Prashant Damle
| Prashant Damle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Prashant Purushottam Damle 5 April 1961 Mumbai |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Notable work |
Moruchi Mavshi Gela Madhav Kunikade Eka Lagnachi Goshta |
| Website | http://www.prashantdamle.com |
Prashant Damle is a Marathi actor, comedian who has acted in numerous Marathi dramas, movies and television serials for over 29 years. He has been associated with Marathi theatre since 1983 and till date has performed in 26 different plays and variety of roles. Damle is widely recognized as the biggest superstar of Marathi theatre.
In the journey of 29 years of performing arts, he has been honoured with many prestigious awards. Till date he has 4 Limca Book Records in his name. He has also performed in 37 Marathi Feature Films and 24 marathi serials. On January 6, 2013, at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai, his drama Gela Madhav Kunikade set a world record, with its 10,700th performance over a period of more than 15 years.
After the first few stage performances during his school years and college years he got an opportunity to act in the marathi play named "Tur Tur". That proved to be a major breakthrough for him and thus he ventured into the commercial marathi theater. He proved his excellence in comedy. Then followed the play "Moruchi Mauvshi". During that period of struggle Mr. Sudhir Bhat of Suyog Productions, cast him into a lead role in his comedy drama "Bramhachari". That was what gave birth to his devotion and dedication to the world of marathi theater & entertainment. He got his first break into films through the film "Pudhcha Paul" by Producer Mr. Vinay Nevalkar which was directed by Mr Raj Dutt and thus marked his first entry into the world of Marathi films, where his performance and name reached to a larger audience, further stabilising his presence in the acting arena.
Having done a number of shows on Marathi stage, Prashant has also worked in the film media. He has worked in numerous television serials and more than a hundred marathi films. He has worked with the big wigs of the industry and worked in some of the all time famous movies like - PASANT AAHE MULAGI, SAVAT MAAJHI LADKI,EKDA PAHAVA KARUN, ATMA VISHWAS, INA MEENA DEEKA, MADHUCHANDRACHI RATRA, WAAJVA RE WAAJVA and the most recent TU TITHE ME.
He has acted in many Marathi and Hindi television serials and has portrayed memorable characters. Some of his works in television discipline are GHARKUL, BE DUNE TEEN, BHIKAJIRAO KARODPATI, GUBBARE, SAARE SAARE GAAUYA, KAY PAHILAS MAZYAT, DARLING DARLING, Bahurupi and the very popular, FILMI CHAKKAR, UCHAPATI, just to name a few of his most unforgettable performances.
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