Amit Divatia

Amit Divatia is a Gujarati actor known for his work in both Bollywood and Gujarati cinema. Even though the veteran actor is known for his work in both cinemas, he stepped foot in the acting field with the theatre. Divatia forayed into the sphere in the year 1960 with Gujarati theatre. The old stager has performed in over 150 stage shows, helming about 35 of them, and even scripting a few. Divatia began his journey in the theatre world by performing for Indian National Theatre (INT). He was mentored by Chandravadhan Bhatt, who was a prominent personality in the sphere at the time. He worked with other actors like Kanti Madia, Pravin Solanki Pravin Solanki is a well-known and recognized writ >> Read More... , Adi Marzban, and Vishnukumar Vyas at the time.

Divatia has featured in Bollywood movies like Hungama, Tathastu and Kyaa Kool Hain Hum. He has also played a role in the Gujarati flick Dhh. Besides, he has been a part of the television series Kunti, aired on Doordarshan DD National. In Hungama, Divatia portrayed the role of Advocate Chandra Kant Sahai, who is Jeetu’s stingy father and Radhe’s lawyer. The movie was directed by Priyadarshan and featured renowned actors like Akshaye Khanna Akshaye Khanna is a popular Indian film actor. He >> Read More... , Paresh Rawal The Padma Shri award winner who shot to fame with >> Read More... , Aftab Shivdasani Aftab Shivdasani is an actor and producer of Indi >> Read More... and Rimi Sen Born as Shubhomitra Sen on 21st September, 1981 in >> Read More... in lead roles. Divatia acted as Akshaye Khanna’s tight-fisted father and a lawyer to Paresh Rawal’s character. The movie did well at the box office. 2005 movie Kyaa Kool Hai Hum saw Amit playing Kiran’s father. Bobby Darling Although there have been films in which transsexua >> Read More... portrayed Kiran’s character. Produced by Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and >> Read More... , the movie starred Tusshar Kapoor Son of a legendary Filmstar Jeetendra Kapoor and b >> Read More... and Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh is the son of a politician, late >> Read More... in lead roles. The film circumnavigates the life of two friends who are fashion designers, one of whom is suspected of a crime he did not commit. Divatia portrayed a role in the 2006 Bollywood flick Tathastu. The movie starred Sanjay Dutt July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of >> Read More... and Ameesha Patel Ameesha Patel was born on 9th June 1975. She is an >> Read More... in the lead roles and was based on the American film John Q.

he veteran actor was also a part of a Gujarati film Dhh that was released in 2017. Dhh was a children’s film and bagged National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati. Divatia played the role of the school principal in the flick. The movie was a huge success, and, besides bagging the National Award, it was also selected for Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. It also secured the Audience Choice Award at UK Asian Film Festival the same year. The actor starred in a short called Time Time Ki Baat - A Matter of Time released in 2020. He played the role of a shopkeeper in the short film.

The Gujarati actor has been a part of a Hindi television series Kunti. The show starred Geeta Tyagi Geeta Tyagi is one of the recent series artists wh >> Read More... in the lead role. In the series, Divatia played the role of Seth Surajmal Singh from 2003-2005. The story revolved around the life of an ambitious girl having the titular name. Kunti was from a conservative family but was passionate about dance and music, which led to strict opposition from her father. In addition to the above accomplishments, the veteran actor has also been a part of plays like Mr. Adhikari, Hadh Karo Cho Hasubai, Father Maara Godfather, and many more. In the Gujarati play Mr. Adhikari (2008), the acclaimed actor played an honest and conscientious judge who faces the dilemma of passing a verdict against his only son.