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. At the time he also dabbled in acting, writing and directing numerous local short films like alongside Amey Wagh and Shruti Marathe as lead actors which later aired on Zee Yuva in 2016. 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).