Akash Thosar (born 24 February 1994) is an Indian actor who appears in

Marathi cinema Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion pictures. It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Based in old Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry of Indian cinema. The first Marathi film to be released in India was '' ...

and

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. He is best known for his role as Parshya in the 2016 Marathi film ''

Sairat ''Sairat'' () is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language romantic tragedy film directed by Nagraj Manjule and produced by Manjule himself under his banner Aatpat Production along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Vision Productions and Zee ...

''. He was ranked eighth in ''

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'''s Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2019.

Career

Akash Thosar was born and raised in

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, Maharashtra. A former wrestler, he made a debut in the film industry with ''

'' in 2016 and received immense success with this film. Thosar later starred in the lead role in Mahesh Manjrekar’s Marathi movie ''FU: Friendship Unlimited'' in 2017. In 2018, he starred in Netflix original ''Lust Stories'', an anthology film, paired opposite

Radhika Apte Radhika Apte (born 7 September 1985) is an Indian actress. She works predominantly in Hindi films, and has appeared in a few Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, and English-language films. She began acting in theatre and made her film debut with a ...

in the segment directed by

Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France aw ...

. In 2022,he was seen in ''

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'' directed by

Nagraj Manjule Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (Marathi pronunciation: aɡɾaːd͡ʒ maɲd͡ʒuɭeː born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his ...

. He was also cast in ''1962: The War in the Hills'' as an army officer.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thosar, Akash Marathi actors Living people People from Solapur district 1993 births Indian male film actors Filmfare Marathi Awards winners