Ayush Tandon


Ayush Tandon is a film actor working in Bollywood and Hollywood films. He played Pi, age 11 in the 2012 Hollywood film Life of Pi. He made his acting debut in the 2011 Bollywood film 7 Khoon Maaf At the age of 10, he, along with Vasundhara Raturi entered as contestants in the first season of Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka and were declared as the winning jodi during the grand finale which took place on place on 3 January 2009.
Ayush Made his directorial debut with the documentary film abled in 2017. Ayush also starred in a short film named 'She' which was produced by Farhan Akhtar’s MARD, filmmaker Feroz Abbas Khan and Population Foundation of India jointly. The short film was based on sexual harassment faced by women. The film was released online on 23 November 2018. In May 2019, “She” won the Dada Saheb Phalke Special Jury Award.
In April 2019, Ayush made his singing debut with the song 'Guzre Jo Lamhe'. The video for the song was directed by his Father, Hatinder Tandon, who also penned the lyrics.

Personal life

Ayush was born in Mumbai to parents Hatinder Tandon and Asha Tandon. He cleared his Secondary School Certificate board exams in the year 2014, scoring 87 percent and is currently a student at Annasaheb Vartak College of Arts, Commerce and Science.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
20117 Khoon MaafYoung Arun
2012Life of PiPi, age 11
2015Bajirao MastaniNana Saheb
2017Abled
2018She
2019Chhote NawabImaan

Reality Television

YearTitleRemark
2006-07Boogie Woogie Kids ChampionshipContestant
2008-09Chota Packet Bada DhamakaWinner