Divyang Thakkar

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Divyang Thakkar
Born
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2011–present

Divyang Thakkar is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Gujarati and Hindi films. [1]

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Early and personal life

Divyang Thakkar was born and raised in Mumbai m Maharashtra, India. [2] He studied filmmaking at Whistling Woods International Institute in Mumbai.

Career

Thakkar made his acting debut in the 2012 satire Kevi Rite Jaish directed by Abhishek Jain. [3] The film was a critical and commercial succes. [4] Divyang received the Gujarat State Award for Best Actor for this performance in the film. They later reunited for Bey Yaar (2015) which also was a critical and commercial success. [5] [6] He acted as one of the six leads in an ALTBalaji web series Boygiri (2017). [7] In 2022, he turned writer-director for Yash Raj Films with Jayeshbhai Jordaar starring Ranveer Singh. [8] [9]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2011Kalapaani Hindi Short film
2012 Kevi Rite Jaish Harish Bachubhai Patel Gujarati [3]
2012Chanakya SpeaksAamir MaqviEnglish
2014 Bey Yaar Chintan BhattGujarati [10]
2016Khaatti Meethi Setting [11]
2019 Chasani Rahul [12]
2022 Jayeshbhai Jordaar HindiDirectorial debut [9] [13]
Tu Rajee ReGujarati

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformRef.
2017 Boygiri Pragnesh Wakharia ALTBalaji [7]

References

  1. "Will miss Uttarayan celebrations: Divyang Thakkar". The Times of India. 2017-01-13. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  2. Vora, Bhavin (19 September 2014). "Bey Yaar's Divyang Thakkar's Interview: Kutchi Youth has 3 Idiots-like Thrills in Life". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 TNN (3 May 2012). "Divyang Thakkar: From theatre to Gollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. Prakash Gowda (2 July 2012). "Kevi Rite Jaish – No Dhollywood, but an urban Gujarati film". Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "Look Who's Filming". mid-day. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. Jambhekar, Shruti (13 January 2017). "Bey Yaar bags nine awards". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Amey Wagh, Divyang Thakkar To Be Part Of Ekta Kapoor's Web Series 'Boygiri'". Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  8. "DNA Exclusive: Ranveer Singh talks about 'Jayeshbhai Jordaar', working with debutant director Divyang Thakkar". DNA India. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  9. 1 2 DNA Web Team (27 May 2019). "'Jayeshbhai Jordaar': Ranveer Singh flaunts his Gujarati with director Divyang Thakkar as he announces his next with YRF". DNA. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. TNN (13 January 2017). "My character in 'Bey Yaar' is different than my first film: Divyang Thakkar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  11. Jambhekar, Shruti (20 September 2016). "My movie talks about an interesting 'setting': Divyang". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  12. "First poster of Divyang Thakkar's Chasni out now - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  13. "BREAKING: Yash Raj Films announces theatrical release dates for Bunty Aur Babli 2, Prithviraj, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Shamshera!". Bollywood Hungama. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.