Siddharth Chandekar (born 14 June 1991) is an Indian actor. He is known for his work in

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. At the age of 19, he made his debut in

with

Avadhoot Gupte Avadhoot Gupte (Marathi pronunciation: �ʋəd̪ʱuːt̪ ɡupt̪e born 19 February 1977) is an Indian singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor who works primarily in Marathi Cinema. He sta ...

's 2010

political drama A political drama can describe a play, film or TV program that has a political component, whether reflecting the author's political opinion, or describing a politician or series of political events. Dramatists who have written political dramas in ...

movie '' Zenda''.

Career

Siddharth Chandekar is a well-known name in the Marathi industry. Siddharth started his acting career in 2007 with the Hindi film ‘Hamne Jeena Sikh Liya’. However, Siddharth made his debut in Marathi with the popular TV serial Agnihotra, later he appeared in Avadhoot Gupte's ‘Zenda’. Siddharth is best known for his role Ani in the recent blockbuster film Classmates. In 2014 he starred as a lead in Ajay Naik's ''Baware Prem He'' opposite

Urmila Kanitkar 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 ...

. He then appeared in Aditya Sarpotdar's 2015 blockbuster movie ''

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''. Siddharth was seen opposite debutant Rutuja Shinde in

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film

Online Binline ''Online Binline'' is a 2015 Marathi language romcom film directed by Kedar Prabhakar Gaekwad. The film had its theatrical release on 3 July 2015. It stars Siddharth Chandekar, Rutuja Shinde and Hemant Dhome in lead. Synopsis Online Binline sho ...

. He is set to appear in different films like Vazandar co-starring

Sai Tamhankar Sai Tamhankar (Pronunciation: əiː t̪aːmɦəɳkəɾ born 25 June 1986) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language films and television. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Marathi Awards and one F ...

and

Priya Bapat Priya Bapat (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Marathi films. She is best known for her roles in the movies ''Kaksparsh'' and ''Aamhi Doghi'', for which she won the Best Actress award at the Screen Awards in 201 ...

to be directed by

Sachin Kundalkar Sachin Kundalkar or ''Sacin Kuṇḍalakar'' is an Indian film director and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema. He is known for his directorial works of '' Nirop'' (2007) and '' Gandha'' (2009). He has also written for the thea ...

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along with

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and Pindadan. Siddharth's next film

was released on 29 July. The film produced by Golden Gate Motion Pictures is a love story and has Siddharth Chandekar as the male lead. In 2017 Siddhartha's bus stop movie was released. In 2018, he starred in the film Gulabjamun alongside Sonali Kulkarni which is directed by national award winner director Sachin Kundalkar.

Personal life

Siddharth completed his primary education at S D Katariya High School in his hometown

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, followed by studies at

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Pune. He uses his mom Seema Chandekar's name as his middle name. He married to actress

Mitali Mayekar Mitali Mayekar (born: 11 September 1996) is an Indian Marathi television and film actress. At the age of 13, She debut in the acting industry with Irrfan Khan's movie ''Billu'' in 2009. Personal life Mitali was in a romantic relationship wit ...

Media image

He was ranked fourth in ''

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'''s Top 15 Most Desirable Men on Marathi Television in 2020.

Filmography

Films

Television

* 2019 '' City of Dreams '' on

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(Web Series) * 2010 ''Agnihotra'' as Neil Agnihotri * 2011 ''Kashala Udyachi Baat'' as Aditya Mahashabde * 2011 ''Madhu Ethe An Chandra Tithe'' -

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as Mohan * 2017 Prem He -

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as Shree * 2019 Jeevlaga -

Star Pravah Star Pravah is an Indian Marathi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It was launched on 24 November 2008. Its programming consis ...

as Nikheel * 2020-21 '' Sang Tu Aahes Ka?'' -

as Swaraj * 2021 '' Bigg Boss Marathi 3'' -

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as Guest *2021 ''

Mulgi Zali Ho Mulgi Zali Ho () is an Indian Marathi-language television drama which airs on Star Pravah. The show stars Sharvani Pillai, Kiran Mane, Divya Pugaonkar and Yogesh Sohoni in lead roles. It is produced by Suzana Ghai, Hemant Ruprell and Ranjit Tha ...

'' -

to promote Mi Honar Superstar - Chhote Ustaad

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandekar, Siddharth Indian male film actors Male actors from Pune 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Marathi cinema 1991 births Living people Male actors in Marathi television