Akshar Kothari

Akshar Kothari is an Indian television actor predominantly working in the Marathi language. He is best known for his role as Shantanu on the daily soap Swabhiman - Shodh Astitvacha.^[1]

Akshar Kothari
Born	Solapur, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011–present
Notable work	Bandh Reshmache Swabhiman - Shodh Astitvacha
Spouse	Mansi Naik ​ ​ (m. 2015; div. 2019)​

Personal life

Kothari was married with Mansi Naik in 2015. They divorced in 2019.^[2]

Career

In 2011, Kothari had a role in the Star Pravah show titled Band Reshmache. He later had a role in Colors Marathi's serial Chahool.^[3]

In 2021, Kothari starred in Mumbai Diaries 26/11 as Inspector Mayank Bhatt^[4] and played a role opposite Pooja Birari in Star Pravah's show Swabhiman – Shodh Astitvacha.^[5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2011–2012	Bandh Reshmache	Shekhar
2013	Aaradhana	Sambhav Mahajan
2014–2016	Kamla	Devashish	[6]
2017–2018	Chahool	Sarjerao Bhosale	[7]
2018–2019	Chhoti Malkin	Shridhar Chandorkar	[8]
2021	Mumbai Diaries 26/11	Inspector Mayank Bhat	[9]
2021–2023	Swabhiman – Shodh Astitvacha	Shantanu Suryavanshi	[10]
2023–present	Laxmichya Paulanni	Advait Chandekar	[11]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Dafan	Inspector Apte	Short film[12]
2025	Parinati		Film [13]