Swanandi Tikekar

Swanandi Tikekar
Swanandi Tikekar
Born	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 34) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015–present
Known for	Dil Dosti Duniyadari Dil Dosti Dobara
Spouse	Ashish Kulkarni ​ (m. 2023)​ [1]
Parent(s)	Uday Tikekar Arati Ankalikar Tikekar

Swanandi Tikekar (born 13 November 1990) ^[2] is a Marathi actress. ^[3] She is daughter of Uday Tikekar and Arati Ankalikar Tikekar. ^[4] She known for her performance in Zee Marathi's Dil Dosti Duniyadari as Meenal Shewale and Dil Dosti Dobara as Mukta. ^[5] She married Ashish Kulkarni on December 25, 2023

Career

She pursued master's degree in law from ILS Law College. She is well known for her role as Meenal Shewale in Dil Dosti Duniyadari , Mukta in Dil Dosti Dobara and Sakhi in Assa Maher Nako Ga Bai. ^[6] She was also seen in the plays Ek Shoonya Teen and Don't Worry Be Happy. ^{[7] [8] [9]} She also played Ankita in Agga Agga Sunbai Kay Mhanta Sasubai

She is the 1st winner of the popular singing contest Singing Star . ^[10] In 2021, she hosted the Sony Marathi's Indian Idol Marathi . ^[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Abhalmaya	Varsha	Child actor
2015-2016	Dil Dosti Duniyadari	Meenal Shewale	Television debut
2017	Dil Dosti Dobara	Mukta	Parallel lead
2020-2021	Assa Maher Nako Ga Bai	Sakshi Upasane-Kudtarkar	Lead role	[12]
2020	Singing Star	Contestant	Winner	[13]
2021-2022	Indian Idol Marathi	Host		[14]
2022	Sundara Manamadhe Bharli	Advocate Prateeksha
2022–2023	Aga Aga Sunbai Kay Mhanta Sasubai?	Ankita Shantanu Mantri	Lead role	[15]

References

1. "Swanandi Tikekar and Ashish Kulkarni's romantic pictures". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
2. Atulkar, Preeti (17 November 2015). "Amey thanks his fans". The Times of India . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
3. "Get set for Dil Dosti Dobara". The Times of India . 13 February 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
4. "Ganpati Visarjan: Swanandi Tikekar plays lezim with her family - The Times of India". The Times of India . 25 September 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019. In the video that was shot on the occasion of Ganpati Visarjan, we can see Swanandi along with her father Uday Tikekar, veteran Marathi actor, performing with a group. Also, we can see Aarti Ankalikar-Tikekar, who is also a versatile singer, playing lezim with them.
5. "मित्रांची टोळी 'दोबारा' घेणार निरोप". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 April 2022.
6. "Swanandi Tikekar and Pushkaraj Chirputkar to feature in 'Assa Maher Nako Ga Bai' - The Times of India". The Times of India . 17 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
7. "More Marathi actors shifting to theatre?". The Times of India . 18 May 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019. Swanandi Tikekar, from the same show, is seen on stage in 103 and Don't Worry Be Happy.
8. Shetty, Anjali (14 May 2018). "Each show is a new show for us: Umesh Kamat". Hindustan Times . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
9. "The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo adapted as a Marathi play". Mid-Day . 16 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
10. "Swanandi Tikekar bags the trophy of Singing Star; says "blessed to have a mentor like Rohit Raut" - The Times of India". The Times of India . 23 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
11. "Swanandi Tikekar To Host The First Season Of Indian Idol Marathi". News18. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
12. "Swanandi Tikekar and Pushkaraj Chirputkar to feature in 'Assa Maher Nako Ga Bai' - Times of India". The Times of India . 17 November 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
13. "Swanandi Tikekar bags the trophy of Singing Star; says "blessed to have a mentor like Rohit Raut" - Times of India". The Times of India . 23 November 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
14. "Swanandi Tikekar To Host The First Season Of Indian Idol Marathi". News18 . Retrieved 18 April 2022.
15. "खट्याळ सासूच्या भूमिकेत दिसणार सुकन्या कुलकर्णी". ABP Majha (in Marathi). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links

• Swanandi Tikekar at IMDb
• TEDx talk on Exploring life - Epiphanies of an Artist at TEDxVITPune by Swanandi Tikekar