Ganesh Acharya - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Salary, Height, Married, Nationality

Posted by Zora Stowers on Saturday, March 29, 2025

Ganesh Acharya is an Indian choreographer, film director, and actor. Ganesh Acharya has choreographed many popular hit movies like Bodyguard, Judwa 2, Singham, and many more hit movies. Similarly, Acharya is a Bollywood film director who directed 2011’s Angel and 2-17’s Bhikari. Likewise, he is a very hard-working and talented person in the Indian film industry.

Early life

Ganesh Acharya was born on  23 May 1971. His birthplace is Chennai of Tamil Nadu state of India. As of 2021, Acharya is 50 years old and is under the astrological sign, Gemini. He holds Indian nationality as he lives in Cuttack, Orissa, India. Whereas he follows the Hinduism religion.

Ganesh Acharya mother

Caption: Ganesh Acharya with his mother (Source: starsunfolded.com)

His father’s name is Krishna Gopi, a former dancer, and choreographer. The name of his mother is not known. When he was 10 years old, his father died which brings his family into financial crisis. So, he has been forced to drop out of his studies. He was grown up with his sister Kamala Acharya, a dancer and a choreographer. This personality started learning the art of dancing from his sister.

Career

When Ganesh was 12 years old, he formed his own dance group. At the age of 19, he became a choreographer and worked in his first film Anaam(1992). He featured in songs including ‘Koi Jaye to le aaye’, from Ghatak (1994), and ‘Khullam Khulla’ from Road (2002). Likewise, in 2006, he choreographed five big films, Rang De Basanti, Phir Hera Pheri, Golmaal, Omkara, and Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

In addition, he decided to make a film and started writing scripts for films. He produced his first film, Swami in 2007, with stars Manoj Bajpai and Juhi Chawla. Later in 2008, Acharya made a comedy film involving a dead man, Money Hai To Honey Hai. Similarly, in 2011, he played the role of villain in the Tamil film Rowthiram.

Likewise, in 2012, he choreographed the most famous item song, Chikni Chameli from the film Agneepath. In the year, 2013, he spread out as a film actor with the dance film ABCD.

Achievements

In 2007, Ganesh Acharya won Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography for the song ‘Beedi’ from Omkara. Similarly, he won the 2014 National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work on the song ‘Hawan Kund’ from Bhaag Milka Bhaag. Again, he won 2017 National awards as best Choreography for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. In 2007, Acharya won IIFA Award for the film, Omkara and later in 2013 for the film Agneepath. In addition, in the year 2016, he was nominated for the Best Choreographer Award for his song ‘Malhaari’ from the film Bajirao Mastani.

Net Worth

The famous choreographer has a net worth of around $16 million. His main source of income is being a choreographer, dancer, actor, and film director. He has earned a lot throughout his life and is living a beautiful lifestyle with his family.

Personal Life

Ganesh Acharya is married to Vidhi Acharya. Vidhi is also a film producer. The couple married when he was not successful. They married according to South Indian rituals and they’re living happily for more than 15 years.

Ganesh Acharya wife

Caption: Ganesh Acharya with his wife (Source: Instagram)

Body Measurements and Social Media

Ganesh Acharya is about 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) tall and is about 90kg (198 lbs). He has reduced his weight after struggling for around 1 and a half years. He has black color hair and a pair of black eyes. His chest size is 42 inches, waist size is 36 inches, and biceps size is 15 inches.

Ganesh Acharya body

Caption: Ganesh Acharya body (Source: Instagram)

The choreographer has gained quite a popularity as of now. He has an official Facebook account under his own name Ganesh Acharya. He has around 299k followers in his Facebook account. Likewise, he has an Instagram account under that username @ganeshacharyaa and has 664k followers. In addition, he has a Twitter account under the username @Acharya1ganesh with 2,300 followers.

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