman in the Transport Sector. His mother is Sunita Sonkar. Ashish grew up in a middle-class family. He is close to his mother. He has a young brother Abhishek.
Career
While Graduating in Bachelor of Mass Media, Ashish also focused on his acting and modeling career. For around a year, he made frequent visits to various production houses. He came across a Shortfilm by the director Rajkumar Jhangare who was searching for a fresh face and consequently made his debut in Shortfilms in 2015.
He was paid a remuneration of Rs 4001 for his First Short film.
He then started appearing in Shortfilms and at the same time Sneha Fashion designer looking for new 15yrs kid face for her Horlicks Ramp show and she gave chance to him and he was the second winner of that show and also represented Mumbai Model.
He did many Catalogues for Raymond, Zara, T-shirt Brand. Shortfilm including Don’t Wait too long, RIP Humanity, Beggar Committed Viral Special Time Coc. Signed first TV show in 2019 ‘Lal Rekha’ with ‘Kamalashree Films PVT. ltd.’ as a brother of the lead.
And there is news that he signed web series with Zee5 and Alt Balaji.
Award and Achievements
- Special mention actor – Royal Stag award 2015
- New Talent found – Goa film festival award 2015
- Best actor – Darbhanga international film festival 2015
- Best actor – Banaras film festival 2016
- Best Performance – Dehradun international film festival 2017, 2018, 2019
- Face of action – Pune film festival 2018
- Best Performance – Big massage festival 2018
- Variety Face of Shortfilm – Shortz international film festival award 2017
- Short Face – Cifa festival award 2018
- Best actor – Chandigarh film festival award 2018
- New Face – Agra film festival 2019
- Best actor and Gutsy performer – Silver screen international film festival 2019
Favorite things
- Actors – Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marlon Brando, Robert de Niro,
- Actress – Madhubala, Shridevi, and Rekha.
- Dessert – Cake
- Books – The Bhagvat Gita, The godfather by Mario Puzo, Wild Seed.
- Destinations – LA , France
- Movies – Mohabbatein, Sholay.
- Hobbies – Traveling, watching movies, reading books.
Ashish Sonkar Biography/Wiki
- Name: Ashish Sonkar
- Date of Birth: 7th July 1998
- Age: 22 years
- Height: 5 feet 8 inch
- Weight: 60 kg
- Birth Place: Mumbai
- Nationality: Indian
- Religion: Hindu
- School: St.Xaviers Public School, Mumbai
- College: Lords Universal College Mumbai.
- Educational Qualification: Graduate
- Marital Status: Single
- Father: Subhash Sonkar
- Mother: Sunita Sonkar
- Brother: Abhishek
- Skin Colour: Fair
- Home Town: Varanasi
- Favourite Food: Italian Food
- Favourite Actress: Deepika Padukone
- Favourite Actor: Akshay Kumar
- Favourite Place: LA, France.
