Shashank Ketkar

Shashank Ketkar
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Tejashree Pradhan Ketkar (m. 2014)[1]

Shashank Ketkar is an Indian television and theater actor predominantly working in the Marathi industry. He is best known for his role as Shree on the popular daily soap Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi.[2]

Career

Ketkar did Masters of Engineering Management from Sydney, Australia. He is also a swimmer and worked as duty manager at Olympic gold-medalist Ian Thorpe's swimming school in Australia.[3] While in Sydney, he took part in Marathi plays and musical programs organized by cultural groups.[4] 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 Sachin Kundalkar.[5] He then auditioned for Marathi television shows and debuted as Kailash on ETV Marathi's daily soap Kalay Tasmay Namah, where he played grandson of Vikram Gokhale. He also did a negative character of Aniket Gaydhani in the serial Swapnanchya Palikadale that aired on Star Pravah.

Ketkar's biggest break came in 2013 with the Zee Marathi's daily soap Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi where his lead role as Shreerang 'Shree' Gokhale made him popular.[6] In 2013, at the Zee Marathi Awards, Ketkar received the "Best Actor" and "Best Couple" award along with his co-star Tejashree Pradhan Ketkar, who plays his wife Janhavi. The show grabbed 11 awards in various categories.[7] In 2015, the show's lead characters Shree and Janhavi started trending on social networks and Whatsapp as Janhavi's famous dialogue in the show "Kahihi ha Shri", which she regularly repeats, became popular.[8][9]

In 2014, he played the role of Mangesh Kadam 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.[10][11] 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.[12]

Personal life

Ketkar married his co-star Tejashree Pradhan Ketkar in February 2014 at Pune.[13]

Works

Films
Year Title Role Channel
2016 One Way Ticket Marathi Film Debut
Television serials
Year Title Role Channel
Kalay Tasmay Namah Kailash ETV Marathi
Swapnanchya Palikadale Aniket Gaydhani Star Pravah
2013–Present Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi Shreerang (Shree) Gokhale Zee Marathi
Album
Year Album Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s)
2015 YaaraYaara Hrishikesh Datar,
Saurabh Bhalerao,
Jasraj Joshi. 		Vaibhav Joshi Deepika Jog
Plays

References

  1. ↑ "Shashank Ketkar, Tejashree Pradhan file for divorce?". Zee News. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016. Popular faces on Marathi television, Shashank Ketkar and Tejashree Pradhan have filed for divorce, as per reports.... However, no official statement has been released either by Shashank or by Tejashree as yet
  2. ↑ "Honaar Suun... changed Shashank's life". The Times of India. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "What’s Shashank’s connection with Thorpe". The Times of India. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "How Shashank landed up in acting?". The Times of India. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "महाराष्ट्र कल्चरल सेंटरतर्फे 26 पासून सुदर्शन महोत्सव" (in Marathi). Sakal. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Paradkar, Aditi (2 November 2013). "चतुरस्र श्री" (in Marathi). Prahaar. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Deshpande, Aparna (17 October 2013). "झी मराठी अवॉर्ड्सवर ‘होणार सून मी...’ची मोहोर!" (in Marathi). Zee News. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "'काहीही हं श्री'चा 'व्हॉट्सअप'वर धुमाकूळ!" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "सोशल मीडियावर 'काहीही' विनोदांचा पूर, #काहीहीहंश्री घरोघरी फेमस" (in Marathi). ABP Majha. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Gokhale, Shanta (13 October 2014). "Because life is a drama". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "जयंत सावरकर, सुलभा देशपांडे यांना जीवनगौरव" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "पाहाः शशांक केतकरचा गायनाचा श्रीगणेशा!" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  13. ↑ Deshmukh, Gayatri (8 February 2014). "Shashank's 'mothers' attend his wedding". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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