Pushkaraj Chirputkar

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Pushkaraj Chirputkar
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Known forDil Dosti Duniyadari
Dil Dosti Dobara

Pushkaraj Chirputkar is a Marathi actor 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]

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. 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.

Environmental activism[]

He was the chief guest at Haritamritam, a green initiative on organic terrace gardening by Amrita Yuva Dharm Dhara(AYUDH).[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Pushkaraj Chirputkar to appear in TTMM". The Times of India. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ "I always wanted to be out the classroom, Pushkaraj Chirputkar | Marathi Movie News - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Atulkar, Preeti (3 November 2015). "Dil Dosti Duniyadari completes 200 episodes - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ Deb, Rishabh (13 February 2017). "Get set for Dil Dosti Dobara - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ Baapjanma Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Baapjanma by Times of India, retrieved 8 March 2019
  6. ^ "Pushkaraj Chirputkar". IMDb. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ^ Dwivedi, Payal (28 October 2017). "Jio Filmfare Awards (Marathi): Entertaining performance of stars that captivated audiences". Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  8. ^ Salvi, Abhay (21 August 2018). "Host Jitendra Joshi Makes Sony Marathi Launch Event A Grand Success". MarathiStars. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ^ Medium Spicy Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes, retrieved 24 March 2020
  10. ^ "Neha Joshi and Pushkaraj Chirputkar join 'Medium Spicy'". www.sakaltimes.com. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  11. ^ Umbrajkar, Manish (3 June 2016). "Green initiative by Mata Amritanandamayi Math in Pune - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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