Nipun Dharmadhikari
Born
Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari

1987
NationalityIndian
Alma materBrihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune
Occupations
  • actor
  • writer
  • director
Years active2003 - present
Known for
AwardsNargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration (2018)

Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari[1] (born in 1987) is a Marathi writer, actor, and director.[2][3] He is known for the revival of Sangeet Natak(Musicals) and long five act plays.[4]

Early life & personal life

Dharmadhikari's early education was in a convent school. He started learning classical music when he was 8.[5] His first contact with arts came when he did an impromptu performance of the Marathi play, Varhad Nighalay London La in front of his class, in school. The teachers found out and he then began performing for annual days and other public events.[6] He was a student of Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, where he was studying to become a chartered accountant.[2][7] In 2003, Dharmadhikari started acting in plays for Purushottam Karandak, Pune's intercollegiate theatre competition.[8] He has also participated in Zee Karandak.[7]

He is married to singer Sanhita Chandorkar.

Career

He started Natak Company along with Amey Wagh, Parna Pethe and few students from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce and Fergusson college in 2008, which produces Marathi plays.[4] His maiden venture was the play Cycle, where he directed Amey Wagh.[9] In 2009, he was seen in the Marathi film, Harishchandrachi Factory.[10] He went on to direct two plays, the first one being Lose Control, which dealt with sexual fantasies of three teenagers;[8] while the second one was Never Mind, starring Spruha Joshi.[5] In 2013, Dharmadhikari also wrote for the Hindi romantic comedy-drama film, Nautanki Saala!.[3][11]

In 2015, Dharmadhikari was also featured in Forbes India's 30 under 30 list.[8] In the same year, he was also seen in Highway, where he was seen playing a football fan.[12] He was again featured on Forbes Asia's 30 under 30 list in 2016.[13] He hosts the satirical talk show Casting Couch with Amey & Nipun on the YouTube channel, Bharatiya Digital Party, which started the same year.[14][15] He made his marathi movie directorial debut through Baapjanma(2017).[16] He also went on to direct the national award winning film, Dhappa.[17] He was the guest of honour at Vinodottam Karandak in 2017.[18] He has also directed award winning plays like Sharam Gayi Toh, 36 and Dalan.[7] In 2022, he directed the Marathi play Adlay Ka…?, starring Parna Pethe and Atul Pethe, based on the original work Die Besetzung (The Occupation) by Swiss writer Charles Lewinsky and translated by Shaunak Chandorkar.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Language Reference
2009 Harishchandrachi Factory Actor Marathi [10]
2013 Nautanki Saala! Writer Hindi [3]
2015 Highway Actor Marathi
2017 Baapjanma Writer/ Director Marathi
2018 Dhappa Writer/ Director Marathi
Karwaan Actor Hindi
2022 Me Vasantrao Writer/ Director Marathi

Shows

Name Role Language Platform Reference
Side Hero Writer Hindi Eros Now [3]
Casting Couch With Amey & Nipun Host Marathi YouTube
Once A Year Arihant Marathi MXPLAYER
Mismatched Director Hindi Netflix

Plays

Year of first show Name Role Reference
2012 Never Mind Director [19]
2016 Amar Photo Studio [9]
Sangeet Saunshaykallol [20]
2017 Stand-Up Actor [21]
2018 Once More Director [22]
2022 Adlay Ka…? [23]
Unknown Cycle [6]
Sangeet Manapman
Sangeet Saubhadra
Lose Control

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Mhorkya, Kaccha Limbu and Dhappa win National Awards - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Pune talent scores big at 65th National Awards". 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Das, Arti. "A child's perspective, but not a children's film: Nipun Dharmadhikari on his award-winning 'Dhappa'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Nipun Dharmadhikari's gears up for his next Marathi film". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "मंत्र यशाचा : संगीत नाटकही प्रायोगिक नाटकच". 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b Ainapure, Mrunmayi (3 August 2017). "heroes: Pune Heroes: Nipun Dharmadhikari". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "The stage is set". India Today. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Nipun Dharmadhikari: The theatre revivalist". Forbes India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ^ a b "This 'photo studio' will capture a different perspective". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b Unnithan, Vidya. "Relative value: Act ten". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Film review: Nautanki Saala!". Pukaar Magazine. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Highway review: Umesh and Girish Kulkarni's latest is a triumph for Marathi cinema and FTII". Firstpost. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  13. ^ "30 Under 30 2016 Asia: The Arts". Forbes. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  14. ^ "What's brewing between Mrinmayee Godbole, Parna Petha and Imtiaz Ali?". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  15. ^ "PL Deshpande to BhaDiPa: Bridging laughs". DNA India. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  16. ^ Matkari, Ganesh. "FILM: BAAPJANMA". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  17. ^ Dhappa Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Dhappa by Times of India, retrieved 27 June 2019
  18. ^ "Satire galore at Vinodottam this year". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Light take on Romance". Pune Mirror. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  20. ^ "१०० वर्ष झाली तरी 'संगीत संशयकल्लोळ' नाटक आजही ताजे – प्रशांत दामले". Loksatta (in Marathi). 8 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Theatre buzz: Seriously funny business!". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Get ready for Bharat Jadhav's new play Once More". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Adlay Ka Marathi Natak • Info & Upcoming Shows • रंगभूमी.com". रंगभूमी.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  24. ^ "The Maharashtra State Marathi Professional Drama Competition Awards". www.lokmat.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  25. ^ "कॅप्टन ‌शिवानी 'युथ आयकॉन'". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Zee Natya Gaurav Puraskar 2019 Winners List: Soyare Sakal, Kajvyancha Gaon Win Big". Zee Marathi. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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