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Ankush Choudhary

Ankush Chaudhari
Born 31 January 1977
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Years active 1995-present
Spouse(s) Deepa Parab
Children Prince Chaudhari

Ankush Chaudhari (Marathi: अंकुश चौधरी) is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer and theatre personality.

He is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors of the Marathi cinema. He first came into the limelight through a role in 1995 marathi drama film Soona Yeti Ghara along with Ashok Saraf, Alka Kubal, Laxmikant Berde, Vaishali Salvi and Pallavi Nevarkar following which he began receiving many offers in Marathi films and TV serials.

He is also popularly known as DSP, his screen name in 2013 blockbuster Duniyadari.

Chaudhari started his career by acting in One Act Plays during his college. In 1991, he participated in Maharashtra chi Lokadhara. After his former plays like Hasa Chakat Fu and All the best, he was seen in some TV serial like ‘Bedhund Manaachi Laher’ and ‘Duniyadari’ on ETV Marathi.

In 1995, Ankush played the vital role in the movie ‘Suna Yeti Ghara’, due to which he came into limelight. In this movie, he worked with Laxmikant Berde, Ashok Saraf, Alka Kubal and more. In 2004, he played the lead role opposite Sonali Khare in the movie ‘Savarkhed Ek Gaav’. The movie was based on the real incident that had taken place in the village name Savarkhed in Maharashtra. Apart from this, he has also worked in the Hindi movie ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai’ in 2000, where he had played the role of Govinda's younger brother.

In 2006, he acted in five Marathi movies like ‘Aai Shappath’, ‘Aaila Re’, ‘Majha Navra Tujhi Bayko’, ‘Matichya Chuli’ and ‘Yanda Kartavya Aahe’ and all these films were super-hit on the box office. In 2007, he directed his first film ‘Saade Maade Teen’ starring Bharat Jadhav, Ashok Saraf and Siddharth Jadhav. In 2008, Ankush acted in the multi-starrer thriller movie ‘Checkmate’ along with Sanjay Narvekar, Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Khare and Rahul Mehendale. In 2009, he played the role of Avinash Sardesai in the movie ‘Gaiir’, directed by Satish Rajwade. The movie also starred Sandeep Kulkarni, Amruta Khanvilkar and Tejaswini Pandit in a lead roles. He also made a guest appearance in the blockbuster movie ‘Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Bolatoy’. He then played the role of conman name Vishwas in the movie ‘Ringa Ringa’. The movie was directed by Sanjay Jadhav and Ajay-Atul was the music directors.


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