Dharmendra Ahirwar (July 5, 1997) known mononymously as Raahi, was born to Mangilal Ahirwar & Kamar Bai Ahirwar. He has a younger brother, Sunil Ahirwar and two younger sisters, Rakhi Ahirwar and Pooja Ahirwar. He spent his early days in Mugalsaray with his family where he finished his primary schooling. After passing the JNVST selection test, he moved to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Shamshabad, Vidisha. where he studied up to class XII. Along with graduation in 2015, he started working in professional theater in Bhopal and remained active till he moved to Mumbai at the end of 2018. He is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and publicist. During a year-long struggle, Ahirwar started out his career with a one-minute role in an episode of Crime Alert. After which he was seen in an uncredited role of DD National show Kahani Veer Krantikariyon Ki. In the end of year 2020, he established his independent film production company, Raahi Productions and a record label, Turup Music Company. After working as a lead actor in several short films under his own banner, he made his debut in a feature film with self-created role of Pathik in Vo Ladki (2023).