Shashank Ketkar
{{short description|Indian television actor (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
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| birth_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2012–present
| notable_works = Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi
Sukhachya Sarini He Man Baware
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- {{marriage|Tejashri Pradhan|2014|2016|end=divorce}}
- {{marriage|Priyanka Dhavale|2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.india.com/buzz/wedding-bells-for-shashank-ketkar-again-actor-engaged-to-girlfriend-priyanka-dhavale-view-pictures-2013691/ |title=Wedding Bells for Shashank Ketkar again! Actor engaged to girlfriend Priyanka Dhavale – View pictures |date=10 April 2017 |website=India.com}}
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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 daily soap Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/Honaar-Suun-changed-Shashanks-life/articleshow/46573111.cms |title=Honaar Sun... changed Shashank's life |work=The Times of India |date=15 March 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}}
Personal life
Shashank Ketkar was married to actress Tejashree Pradhan in 2014, but they divorced in 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/shashank-ketkar-tejashree-pradhan-file-for-divorce_1586921.html |title=Shashank Ketkar, Tejashree Pradhan file for divorce? |website=Zee News |date=29 April 2015}} Shashank married again in 2017 to Priyanka Dhavale who is a lawyer by profession and hails from Dombivli, a city near Mumbai.{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/has-shashank-ketkar-found-love-again/articleshow/57899463.cms |title=Has Shashank Ketkar found love again? |date=31 Mar 2017 |website=The Times of India}}
Career
Ketkar earned a Masters of Engineering Management in Sydney, Australia. He worked as a duty manager at Olympic gold-medalist Ian Thorpe's swimming school in Australia.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/Shashanks-ean-thorpe-connection/articleshow/46702177.cms? |title=What's Shashank's connection with Thorpe |work=The Times of India |date=26 March 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}} While in Sydney, he took part in Marathi plays and musical programs organized by cultural groups.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/How-Shashank-landed-up-in-acting/articleshow/46783892.cms |title=How Shashank landed up in acting? |work=The Times of India |date=2 April 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20110122/5044205809723689620.htm |title=महाराष्ट्र कल्चरल सेंटरतर्फे 26 पासून सुदर्शन महोत्सव |language=mr |newspaper=Sakal |date=22 January 2011 |access-date=7 July 2015}} 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 Palikadle that aired on Star Pravah.
Ketkar's biggest break came in 2013 with the Zee Marathi's daily soap Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi where his lead role as Shreerang 'Shree' Gokhale made him popular.{{cite web |url=http://prahaar.in/relax/148887 |title=चतुरस्र श्री |language=mr |publisher=Prahaar |date=2 November 2013 |access-date=7 July 2015}} In 2013, at the Zee Marathi Awards, Ketkar received the "Best Actor" and "Best Couple" award.{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/marathi/news/serials/-honar-sun-me-hya-gharchi-wins-11-awards-in-zee-marathi-awards/164139 |title=झी मराठी अवॉर्ड्सवर 'होणार सून मी...'ची मोहोर! |language=mr |publisher=Zee 24 Taas |date=17 October 2013 |access-date=7 July 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.loksatta.com/manoranja-news/kahihi-ha-shree-on-whats-app-1110679/ |title='काहीही हं श्री'चा 'व्हॉट्सअप'वर धुमाकूळ! |language=mr |publisher=Loksatta |date=6 June 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://abpmajha.abplive.in/technology/2015/06/04/article608995.ece/kahihi-ha-shree-jokes |title=सोशल मीडियावर 'काहीही' विनोदांचा पूर, #काहीहीहंश्री घरोघरी फेमस |publisher=ABP Majha |date=4 June 2015 |language=mr |access-date=10 July 2015}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.punemirror.in/columns/columnists/shanta-gokhale/Because-life-is-a-drama/articleshow/44792828.cms |title=Because life is a drama |work=Pune Mirror |date=13 October 2014 |access-date=7 July 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/akhil-bharatiya-marathi-natya-parishad-awards-1110198/ |title=जयंत सावरकर, सुलभा देशपांडे यांना जीवनगौरव |language=mr |publisher=Loksatta |date=5 June 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.loksatta.com/manoranja-news/watch-actor-shashank-ketkar-become-a-singer-1093703/ |title=पाहाः शशांक केतकरचा गायनाचा श्रीगणेशा! |language=mr |publisher=Loksatta |date=18 April 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015}}
Filmography
= Films =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes !Ref. |
| 2016
|Aniket |Debut film |
| 2018
| Aaron |Madhav |Indo-French Project |
| 2018
| 31 Divas |Makarand Sawant | |{{Cite news |title=Team 31 Divas come together for music launch of the film - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/team-31-divas-come-together-for-music-launch-of-the-film/articleshow/64694228.cms |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=The Times of India|date=22 June 2018 }} |
| 2020
|Subodh | |
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=Music album=
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! 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
- Kusum Manohar Lele
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Awards
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm7833633}}
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Category:Indian male soap opera actors