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Priyadarshini Indalkar

Priyadarshini Indalkar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Marathi films and television. Known for her comic timing on the Sony Marathi sketch-comedy show Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra, she went on to lead several Marathi feature films and is a recipient of a Filmfare Award.

Born in Sangli and raised in Pune, Indalkar trained in Bharatanatyam and began performing as a child on the ETV Marathi talent show Aflatoon Little Masters before working in Marathi theatre in plays. She had a recurring part in the television series Assa Maher Nako Ga Bai and a brief role in the film Photoprem (2021), but achieved wider recognition as a regular performer on Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra. Her breakthrough in films came with the romantic drama Phulrani (2023) opposite Subodh Bhave, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – Marathi.

Indalkar has since appeared as a lead in Navardev Bsc. Agri. (2024) and Lagnacha Shot (2026), and in the web series Shantit Kranti (2023). In 2025 she featured in Subodh Khanolkar's Dashavatar, the highest-grossing Marathi film of the year.