Shashank Ketkar (born 15 September 1985) is a

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and theater actor predominantly working in the Marathi. He is best known for his role as Shree on the daily soap ''

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''.

Personal life

Shashank Ketkar was married to actress

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in 2014, but they divorced in 2016. Shashank married again in 2017 to Priyanka Dhavale who is a lawyer by profession and hails from

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, a city near Mumbai.

Career

Ketkar earned a Masters of Engineering Management in Sydney, Australia. He worked as a duty manager at Olympic gold-medalist

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's swimming school in Australia. While in Sydney, he took part in Marathi plays and musical programs organized by cultural groups. 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

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. He then auditioned for Marathi television shows and debuted as Kailash on

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's daily soap ''Kalay Tasmay Namah'', where he played grandson of

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. He also did a negative character of Aniket Gaydhani in the serial '' Swapnanchya Palikadle'' that aired on

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. Ketkar's biggest break came in 2013 with the

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's daily soap ''

'' where his lead role as Shreerang 'Shree' Gokhale made him popular. In 2013, at the Zee Marathi Awards, Ketkar received the "Best Actor" and "Best Couple" award. In 2015, the show's lead characters Shree and Janhavi started trending on social networks and

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as Janhavi's famous dialogue in the show "Kahihi ha Shree!", which she regularly repeats, became popular. In 2014, he played the role of

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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. 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.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music album

Plays

* ''Purnaviram'' * ''Goshta Tashi Gamtichi'' * ''Kusum Manohar Lele''

Web-series

* 2023 - '' Scam 2003'' as Jayant Karmarkar aka JK

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Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ketkar, Shashank Marathi actors Indian male soap opera actors Living people Male actors in Marathi theatre 1985 births Male actors in Marathi television