Mr. Appaji Ambarisha, a creative digital-media professional turned actor was born in the quaint town of Samalkot in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in 1965. His illustrious parents Mr. Ramsha Darbha and Mrs. Siriesha Darbha were both amateur actors and the pioneers of the well-noted and largely-circulated magazine, ‘Abhisarika’.

Appaji Ambarisha forayed into advertising and digital media at an early age, following his professional passion and proclivity. He worked on many innovative technologies in printing and publishing domain in a career spanning nearly three and a half decades. He has also conceptualized various designs and Unicode fonts compatible with contemporary software, especially in Telugu and Kannada for Google, and made his mark as a graphic designer par excellence, working for distinguished advertising firms in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. After a highly satisfying career in his chosen profession, he gave in to his personal passion, acting, in 2011, as the protagonist’s father for a commercial of ‘Priya Foods-Snack Magic’.