Ashwath Bhatt started his acting career with theatre after he did his post graduation from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and became the first person to receive the Inlaks foundation scholarship for Theatre/Acting. Well-known for performing his one-man show Ek Mulaqat Manto Se, based on the life of Saadat Hasan Manto, he has made quite a name for himself ever since he entered Bollywood. Making his debut with Grand Festival (2006), he moved on to big banner films like Haider (2014), Phantom (2015) and Raaz Reboot (2016) before acting in Raazi (2018). His other notable works include Shakkhatkar (2010), Ballad of Rustom (2016), In the Shadows (2017), Gali Guleiyan (2018) and Kesari (2019).