BornTumkur, Karnataka, IndiaResidenceBangalore, Karnataka, IndiaOccupationActressYears active2016 - Present
Ashika has no background in films. She is a good dancer and had also participated in dance reality show dance Karnataka & Fresh Face Bengaluru 2014 she was runner up in both. She began her career as a female lead in 2016 film Crazy Boy. She is currently acting inLeader starring Dr Shiva Rajkumar, Mugulu Nage starring Ganesh and in Garuda. Ashika is now pursuing her bachelors degree in Commerce (B.com) and shooting for her upcoming projects. After seeing her pictures taken during the fresh face contest , director Mahesh Babu asked her for her debut movie Crazyboy which turned out to be successful, completing 100 days.
Ashika's family hails from Tumkur Karnataka, India. Ashika being born in hassan, was brought up in Tumkur. Ashika’s father N. Ranganath is a Civil Contractor and mother B. Sudha ranganath is a housewife.[4] Ashika has a elder sister R. Anusha who is also any actress. Ashika did her schooling in Tumkur and moved to Bangalore for her PU. She did her PU in Jyoti Nivas College , Koramangala Bangalore where she auditioned for clean and clear Fresh face Bangalore and emerged as a winner of Miss Fresh face-2014 runners up. She has also won many district and state level Dance competitions in her tender age. She is trained in various dance forms including freestyle, Bollywood, Belly and western.