Shashank Ketkar

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Shashank Ketkar
Born (1985-09-15) 15 September 1985 (age 36)[1]
Pune, Maharashtra
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2012 - Present
Notable work
Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi
Sukhachya Sarini He Mann Baware
Pahile Na Mi Tula
Spouse(s)
Tejashree Pradhan
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(m. 2014; div. 2015)​

Priyanka Dhavale
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(m. 2017)​
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Shashank Ketkar (born 15 September 1985) is a Marathi television and theater actor predominantly working in the Marathi. He is best known for his role as Shree on the popular daily soap Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi.[3]

Personal life[]

Shashank Ketkar was married to actress Tejashree Pradhan in 2014, but they divorced in 2015.[4] Shashank married again in 2017 to Priyanka Dhavale who is a lawyer by profession and hails from Dombivli, a city near Mumbai.[5]

Career[]

Ketkar did Masters of Engineering Management from Sydney, Australia. He worked as a duty manager at Olympic gold-medalist Ian Thorpe's swimming school in Australia.[6] While in Sydney, he took part in Marathi plays and musical programs organized by cultural groups.[7] Upon completing his education and on returning to India, he decided to indulge in performing arts, which had been only his hobby up till then. He joined "Sudarshan Rangamanch", a theatre group in Pune where he landed his first role in the play Purnaviram, which was directed by Pramod Kale and written by Sachin Kundalkar.[8] He then auditioned for Marathi television shows and debuted as Kailash on ETV Marathi's daily soap Kalay Tasmay Namah, where he played grandson of Vikram Gokhale. He also did a negative character of Aniket Gaydhani in the serial Swapnanchya Palikadale that aired on Star Pravah.

Ketkar's biggest break came in 2013 with the Zee Marathi's daily soap Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi where his lead role as Shreerang 'Shree' Gokhale made him popular.[9] In 2013, at the Zee Marathi Awards, Ketkar received the "Best Actor" and "Best Couple" award along with his co-star , who plays his wife Janhavi. The show grabbed 11 awards in various categories.[10] In 2015, the show's lead characters Shree and Janhavi started trending on social networks and Whatsapp as Janhavi's famous dialogue in the show "Kahihi ha Shree!", which she regularly repeats, became popular.[11][12]

In 2014, he played the role of Mangesh Kadam and Leena Bhagwat's son in the play Goshta Tashi Gamtichi, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor (Commercial Plays) at the 2015 Akhil Bhartiya Natya Parishad Awards.[13][14] In 2015, his first single "Yaara" was released by Sagarika Musics. The romantic-single is co-sung by Deepika Jog and the video also features Ketkar.[15]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Title
2016 One Way Ticket (Marathi cinema)
2017 Wada (Final Title in the making; Upcoming)
2018 Aaron (Indo-French Project )
2018 31 Divas
2020 Goshta Eka Paithanichi (Marathi Cinema)

Television[]

Year Title Role Channel Ref.
2011-2012 Suvasini Jayaram Star Pravah
2012 Rang Maza Vegla Sameer Saam TV [16]
2012 Kalay Tasmay Namah Kailas ETV Marathi [17]
2013 Swapnanchya Palikadale Aniket Gaydhani Star Pravah
2013–2016 Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi Shrirang (Shree) Gokhale Zee Marathi [18]
2016-2017 Ithech Taka Tambu Kapil Sathe Zee Yuva [19]
2017 Naktichya Lagnala Yaycha Ha Shree Ketkar Zee Marathi [20]
2018 - 2020 Sukhanchya Sarini He Mann Baware Siddharth Tatwavadi Colors Marathi [21]
2021 - present Pahile Na Mi Tula Samar Jahagirdar Zee Marathi [22]

Music album[]

Year Album Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s)
2015 Yaara Yaara Hrishikesh Datar,
Saurabh Bhalerao,
Jasraj Joshi.		 Vaibhav Joshi Deepika Jog

Plays[]

  • Purnaviram
  • Goshta Tashi Gamtichi

Awards[]

Year(s) Award(s) Category(s) Serial/Play(s) Ref.
2013 Zee Marathi Awards Best Actor Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi [23]
Best Couple (Shree-Janhavi) [24]
2014
Best Actor
2015 MICTA Best Supporting Actor Goshta Tashi Gamtichi
2015 Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad
2019 Colors Marathi Awards Best Couple (Anushri-Siddharth) Sukhanchya Sarini He Mann Baware [25]
Best Actor
2021 Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards Most Influential Character Pahile Na Mi Tula

References[]

  1. ^ "Happy Birthday Shashank Ketkar: He is an animal lover; his social media posts bear testimony to that". The Times of India. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Wedding Bells for Shashank Ketkar again! Actor engaged to girlfriend Priyanka Dhavale – View pictures". India.com. 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Honaar Sun... changed Shashank's life". The Times of India. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Shashank Ketkar, Tejashree Pradhan file for divorce?". Zee News India. 29 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Has Shashank Ketkar found love again?". The Times of India. 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ "What's Shashank's connection with Thorpe". The Times of India. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  7. ^ "How Shashank landed up in acting?". The Times of India. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ^ "महाराष्ट्र कल्चरल सेंटरतर्फे 26 पासून सुदर्शन महोत्सव". Sakal (in Marathi). 22 January 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ^ Paradkar, Aditi (2 November 2013). "चतुरस्र श्री" (in Marathi). Prahaar. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  10. ^ Deshpande, Aparna (17 October 2013). "झी मराठी अवॉर्ड्सवर 'होणार सून मी...'ची मोहोर!" (in Marathi). Zee News. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. ^ "'काहीही हं श्री'चा 'व्हॉट्सअप'वर धुमाकूळ!" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  12. ^ "सोशल मीडियावर 'काहीही' विनोदांचा पूर, #काहीहीहंश्री घरोघरी फेमस" (in Marathi). ABP Majha. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  13. ^ Gokhale, Shanta (13 October 2014). "Because life is a drama". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  14. ^ "जयंत सावरकर, सुलभा देशपांडे यांना जीवनगौरव" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  15. ^ "पाहाः शशांक केतकरचा गायनाचा श्रीगणेशा!" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  16. ^ Khot, Shweta (1 April 2012). "Rang Majha Vegala' - New family serial". Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  17. ^ Shirke, Ullhas (1 October 2013). ""New chocolate hero of Marathi small screen" - Shashak Ketkar". Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  18. ^ "गोजिरवाण्या घरात, मालिकांची वरात..!". 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Shashank Ketkar is back with a new serial - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Shashank Ketkar to make a comeback on Marathi TV - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Shashank Ketkar to make a comeback on Marathi TV with Mrunal Dusanis - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Shashank Ketkar to feature in an upcoming TV show Pahile Na Me Tula - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  23. ^ "ZEE5". comingsoon.zee5.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  24. ^ "'झी मराठी पुरस्कार २०१४'चे मानकरी". Loksatta (in Marathi). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  25. ^ "'कलर्स मराठी अवॉर्ड'मध्ये 'बाळूमामाच्या नावानं चांगभलं' मालिकेने मारली बाजी". Loksatta (in Marathi). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

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