 He started his career as an assistant director with Anil Devgan on the film "Blackmail" starring Ajay Devgn.During the making of "Blackmail", he got in touch with Rohit Shetty and assisted him on his movies including the hits "Golmaal", "Golmaal Returns", "" and "Golmaal 3".Ashish made his directorial debut with "Khiladi 786" which was one of the highest grossers of 2012.