Sangeeta Sarang
Aditi Shirwaikar
Kirti Mehendale Pendharkar
Pari Telang
Swati Chitnis
Ujwala Jog
Vibhavari Pradhan
Tejashri Pradhan
Sai Tamhankar
Mugdha Shah
Vandana Gupte
Kadambari Kadam
Vinita Sule
Dr. Amol Kolhe
Swapnil Bandodkar
Avishkar Darvhekar
Rakesh Sarang
Ajinkya Joshi
Pradeep Velankar
Omkar Joshi
Rahul Mehendale
Anand Mhasvekar
Sachin Dharekar
Girish Oak
Santosh Juvekar
Anand Abhyankar
Deepak Nalawade
Sushant Shelar
1. Sangeeta Sarang
Sangeeta Sarang is a highly known and talented producer in the Indian entertainment industry, mostly famous in the Marathi Industry. Sangeeta gained widespread recognition for producing some incredible projects such as “Laxmi Sadaiv Mangalam” a 2018 released television series, directed by Rakesh Sarang, Chander H. Bahl and written by Pallavi Karkera, Divyank Vaidya. This family drama series was produced by Sangeeta. “Pinjara” is a 2011 television series directed by Girish Vasaikar and written by Madhugandha Kulkarni, Rakesh Sarang, and Pravin Tarde. This drama TV series is produced by Sangeeta and Madhura Upadhye and many more projects. Sangeeta is also highly known for her work as an additional crew in many projects such as “Hum Pyar Tumhi Se Kar Baithe” a 2002 Musical Romance movie. This movie is directed and written by Mohan Singh Rathore. In this movie, Sangeetha worked as the assistant choreographer.
...2. Aditi Shirwaikar
Not all TV actors or actresses can become the leading persona in their shows, but there are many who are always around in a number of serials, who become known faces through their several appearances. One that falls in that category is Aditi Shirwaikar - a regular TV star and by now a very familiar face on TV, traversing various channels in her initial years in the mid 2000s. Starting from the mother of all serials “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii” where she appeared midway in the role of Sonu, she followed it up almost simultaneously in the role of a close friend of Miilee, the central character in the 2005 serial “Miilee” and as Khushi in “Hare Kkaanch Ki Choodiyaan”, the Sahara One serial of 2005. On the way, she also picked up a role in “Baat Hamari Pakki Hai” in the 2010 offering of Sony Entertainment and in the short lived show “Dharampatni” on NDTV Imagine in 2012. It was, however, in Life OK’s “Chabbis Barah” in 2012, based to some extent on the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 26th November 2008, that Aditi found fresh exposure in a somewhat parallel lead character in the serial, in the role of a widow, an indirect victim of the terror attacks.
...3. Kirti Mehendale Pendharkar
4. Pari Telang
Pari Telang is a leading Marathi actress. She acted in a Marathi movie ‘Morya’ that released in August 2011; the movie was directed by Avdhoot Gupte with Anil Kamble. In the same year, Pari also appeared in another notable Marathi movie named ‘Guldasta’. However, she even preferred acting in Marathi and Hindi TV serials. Her father Bhushan Telang is prominent film and theater personality. Hence, she got her chance as a child artist in Marathi plays and even movies.
...5. Swati Chitnis
Swati Chitnis has been a part of both Hindi entertainment industry and Marathi entertainment industry for decades. She entered the acting industry when she was bright and young, and even though she is not young anymore, she still holds a spot in the industry.
She has been casted in many movies, such as Road to Sangam (2010) and Rajjo (2013). She played a supporting role in both of the movies, but due to her acting skills, her presence was felt on the screen.
As of late Swati Chitnis has been seen in a TV arrangement, named Sasural Simar Ka (25 April 2011 – Present), aired on Colors TV. The serial spins around two young ladies belonging to a middle class family, who are supposed to wed two siblings, yet because of some unforeseen happenings both the young ladies wed divorced grooms. In the serial, Swati played the character Shoba.
Swati had a supporting character to play, yet her fans still appreciated her work because of her eagerness to try her hardest without fail. In a meeting she said, "No work is huge or little, it is your brain that makes it little or enormous.”
The reason why fans love her is because of her loving personality. She can adapt to any character she is given and show the best of her skills when she performs. Even though her acting career has up’s and down’s, and she took some long breaks before appearing again in the industry but still she managed to hold her place as she appeared again in a list of new movies and in a TV series.
...6. Ujwala Jog
Ujwala Jog is a veteran actress, who worked in the Marathi film industry. She came into the scene in 1980 with the super hit show called Rishet Naate, where she played the lead actress opposite another legendary actor Alok Nath. She appeared in numerous other Marathi TV shows throughout her career and she gained massive popularity for her mother role. She is popular for her role in Hee Porgi Kunachi, a family-based comedy movie about a girl who gets rejected for being slightly overweight. She then takes matters into her hands and lives independently. Some of her other works are Ishhya, Zenda and Chingi, which was her last movie.
...7. Vibhavari Pradhan
Vaibhavari Pradhan is an Indian actress who has worked in Astharoopa Jai Vaibhavlakshmi Maata in 2008. It is the story about a devotee of Devi Maa, Sheela. sheela lives with her husband and younger brother, Sanjay. They are poor, but Sheela takes a loan from the head of the Village Subhan Rao so that Sanjay can go Abroad for his higher studies and become a doctor. Subhan Rao gives her the loan of Fifteen Lakhs rupees, which needs to be returned with interest and also with one condition that Sanjay will marry Subhan Rao's daughter, Gauri. But When Sanjay returns from Abroad, he tells his brother that he is in love with wealthy Naina. Then Shankar informs Shuban about His brother's love, and Sanjay wants permission to get marry Naina. Then Sanjay refuses to pay any loan and leaves the village. Subhan insults Sheela and Shankar and also snatch their house from them. Then Sheela prays Devi Maa to helping them. What happens next is the rest of the story?
...8. Tejashri Pradhan
Tejashri Pradhan was born on 2nd June 1988 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is a Marathi film and TV actress. Besides being an actress, she had done voice-overs too. Tejashri joined the acting course and personality development course at the age of 15. When she was doing her second-year graduation, she started receiving offers to play in movies. In 2007, she made her debut in the TV Series Hya Gojirvanya Gharat in a small role. In 2008, she played Aditi in the series Tujha Ni Majha Ghar Shrimantacha. In 2009, she got a movie offer, and she played a small role in the film Zenda as Sandhya's sister. In the same year, she played Megha in the movie, Kartavya. In 2010, she was seen in the serial Lek Ladki Ya Gharchi. In 2011, she played in Sharyat, the Marathi film in the role, Kanchan. She had also featured in a music video Sawali Unhamadhe with Swapnil Bandodkar in 2011.
...9. Sai Tamhankar
Sai Tamhankar is a popular Indian actress born in the year, 1986 on the '25th of June' in 'Sangli'. She studied at the 'Chintaman College of Commerce' which was where she started her initial career by taking part in street dramas as well as in the inter-college drama competitions. She then acted in the Hindi movie named as Ghaajini in 2008 with actor Amir Khan. Furthermore, she has acted in Rita as well as in ‘No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey’ in 2012.
...10. Mugdha Shah
Mugdha Shah is a television actress from India who started her journey in the television industry at the age of 32. She hails from Goa but presently lives in Mumbai with her family. Her husband works with the government.She had been on a search for a job that could help them increase their household income. Believing that acting would be the best career option, she did an advertisement for a Life Insurance Company. At first, acting wasn’t easy for her since she had not taken any professional training. But luck came her way and now, she has acted in over 200 television serials, 30 movies, 20 ad films and a few stage plays as well.
...11. Vandana Gupte
Vandana Gupte is a legendary Marathi actress who can also be seen in Hindi TV serials. She has done numerous Marathi plays and is a popular theatre personality. She is a well known actress in Marathi cinema. She made her debut with Marathi movie Lapandav (1993), in which she portrayed the role of a lawyer. In 2006, she played a role of mother-in-law in Marathi movie Matichya Chuli.
Classical singer Manik Verma and Amar Verma are her parents and she is the sister of Bharti Achrekar and Rani Verma. She has worked in many Marathi movies and has been nominated for various movie awards. She played the role of Mrs. Archrekar in cricket based Bollywood movie titled “Meerabai Not Out” and portrayed the role of Mrs. Dandekar in the movie, “It’s Breaking News”.
In Hindi Television industry, she became popular as dominating Nilambari Pandey of Kareena Kareena serial which aired on Zee TV during the year 2004-05. She was also seen in Pandey Aur Pandey on Zee TV, which was a song countdown show. In Pandey Aur Pandey she again played the character of Nilambari Pandey. In 2008-09, she played a mother-in-law in Bandhan Saat Janamon Ka which aired on Colors. She was also seen as a goan lady Maria (Preeti's mother) in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo on SAB TV.
...12. Kadambari Kadam
13th October 1998 born Kadambari Kadam is best known for her role Bhoomi in Color’ TV Sanskaar Dharohar Ki, She bagged this role replacing the previous actress Shmimn Manan. Kadambari Kadam got her first offer in her childhood when she was only 3 in a children’s play Chimna Bagadto Baget. After completing her education she step into acting and started her acting career with Prabhat Channel’s Deepastambha. Later she did so many Marathi serials and also bagged roles in Marathi movies like Aaghat in which she played a role of Sangeeta and Anjikya and many more films in which she played so many different roles.
Her major breakthrough comes when she got the role of Janki in Teen Bahuraniya, The role was a simple girl who fights and wins over her day to day problem after her marriage.
Later she was offered to play the role of Boomi in Sanskaar Dharohar ki opposite Jay Soni. She has played different roles also in Hindi serials like Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli and Kehta Hai Dil.
Kadambari Kadam is married to Sameer Desai and she considers her husband as a biggest support. She did complete her education Sathye College, Mumbai.
...13. Vinita Sule
14. Dr. Amol Kolhe
Dr. Amol Kolhe is an Indian television and film actor who was born on 18th October. He is presently playing the main role of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Marathi entertainment channel named Star Pravah. He has also worked in several movies named Aaghat, Rajmata Jijau, Saheb, Sattadhish and Raja Shivchatrapati. His television serials include Veer Shivaji which was aired on Colors channel and Raja Shivchatrapati which was aired on Star Pravah. He has also worked in the drama Shivputra Shambhuraje.
...15. Swapnil Bandodkar
16. Avishkar Darvhekar
Avishkar Darvekar is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Marathi Industry. He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the grandson of Purushottam Darvekar. He has even worked as a stage actor for several years. He got a tremendous fan following after his Marathi film Kiran Kulkarni vs. Kiran Kulkarni in 2016. Talking about his career in the Marathi Industry, he made his debut with the serial Hya Gojirvanya Gharat in 2004.
...17. Rakesh Sarang
Rakesh Sarang is a well known director, producer and writer for primarily hindi TV series and movies. He directed a drama TV series in 1998, “Aashirwad.” The top cast for this series are Navin Nischol, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Narula, Nasir Khan, Shama Deshpande, and Manasi Salvi. He directed all 161 episodes. In 1999, he directed another TV series, “Abhimaan.” The top cast for this series are Sachin Khedekar, Kishori Shahane, Vaquar Shaikh, Sanjay Batra, Deepshikha Nagpal, Kabir Sadanand, Mohan Bhandari, Rajeev Paul, Kanwalijeet Singh, Govind Namdeo, Shishir Sharma, and Divya Seth Shah.
...18. Ajinkya Joshi
Ajinkya Joshi is a passionate and determined actor and is popularly known for his role as ‘Milind’ in “Mehndi Hai Rachne Wali.” He appeared as Amruta and Mansi’s father and Sulochana’s husband. Ajinkya believes both positive and negative character on screen requires a lot of effort to make an impact on the audience, when he got introduced to the role, he found his character a challenging one. He believes an actor should bring a positive mindset from within to enhance his character and make the scene perfect. Ajinkya loves classical songs and ensures that he listens to them after shooting for a consequential scene.
...19. Pradeep Velankar
Pradeep Welankar was born in 1948, and he had a successful tryst both with the big screen and small screen. He also tested waters in the theatre. He has played many roles in Marathi plays and some Hindi films as well. His famous plays are Barrister, Ratra Udyachi, One Room Kitchen, and Rang Umalatya Manache. His roles in the television series Megh Datale, Asambhav, and Paducha Paul are always appreciated. He appeared in the Marathi film Joshi Ki Kamble where the lead actor leaves no stone unturned in emerging a winner against caste bias.He also acted in Bollywood films like the critically acclaimed Page 3 and the action-packed Singham.
...20. Omkar Joshi
Omkar Joshi is an Indian Bengali Creative Director at Baweja Studios. He was born on September 7, 1992. The place of Omkar Joshi’s birth is Mumbai, Maharashtra. He went to the Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM’s) Vidyamandir School in Dahisar, Mumbai, to complete his school education. He took a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Information Technology at Mumbai University. He later did a one-year Post Graduate Diploma in Filmmaking from Vikshi Kanal Institute Pune. He took a course on Media Governance & Ethics from the University of Amsterdam. He also went to the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he gained further education to the highest academic level in film and television.
...21. Rahul Mehendale
Rahul Mahandale is a famous Marathi film actor, born on Feb 02, 1972, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He made his first acting debut in 1992, with a commercial play named Priya Aai, which got a great response from the audience.
...22. Anand Mhasvekar
Anand Mhasvekar is a famous playwright, director, producer, and poet, born on 1 May 1954 in Mhasave Satara district, Maharashtra, India. He predominantly worked for the Marathi film industry. He has done his schooling from Pachwad School and received a B.Com and M.A. in Marathi from Mumbai University. Initially, he worked at the State Bank of India from 1979 to 2000.
...23. Sachin Dharekar
Sachin Dharekar is a renowned director, story, screenplay, and dialogue writer of the Hindi and Marathi film industry. He was born on 30 May 1979 in Maharashtra, India. He has done his 10th standard from Chogle High School, Maharashtra, India. He opted science stream and completed 12th from Patkar College Goregaon, Maharashtra, India. He completed his diploma course in computer engineering from Muchhala Polytechnic. After experimenting with his career, he developed an interest in scriptwriting. His journey of being a writer consists of writing 7000 + episodes and 12 + successful films and it is still going on.
...24. Girish Oak
Girish Oak Is An Actor Working For Films In Hindi And Marathi. He Is Also An Experienced Poetry Writer, A Theater Actor And An Editor. Girish Oak Is Known For His Versatility Across The Marathi Film Industry, The Theater Groups And Television Industry, Especially The Marathi Tv Industry.
...25. Santosh Juvekar
Santosh Juvekar is a Marathi stage, television and film actor. He has also appeared in many Hindi films. Santosh Juvekar started his professional acting career in the year of 2004 by making the appearance in the play ‘Aani Makarand Rajadhyaksha’ in the Marathi language; he portrayed the character of Naren Deshmukh in the play which was directed by Dilip Kolhatkar; the play also starred Vikram Gokhale. Santosh made his debut in films through Rajiv Patil’s movie Blind Game in the year 2006.
...26. Anand Abhyankar
There have been a few cases in the entertainment world where promising careers have been cut short by the cruel hands of death. So was the case of the predominantly Marathi actor Anand Abhyankar, when he met with a fatal car accident while returning to Mumbai, along with fellow actor Akshay Pendse. Earlier in life, following the Marathi tradition, he had started off with a promising theatre career, while he was studying in Pune, where he had shifted from his home town Nagpur.
As he joined more and more theatre groups, his name spread far and wide in the Marathi theatre world, his first commercial play being a comedy. Incidentally one of his co stars in this play happened to be Mohan Joshi who also became famous in Hindi films and TV serials. Anand’s very first play went on to run for over 1000 shows, establishing him firmly on the Marathi stage.
Moving forward in his stage career, Abhyankar got the opportunity to feature in one more record breaking Marathi play, “Aai Retire Hotey”. This play narrowly missed the 1000 shows mark. With Anand’s name spreading across the state, it did not take much time for him to get roles in Marathi films as well.
However, it was Mahesh Manjrekar who brought him into the world of Hindi films, through two of his own directorial ventures, “Vaastav” (1999) and “Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain” (2000), at the time Abhyankar had become a well known name in Marathi cinema, known for his acting abilities. Anand crossed over to Marathi TV in a big way only much later in 2009 after a solitary performance in Doordarshan many years earlier. The TV performance that hogged the limelight was his role in “Asambhav” (2009), portraying the role of an 85 year old Parkinson’s disease afflicted person with his trembling mannerisms looking almost lifelike.
Although from his very first stage appearance Anand had a penchant for comic themes, he went on to prove through his variety of roles spread across theatre, movies and serials that he was a multi talented actor, and perhaps his best roles that would have come after further maturity was forever lost for his fans, due to his untimely an unfortunate death.
...27. Deepak Nalawade
28. Sushant Shelar