1. Rasika Joshi
Rasika Joshi was an established actress and served in many Hindi and Marathi entertainment assignments. She was born to a Brahmin Marathi family and married to Mr. Girish Joshi who is also a notable name in Marathi film industry. She died on 7 July 2011 due the suffering from leukemia.
She initiated as theatre actress and started her carrier with Lata Narvekar’s Marathi play and ended with Ram Gopal Verma’s Hindi movie Not a Love Story. She was the part of many commercial successes like Gayab, Vastu Shashtra, Billu etc. She got engaged with Ram Gopal Verma in a work assignment of Ek Hasina Thi and got noticed by him. Thereafter she became his favorite and worked in many of his Hindi films.
For TV, she became the well known for Marathi assignments Prapanch, Ghadlay Bighadlay and Bua Alaa. She had also appeared in Ekta Kapoor’s Bandini where she portrayed the negative role of Tara Fui. The Serial narrated the story of a poor village girl who faced a lot of problems. Everything in her life had been fixed by the America returned queen Mohsina. The show aired on NDTV Imagine and produced under the banner of Balaji Telefilms.
In theatre, she wrote, directed, and acted in plays like White Lily & Night Rider which bagged many awards for her along with co-actor Milind Pathak.
...2. Mukta Barve
Mukta Barve was decided on becoming an actress since standard 10, and that is what she went on to become, one of the most popular Marathi celebs. Her father worked for a telecom company and mother, a school teacher. She graduated in the subject theater from Savitribai Phule Pune University and had a bachelor’s degree in drama from Lalit Kala Kendra. Marathi TV show Ghadlay Bighadlay was her debut. Her theater debut was Aamhala Vegle Vhayache (2001). Her film debut was in the next year with Marathi movie Chakwa.
...3. Hrishikesh Joshi
4. Jitendra Joshi
Jitendra Joshi is a renowned Marathi theater artist. He is also popular as a film actor and reality show host. His versatility is evident from the fact that he has played the lead hero, side hero, comic hero and even villain. He is an actor who makes acting look so effortless and unpretentious. He is popular for his police roles. Apart from acting, he is also a very good writer. He collaborated with the famous duo Ajay-Atul for the superhit number”Kombdi Palai”. The famous item song “Chikni Chameli” was somewhat a copy of this song. Jitendra Joshi was born on 27 January 1978 in Mumbai. He was brought up in Mumbai itself. After finishing his schooling in Mumbai, he moved to Thane where he did his diploma from VPM’s Polytechnic.
...5. Siddarth Jadhav
Siddarth Jadhav is a Hindi & Marathi actor who is best known for his roles in the movies such as ‘Golmaal’ (2006) & ‘Golmaal Returns’ (2008). He is a stand up comedian, who has been involved in three consecutive seasons of the comedy oriented program ‘Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe’ (2007). He works in Marathi stage and the mainstream entertainment world. His role of ‘Sattu Supari’ in the popular comedy movie ‘Golmaal’, is still famous in the minds of the viewers. He was seen again in the sequel of this film called ‘Golmaal Returns’, in which he was seen playing the role of Lucky’s (Tushaar Kapoor) assistant. He always dreamt of being an actor.
...6. Shrirang Godbole
Shrirang Godbole is an Indian-origin writer, actor, producer, and director. On 15th June 1960, he was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He started his career as a theatre artist in 1979. He initially joined a Theatre Academy in Pune and acted in Jabbar Patel’s Ghashiram Kotwal, Padgham, and Satish Alekar’s Mahanirvan, Pralay, Bhint, and Atireki. He started writing scripts and plays in 1986. He has also directed many films and plays. In 2012, he wrote the script for the Marathi serial Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta. Satish Rajwade directed the serial, and Kaushal Inamdar composed the music for the show. Nikhil Sheth produced the serial. And Deepak Anjaria managed the cinematography department. The show’s plot revolves around a guy named Ghanshyam and a girl named Radha.
...7. Ganesh Phuke