Makarand Deshpande is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer who works in various languages including Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. He is mainly known for his theatrical performances. Here are details about him.
Biography/Wiki
Makarande was born on March 6, 1966 in Dahanu, Maharashtra, India. He currently resides in Vile Parle, Mumbai, Maharashtra. He became interested in writing at an early age and began writing plays in college. As of 2018, he has created more than 90 plays in his theater career, including short plays and full-length plays. For his outstanding performance, he won the South Indian International Film Award for Best Negative Actor twice in 2012 for the movies “Dandupalya” (Kannada) and “No. 66 Madhura Bus” (Malayalam) .
appearance
He is known for his unusual clothing and hairstyle. He is about 6 feet tall and weighs about 70 kilograms. He has dark brown eyes and salt and pepper hair.
family and wife
He was born into a middle-class Hindu family. Initially, Makarande was engaged to his long-term girlfriend, actress Sonali Kulkarni, but the two broke off their engagement in 2006. In 2016, Makarande married writer Nivedita Pohankar after a few years of marriage.
Makarand Deshpande’s ex-fiancée Sonali Kulkarni
Makarand Deshpande and wife Nivedita Pohankar
Profession
Makarand Deshpande studied at BPM High School, Mumbai and graduated from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. While in college, he began writing plays for intercollegiate competitions. He started his acting career in 1988 playing the role of Baba in the Bollywood movie “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak”. Apart from Bollywood, Makarande has also acted in many other language films such as “Dandupalya” (Kannada, 2012), “Jalsa” (Telugu, 2008), “No. 66 Madhura Bus” (Malayalam, 2012), Rita (Marathi, 2009), etc.
Makarand Deshpande “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak” (1988)
In 1990, he started working as a theater artist at Prithvi Theater and has created numerous plays. Later, he met actor Kay Kay Menon and co-founded Ansh Theater Company in 1993. Subsequently, he made his debut with the feature-length drama “Dreamman”. Makarand Deshpande has written, directed and produced many famous plays in his theatres, such as Sir Sir Sarla (2006), Karodo Mein Ek (2008), Miss Beautiful (2009), “Joke” (2009), “Dev Vanar”, “Vasant Ka Teera Youvan”, etc.
Makarand Deshpande, Sir Sara (2006)
He has also written and directed films such as Danav (2003), Hanan (2004), Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu (2010), Sona Spa (2013) and Saturday Sunday (2014).
In 2011, he served as one of the judges of the Marathi reality show Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe.
In 2013, Makarande participated in the sports reality TV show Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) Season 3 as a player for the Veer Marathi team.
Makarand Deshpande in “CCL3”
Due to his beautiful voice, he had the opportunity to sing for “Jungle” (2000), “Ike Aur Westholt” (2002), “Supali” (2003) and “Nah” ( 2004) and other movies singing songs.
fact
- Makarand Deshpande releases his limited edition book titled Ansh Theater Group.
Book by Makarand Deshpande – Ansh Theater Group
- He wanted to play the role of the late Indian painter Raja Ravi Verma.
- Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor are his all-time favorite actors and Aishwarya Rai is his favorite actress.
- Makarand loves singing and his favorite singers are Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam.
- He also loved traveling and some of his favorite places were Jaipur, Bhopal and Lucknow.
- His favorite playwrights were Vijay Tendulkar, William Shakespeare, Luigi Pirandello and Rabindranath Tagore.
- His favorite sports are cricket and Kho Kho.
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