Pradeep Rawat was an actor who predominantly worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Bhojpuri language films. Born in Jabalpur in 1952, he started his acting career in Bollywood with supporting roles in ‘Aitbaar’ (1985), ‘Meri Jung’ (1985), ‘Samundar’ (1986), ‘Insaaf’ (1987), ‘Agneepath’ (1990) and ‘Maha-Sangram’ (1990). He came into the spotlight by playing Ashwatthama in B.R. Chopra’s landmark TV series ‘Mahabharat’. Later, he went on to do biggies like ‘Sarfarosh’ (1999), ‘Baaghi’ (1990), 'Patthar Ke Phool’ (1991), ‘Koyla’ (1997), ‘Sarfarosh’ (1999), ‘Lagaan’ (2001), ‘Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home’ (2004), ‘Ghajini’ (2008), ‘Grand Masti’ (2013), ‘Singh Is Bliing’ (2015), ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ (2017) and ‘Chhaava’ (2025). He passed away on 4 August 2026 in Mumbai at the age of 74.