Pushkaraj Chirputkar

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Pushkaraj Chirputkar
Born06 September 1986 (1986-09-06) (age 37)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • host
Years active2013–present
Known for

Pushkaraj Chirputkar is a Marathi 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. [1]

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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 Forget It at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg alongside Amey Wagh and Shruti Marathe as lead actors which later aired on Zee Yuva in 2016. His family was also very interested in Marathi cinema and theatre. He started out by mimicking Dilip Prabhavalkar as a child, after watching him on TV. [2] [ verification needed ]

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. [3] He was also in its reboot sequel, Dil Dosti Dobara . [4] He has also been part of Marathi movies like Baapjanma (2017), [5] Tujha Tu Majha Mi (2017), [1] 1 Te 4 Band (2017) and Mantr (2018). [6] He was seen in the Hindi Movie, Budhiya Singh - Born to Run . He also co-hosted Filmfare Award (Marathi) in 2017, alongside Pushkar Shrotri . [7] He also was the host of Maharshtracha Favorite Dancer in 2018 which aired on Sony Marathi. [8] He also made a cameo appearance in Amazon Prime's Original Show The Family Man (2019). He will be seen in Medium Spicy, [9] [10] 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Aajoba Vayat AlePotlyaDebut film
2017BaapjanmaMauli
20171 te 4 bandMan
2017 TTMM – Tujha Tu Majha Mi
2018 Budhiya Singh - Born to Run Journalist
2018 Mantr Kashinath
2019ChidiakhanaSikka
2020 Medium Spicy [11]
2020ChikatgundeSahil
2020Gadbad GondhalSamay
2021 Mumbai Diaries 26/11 Samarth Joshi [12]
2021Grey [13]
2022 Me Vasantrao P. L. Deshpande [14]
2022 83 Gavaskar's neighbor
2024 Musafiraa Amey

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015-2016 Dil Dosti Duniyadari Ashutosh (Ashu) ShivalkarTelevision debut
2015 Zee Marathi Awards 2015 Host
2016Aaplya Baapacha RastaStudent Bhadipa's Sketch comedy
2017 Dil Dosti Dobara Phanindranath (Papya) Rane
2017 Filmfare Marathi Awards HostAlongside Pushkar Shrotri
2017Aaplya Baapacha HatelPushkaraj (restaurant owner) Bhadipa's Sketch comedy
2018Maharashtracha Favourite DancerHost
2019 The Family Man BomberCameo appearance [15]
2020-2021Assa Maher Nako Ga Bai!Kunal [16]
2022 Band Baja Varat Host [17]

Theatre

YearNameNotes
2023Kirkol Navre [18]

Environmental activism

He was the chief guest at Haritamritam, a green initiative on organic terrace gardening by Amrita Yuva Dharm Dhara(AYUDH). [19]

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