Kiran Karmarkar (born 2 May 1958) is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga ''
Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' ( The story of each house) is a Hindi-language Indian soap opera on Indian television which ran on Star Plus from 16 October 2000 to 9 October 2008. The soap opera was created by Ekta Kapoor and was produced by her pr ...
'' (2000 - 2008) that aired on
Star Plus
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.
Career
Karmarkar started his acting career through
Marathi theatre
Marathi theatre is theatre in the Marathi language, mostly originating or based in the state of Maharashtra in India, and elsewhere with Marathi diaspora. Starting in the middle of the 19th century, it flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, ...
Dinmaam in 1989 and later various cameos on television and commercial advertisements he appeared in his debut marathi film Name
Nishpaap with legendary marathi actor
Yashwant dutt,
Vinay Apte
Vinay Apte (17 June 1951 – 7 December 2013) was an Indian film and television actor. He acted in several Marathi movies and television shows in his almost 40-year-old career. He has also acted in Hindi movies such as '' Chandni Bar'', '' Ek ...
,
Suhas Joshi
Suhasini Joshi (born 12 July 1947), popularly known by her screen name Suhas Joshi, is a Marathi theater, film and television actress. She is also seen in many Bollywood films. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018 for Acting ...
. His first major role came in the show ''Ghar Ek Mandir'' directed by
Ekta Kapoor.
[ He became popular for his role of Om Agarwal opposite actress Sakshi Tanwar in the show '']Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' ( The story of each house) is a Hindi-language Indian soap opera on Indian television which ran on Star Plus from 16 October 2000 to 9 October 2008. The soap opera was created by Ekta Kapoor and was produced by her pr ...
''. The show aired on Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
and started in 2000. After the script killed the character, Karmarkar was no longer seen in it. But due to later changes in the script, the character was retrieved and he was seen playing the same role in 2007. He then went on to play various roles in TV shows. His 2006 role in the show ''Saarathi
''Saarathi'' ( en, Charioteer) is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Dinakar Thoogudeep. It stars Darshan and debutante Deepa Sannidhi in the lead roles. V. Harikrishna scored for the film's backgro ...
'' was of a business tycoon, inspired by Sabeer Bhatia
Sabeer Bhatia (born 30 December 1968) is an Indian businessman who co-founded the webmail company Hotmail.com.
Career
Bhatia briefly worked for Apple Computer, as a hardware engineer and Firepower Systems Inc. He, along with his colleague Ja ...
. In 2012, he joined the popular show ''Uttaran
''Uttaran'' () is an Indian soap opera that was broadcast on Colors TV on weeknights from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015. It is the third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV with 1,549 episodes. The series starred Tina Dat ...
'' playing a negative role of Tej Singh.
Karmarkar also secured small roles in Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
film. He has also played roles in Marathi film
Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion pictures. It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Based in old Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry of Indian cinema. The first Marathi film to be released in India was '' S ...
s and plays. In 2006, he was seen playing a comedy role opposite actress Bhavana Balsavar
Bhavana Balsavar (born 21 October 1975) is an Indian film, stage and television actress. She is the part of silent comedy series, ''Gutur Gu'' (2010).
Personal life
Bhavana is the daughter of Hindi cinema actress Shubha Khote and her husband ...
in the play ''Merra Naam Joker''. The play was directed by Shubha Khote
Shubha Balsavar (''née'' Khote) is an Indian film and television actress who has worked in several Hindi-language and few Marathi-language films. She is also a former women's national champion in swimming and cycling.
Early life and educatio ...
. He played the lead role in the Hindi play ''Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai...!'' opposite Shefali Shah
Shefali Shah (born Shefali Shetty on 22 May 1973) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Respected for her acting prowess, she works primarily in independent Hindi films and has received local and foreign accolades for her perf ...
in the year 2010. The play was directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni
Chandrakant Kulkarni (born 1963) is an Indian director, script writer and actor associated with Marathi theatre and film. He is known for his works of directing the plays ''Wada Chirebandi'', ''Dhyanimani'', ''Gandhi Virudh Gandhi'' and most r ...
. For his role in the film ''Kshanokshani'' he also won the Maharashtra State Film Award Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963.
Winners 2000
This year's award ceremony took pla ...
. Soon, Kiran will be portraying a role in the upcoming StarPlus series, Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana.
Personal life
Karmarkar is married to actress Rinku Karmarkar née Dhawan[ who played his sister in the show ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii''.]
The couple separated in 2017 after 15 years of marriage and filed for divorced in 2019. The duo have one son.
Filmography
Television
See also
* List of Indian television actors
This is an alphabetical list of notable male Indian television actors.
*
List of Hindi actors
List of regional language actors
; Bengali
; Tamil
;Telugu
; Kannada
; Marathi
; Malayalam
See also
* List of Indian television actr ...
References
External links
*
Interview
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Living people
Indian male soap opera actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Marathi actors
Male actors from Mumbai
Indian male stage actors
Male actors in Marathi cinema
21st-century Indian male actors
1958 births