Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari (born in 1987) is a Marathi writer, actor, and director.
He is known for the revival of Sangeet Natak(Musicals) and long five act plays.
Early life and personal life
Dharmadhikari's early education was in a convent school. He started learning classical music when he was 8.
His first contact with arts came when he did an impromptu performance of the Marathi play, ''Varhad Nighalay London La'' in front of his class, in school. The teachers found out and he then began performing for annual days and other public events.
He was a student of
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce is a college in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The college was established in 1943 by the Deccan Education Society. It is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University.
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, where he was studying to become a chartered accountant.
In 2003, Dharmadhikari started acting in plays for ''
Purushottam Karandak'', Pune's intercollegiate theatre competition.
He has also participated in ''Zee Karandak''.
He is married to singer Sanhita Chandorkar.
Career
He started
Natak Company along with
Amey Wagh
Amey Wagh (born 13 November 1988) is an Indian actor known for his work in Marathi films such as ''Popat'', '' Faster Fene'', '' Muramba'', ''Girlfriend''. He was recently seen portraying Kushal in season 2 of '' Sacred Games'' and Balvir Sube ...
,
Parna Pethe and few students from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce and Fergusson college in 2008, which produces Marathi plays.
His maiden venture was the play ''Cycle'', where he directed
Amey Wagh
Amey Wagh (born 13 November 1988) is an Indian actor known for his work in Marathi films such as ''Popat'', '' Faster Fene'', '' Muramba'', ''Girlfriend''. He was recently seen portraying Kushal in season 2 of '' Sacred Games'' and Balvir Sube ...
.
In 2009, he was seen in the Marathi film, ''
Harishchandrachi Factory
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''.
He went on to direct two plays, the first one being ''Lose Control'', which dealt with sexual fantasies of three teenagers;
while the second one was ''Never Mind'', starring
Spruha Joshi
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Early life and education
Spruha Josh ...
.
In 2013, Dharmadhikari also wrote for the Hindi romantic comedy-drama film, ''
Nautanki Saala!
''Nautanki Saala!'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur along with Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mendonca. Abhishek Ba ...
''.
In 2015, Dharmadhikari was also featured in Forbes India's 30 under 30 list.
In the same year, he was also seen in ''
Highway
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'', where he was seen playing a football fan. He was again featured on Forbes Asia's 30 under 30 list in 2016. He hosts the satirical talk show ''Casting Couch with Amey & Nipun'' on the YouTube channel, ''
Bharatiya Digital Party'', which started the same year. He made his marathi movie directorial debut through ''Baapjanma''(2017). He also went on to direct the national award winning film, ''
Dhappa''. He was the guest of honour at ''Vinodottam Karandak'' in 2017. He has also directed award winning plays like ''Sharam Gayi Toh, 36'' and ''Dalan''.
In 2022, he directed the Marathi play ''Adlay Ka…?'', starring
Parna Pethe and Atul Pethe, based on the original work ''Die Besetzung'' (The Occupation) by Swiss writer
Charles Lewinsky
Charles Lewinsky is a Swiss screenwriter and playwright, as well as a writer of novels and non-fiction, born and living in Zürich. He is known for his TV script '' Fascht e Familie''.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Zürich, Canto ...
and translated by Shaunak Chandorkar.
Filmography
Films
Shows
Plays
Awards
* Third Position at the Maharashtra State Professional Drama Competition 2017 (Direction), for ''Amar Photo Studio''
* Best Director, Maharshtra Times Sanmaan 2017
*
in 2018 for ''
Dhappa''.
* Best Director, Zee Natya Gaurav Puraskar 2019 for ''Once More''.
References
External links
*
Nipun Dharmadhikari Instagram
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Male actors from Pune
Screenwriters from Maharashtra
Marathi screenwriters
Marathi actors
Marathi film directors
1988 births
Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian people
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors in Marathi theatre