Anant Vidhaat sharma was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and brought up in Delhi.Since childhood, he has been very interested in acting, then he told to his parents about pursuing a career in acting and they became very supportive to him.when he was in SSC and attended the TIE (Theatre in Education) workshop at the National School of Drama (NSD) while doing his 10th standard, the NSD six-months club during the 12th standard and went on to join the "Players" Society of the Kirori Mal College later.After completing his schooling he eventually received a degree in B.Com. from Kirori Mal College in 2004.He directed a play called Hawalat in his third year. Luckily, Satish Kaushik was present at the performance and the duo bonded. He came to Mumbai and joined Satish Kaushik as an assistant in films like Milenge Milenge, Shaadi Se Pehle and Vaada.He then came back to Mumbai in 2011 and met Director Ali Abbas Zafar, who was casting for Gunday and he was selected for the role of Himanshu.