Pushkaraj Chirputkar
Pushkaraj Chirputkar is a Marathi actor and host widely known for his role of 'Ashu' on the Marathi sitcom "Dil Dosti Duniyadari", as well as for his role in its sequel, "Dil Dosti Dobara". Since then he has appeared in Hindi and Marathi movies, and also on webseries. Early life. He grew up in Akurdi. He went to a convent school, St. Ursula's. His interest in being part of co-curricular activities, rather than classroom education, got him interested in acting. He completed his Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Akurdi, during which  he used to do practice and perform plays with local theatre groups. His family was also very interested in Marathi cinema and theatre. He started out by mimicking "Dilip Prabhavalkar" as a child, after watching him on TV. Career. Chirputkar became known with the role of the simpleton Ashu (Ashutosh Shivalkar) on the Marathi Sitcom "Dil Dosti Duniyadari," which became an instant success. He was also in its reboot sequel, "Dil Dosti Dobara". He has also been part of Marathi movies like "Baapjanma" (2017), "Tujha Tu Majha Mi" (2017), "1 Te 4 Band" (2017) and "Mantr" (2018). He was seen  in the Hindi Movie, "Budhiya Singh - Born to Run". He also co-hosted Filmfare Award (Marathi) in 2017, alongside "Pushkar Shrotri". He also was the host of Maharshtracha Favorite Dancer in 2018 which aired on Sony Marathi. He also made a cameo appearance in Amazon Prime's Original Show "The Family Man (2019)." He will be seen in Medium Spicy, a Marathi film which is scheduled to be released in 2020. He also played a role in "BhaDiPa"'s sketch comedies "Aaplya Baapacha Hatel" and "Aaplya Baapacha Rasta". Environmental activism. He was the chief guest at Haritamritam, a green initiative  on organic terrace gardening by Amrita Yuva Dharm Dhara(AYUDH).