Pushkaraj Chirputkar is a
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
actor and host widely known for his role of 'Ashu' on the Marathi sitcom ''
Dil Dosti Duniyadari'', as well as for his role in its sequel, ''
Dil Dosti Dobara''. Since then he has appeared in Hindi and Marathi movies, and also on webseries.
Early life
He grew up in Akurdi. He went to a convent school, St. Ursula's. His interest in being part of co-curricular activities, rather than classroom education, got him interested in acting. He completed his Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Akurdi, during which he used to do practice and perform plays with local theatre groups. At the time he also dabbled in acting, writing and directing numerous local short films like alongside ''
Amey Wagh
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'' and ''
Shruti Marathe
Shruti Marathe is an Indian actress known for her works in Marathi cinema, Marathi and Tamil cinema, Tamil films and television.
Personal life
Shruti married actor Gaurav Ghatnekar in 2016. She sometimes goes by the name Shruti Prakash or Hem ...
'' as lead actors which later aired on ''
Zee Yuva
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'' in 2016. His family was also very interested in Marathi cinema and theatre. He started out by mimicking ''
Dilip Prabhavalkar
Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 4 August 1944) is an Indian Marathi actor, director, playwright and author. He has a career spanning over five decades in Hindi and Marathi theatre, television and movies. He was awarded the National Film Award for Best ...
'' as a child, after watching him on TV.
Career
Chirputkar became known with the role of the simpleton Ashu (Ashutosh Shivalkar) on the Marathi Sitcom ''
Dil Dosti Duniyadari,'' which became an instant success. He was also in its reboot sequel, ''
Dil Dosti Dobara''. He has also been part of Marathi movies like ''Baapjanma'' (2017), ''Tujha Tu Majha Mi'' (2017),
''1 Te 4 Band'' (2017) and ''
Mantr'' (2018). He was seen in the Hindi Movie, ''
Budhiya Singh - Born to Run''. He also co-hosted Filmfare Award (Marathi) in 2017, alongside ''
Pushkar Shrotri
Pushkar Sudhakar Shrotri is a Marathi, Hindi film & theatre actor, producer, and director.
Early life and education
Shrotri was born in Mumbai in 1970. He graduated with a commerce degree from M. L. Dahanukar College in Mumbai.
Career
Pushkar ...
''. He also was the host of Maharshtracha Favorite Dancer in 2018 which aired on Sony Marathi. He also made a cameo appearance in Amazon Prime's Original Show ''
The Family Man
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(2019).'' He will be seen in "Medium Spicy" a Marathi film which is scheduled to be released in 2020.
He also played a role in
''BhaDiPa'''s sketch comedies
Aaplya Baapacha Hatel' and
Aaplya Baapacha Rasta'.
Filmography
Films
Television
Theatre
Environmental activism
He was the chief guest at Haritamritam, a green initiative on organic terrace gardening by Amrita Yuva Dharm Dhara(AYUDH).
References
External links
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Marathi actors
Indian male television actors
Living people
Male actors in Marathi cinema
Male actors in Marathi television
1986 births