Adinath Kothare (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, and director, who predominantly works in Marathi films. His directorial debut film, 'Paani,' won the '

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' at the

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and also won him the 'Best Actor' award at the

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. His father,

Mahesh Kothare Mahesh Amber Kothare (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ koʈʰaːɾe born 28 September 1953) is an Indian List of Marathi film actors, film actor, List of Indian film directors, director and producer of Marathi cinema, Marat ...

, is a veteran film director of Marathi films. Kothare made his acting debut as a child actor in the 1994 hit film '''Majha Chakula'''. For it, he received 'Best Child Actor' at the

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. Kothare's next movie Ved Lagi Jeeva''' was directed by his father, Mahesh Kothare, in the year 2010. This role earned him a nomination in the 'Best Actor' category at '

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'. Other films include '

Zapatlela 2 ''Zapatlela 2'' () is a Marathi horror comedy movie, which was released in 3D on 7 June 2013. It is directed by Mahesh Kothare and is the sequel to ''Zapatlela'', released 20 years previously (in 1993). ''Zapatlela 2'' is the first Marathi film ...

' (2013) and ' Avatarachi Goshta' (2014). Avatarachi Goshta won many awards at the 51st Maharashtra State Marathi Film Award,

(2014), and ''Sahyadri Cine Film Awards'' 2014. As a film producer, Adinath Kothare produced the movie '

' (2013) the 1st ever Marathi True

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which also saw him in the lead role in the film.

Personal life

Kothare was born on 13 May 1984. Kothare's father,

, is one of the most famous filmmakers in the Marathi film industry.

has directed and produced many Marathi films and has also produced a few Hindi films. Kothare's grandfather, Amber Kothare, did negative and supporting roles in films directed by his father such as

De Danadan ''De Danadan'' is a 1987 Indian Marathi-language movie written by Narayan Deulgavkar and produced and directed by Mahesh Kothare. It stars Laxmikant Berde, Mahesh Kothare, Prema Kiran, Nivedita Joshi-Saraf, Jairam Kulkarni and Ambar Kothare in ...

(1987) and

Dhadakebaaz ''Dhadakebaaz'' is a Marathi movie directed by Mahesh Kothare and produced by Jenma Films International. It was released on 1 January 1990. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Vetri Padigal'' (1991). Plot Lakshya, Mahesh, and Bappa are best f ...

(1990). In 2011, Kothare married Marathi film and television actress

Urmilla Kothare Urmilla Kanetkar Kothare is an Indian actress in Marathi cinema and television. She is known for her roles in the Marathi films Duniyadari, ''Shubha Mangal Saavadhan'' , ''Ti Saddhya Kay Karte'' and Hindi TV serials ''Maayka'' and ''Mera Sasura ...

. The couple has a daughter named Jiza Kothare.

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Career

In 1994, Kothare first appeared in the movie ''Majha Chakula'', Adinath's next movie ''Ved Lagi Jeeva'' was directed by his father Mahesh Kothare in the year 2010. After that, he appeared in

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's musical drama film ''Satrangi Re'' playing Rego (Goraksha Mhapusekar), which was released on 3 February 2012, also starring

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, Soumil Shringarpure,

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, Vidyadhar Joshi, Supriya Matkari and Madhav Abhyankar. Adinath also acted in his father's ambitious project, the first Marathi true

'', which was released on 7 June 2014. The film is the sequel to the 1993 Marathi film ''

Zapatlela ''Zapatlela '' is a Marathi horror comedy movie, which was released on 14 April 1993. It was directed by Mahesh Kothare. It was inspired from the Don Mancini's 1988 Hollywood movie '' Child's Play''. It was followed by a sequel ''Zapatlela 2' ...

''. In 2014, he played the lead role in ''Hello Nandan'' along with

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and then starred in the film ''

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'' alongside his wife

. Kothare next starred in ''

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'' along with

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, which released on 10 October 2014. His next film, released on 26 December 2014, '' Avatarachi Goshta'' won many awards at the 51st Maharashtra State Marathi Film Festival 2014, Zee Gaurav 2014 Film Awards, and Sahyadri Cine Film Awards 2014. Kothare produced ''

'' under his own production company Kothare Vision Private Ltd. He did television debut with

Zee Marathi Zee Marathi is an Indian general entertainment channel which carries programming in Marathi. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched on 15 August 1999 and was known as Alpha TV Marathi until 28 March 2005, then i ...

's '' 100 Days'' serial. He did directorial debut with the Marathi film '' Paani''. In 2021, He played former Indian cricketer

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in '' 83'' film, a sports drama film based on the

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. In 2022, He played the role of Daulatrao Deshmane in the

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film ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kothare, Adinath Indian male film actors Male actors in Marathi cinema Living people 1984 births Male actors from Mumbai Indian male soap opera actors Male actors in Marathi television