Pushkaraj Chirputkar


Pushkaraj Chirputkar is 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.

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, 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.

Career

Chirputkar became known with the role of the simpleton Ashu on the Marathi Sitcom Dil Dosti Duniyadari, which became an instant success. He was also in its reboot sequel, Dil Dosti Dobara. He has also been part of Marathi movies like Baapjanma, Tujha Tu Majha Mi, 1 Te 4 Band and Mantr. He was seen in the Hindi Movie, Budhiya Singh - Born to Run. He also co-hosted Filmfare Award in 2017, alongside Pushkar Shrotri. He also was the host of Maharshtracha Favorite Dancer in 2018 which aired on Sony Marathi. He also made a cameo appearance in Amazon Prime's Original Show The Family Man. He will be seen in Medium Spicy, a Marathi film which is scheduled to be released in 2020.
He also played a role in BhaDiPas sketch comedies ' and ''.

Environmental activism

He was the chief guest at Haritamritam, a green initiative on organic terrace gardening by Amrita Yuva Dharm Dhara.