Akshay Kelkar

Akshay Kelkar
Born	(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 32) [1] Thane, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Known for	Nima Denzongpa , Bigg Boss Marathi season 4 , Abeer Gulal

Akshay Kelkar is an Indian actor who primarily works in Marathi and Hindi television and films. In October 2022, he participated and won the title of Colors Marathi's Bigg Boss Marathi season 4 . ^[2]

Early life

Kelkar was born in Thane, Maharashtra. His father name is Jayendra Kelkar, an autorickshaw driver. He completed his commercial art through LS Raheja School of Art, Worli. ^[3]

Career

He started his acting career through Star Pravah's Be Dune Daha as Kabir in 2013. ^[3] After that he did one Marathi film as cameo. He the starred in Bhakharwadi as Abhishek Gokhale and in Nima Denzongpa as Suresh Mane. ^[4] He also appeared in a cameo role in Wagle Ki Duniya . ^[5] He participated in Colors Marathi's reality show Bigg Boss Marathi season 4 as a contestant and ended up as the winner. ^[6]

Personal life

Akshay is married to his long time girlfriend Sadhana. ^[7]

Filmography

Films

• All films are in Marathi unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Premasathi	Cameo	Debut film
2016	Kanha
2018	Madhuri	Google	[8]
2020	Don Cutting	Kunal	Short film
	Exit	Hindi Short film
2021	Don Cutting 2	Kunal	Web film
2022	Takatak 2	Thokya	[9]
	Neel Mrugsee	Neel	Web film
	Epilogue		Web film
2023	Don Cutting 3	Kunal	Web film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Ref.
2014	Be Dune Daha	Kabir	Marathi	Star Pravah
2014–2016	Kamala	Uday Deshpande		Colors Marathi
2015–2016	Yek Number	Veda's brother		Star Pravah
2018	Aamhi Doghi	Mihir Rajadhyaksh		Zee Yuva	[10]
2019–2020	Bhakharwadi	Abhishek Gokhale	Hindi	Sony SAB	[11]
2021	Wagle Ki Duniya	Abhishek Gokhale		Sony SAB	[12]
2021–2022	Nima Denzongpa	Suresh Mane		Colors TV	[13]
2022–2023	Bigg Boss Marathi season 4	Winner	Marathi	Colors Marathi	[14]
2023	Dholkichya Talavar season 6	Host			[15]
2024	Abeer Gulal	Agastya Nimbalkar			[16]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Ref.
2018	Full Tight		Sony LIV
	Bang Bang		YouTube	Philambazz film company
2021	After Xeffect			Philambazz film company

References

1. "Bigg Boss Marathi 4 winner Akshay Kelkar turns a year older, Apurva Nemlekar and others wish him with heartwarming posts". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257.
2. "From getting fame with Hindi TV show Nima Denzongpa to becoming the winner in Bigg Boss Marathi 4, a look at the interesting journey of Akshay Kelkar". The Times of India. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "Bigg Boss Marathi 4 contestant Akshay Kelkar: Know everything about the Hindi TV show Nima Denzongpa fame actor". The Times of India. 2 October 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. "Bhakarwadi actor Akshay Kelkar shares his journey as show is all set to go–off-air; watch video". The Times of India. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
5. "Akshay Kelkar: I wanted to be an art director, I had no plans to be an actor". The Times of India. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
6. "Meet Bigg Boss Marathi 4 contestants: From Yashashri Masurkar, Kiran Mane to Tejaswini Lonari". The Indian Express. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
7. "Marathi Actor Akshay Kelkar To Reveal Real Name Of His Girlfriend Rama Soon". News18. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
8. "'Madhuri' first look poster: Sonali Kulkarni introduces us to the star cast of the film". The Times of India. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
9. "'Takatak 2' teaser: Prathamesh Parab and Akshay Kelkar will leave you in splits with this laugh riot". The Times of India. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
10. "TV show Amhi Doghi to feature new changes". The Times of India. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
11. "Bhakarwadi goes off-air: Akshay Kelkar recalls shooting with senior actors, says he will always be grateful to JD Majethia - Mumbai Mirror". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
12. "I have many pleasant memories of Janmashtami: Akshay Kelkar of Bhakarwadi". IWMBuzz. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
13. "Wow! This is how Nima Denzongpa's cast gave a farewell to Suresh aka Akshay Kelkar". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
14. "Bigg Boss Marathi 4 contestant Akshay Kelkar: Know everything about the Hindi TV show Nima Denzongpa fame actor". The Times of India. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
15. "Bigg Boss Marathi season 4 winner Akshay Kelkar to host the upcoming Lavani show 'Dholkichya Talavar'". The Times of India. 20 June 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 24 June 2023.
16. ""कोल्हापूरची माणसं म्हणजे…" अक्षय केळकरची 'ती' पोस्ट चर्चत, 'अबीर गुलाल' मालिकेच्या सेटवरील सांगितला अनुभव". Loksatta (in Marathi). 23 May 2024.

External links

• Akshay Kelkar at IMDb