Lalit Prabhakar

Lalit Prabhakar is an Indian film, television and theatre actor predominantly working in the Marathi film industry. He is best known for his role as Aditya Desai on the popular daily soap Julun Yeti Reshimgathi and his debut film as main actor in the film Chi Va Chi Sau Ka.^[1][2]

Lalit Prabhakar
Born	(1987-09-12) 12 September 1987 (age 37) Kalyan, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	2008 – present
Known for	Julun Yeti Reshimgathi Anandi Gopal

Career

Lalit Prabhakar is a theatre artist before moving to television, he was part of Avinash Narkar’s play Takshakyag.^[3] He has also directed and acted in a play which is Marathi translation of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities with same name. In 2016, he directed experimental play "Aswastha Samudravar Bail Melay" (Marathi: अस्वस्थ समुद्रावर बैल मेलाय).^[4]

His debut TV show was Jeevalga on Star Pravah. He also played role of Mohit in Kunku. He played role of antagonist, Lakhnya, in Gandh Phulancha Gela Sangun which gave him some recognition, but he got fame and became household name after playing Aditya Desai of Julun Yeti Reshimgathi. His chemistry with lead actress Prajakta Mali struck the chord and Prabhakar won Best actor award at Zee Marathi Awards in 2014.^{[citation needed]} He had received Young Artists Scholarship by Ministry of Culture, Central Govt. of India for 2010–2012 which is given to only 30 artists all over India.^{[citation needed]} He played a role of director-cum-Minal's love interest in Dil Dosti Duniyadari as Kabir. He has hosted Talkies Light House along with Neha Mahajan on Zee Talkies.^[5]

Personal life

Lalit was born on 12 September 1987 in Kalyan and his hometown is Samode, Dhule. His full name is Lalit Prabhakar Bhadane. He studied in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Palghar and holds a BSc in Computer Science. He joined theatre group "Mitee-Chaar Kalyan" in his teenage and did many experimental plays with this group.^[6][7][8]

Media image

He was ranked sixth in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2017.^[9] He was ranked seventh in 2018^[10] and twelfth in 2020.^[11]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Chi Va Chi Sau Ka	Satyaprakash	Debut Film	[12]
2017	TTMM – Tujha Tu Majha Mi	Jay		[13]
2017	Hampi	Kabir		[14]
2019	Anandi Gopal	Gopalrao Joshi	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor Pune International Film Festival Best Actor	[15][16]
2019	Smile Please	Viraj		[17]
2020	Dots	Shakti		[18]
2022	Medium Spicy	Nissim Tipnis		[19]
2022	Zombivali	Vishwas/Jaggu		[20][21]
2022	Colorphool	Karan		[22]
2022	Sunny	Sunny	Nominated Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor	[23]
2023	Tarri	Tarri	Action film	[24]
2024	Nach Ga Ghuma		Cameo	[25]
2025	Ground Zero	Praveen	Hindi	[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Ref.
2008	Jeevlaga	Vallabh Desai	Star Pravah	[27]
2011	Aabhas Ha	Rohan	Zee Marathi
2011	Kunku	Mohit	Zee Marathi
2013-2015	Julun Yeti Reshimgathi	Aditya Desai	Zee Marathi	[28]
2015	Dil Dosti Duniyadari	Kabir	Zee Marathi	[29]
2021	Bigg Boss Marathi 3	Guest	Colors Marathi

Plays

Year	Play	Language	Ref.
2014	Takshakyag	Marathi	[30]
2015	Invisible City	Marathi	[31]
2017	Pati Gele Ga Kathewadi	Marathi	[32]
2016	Dhol Tashe	Marathi	[33]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2020	The Raikar Case	Eklavya Rane	[34]
2022	Pet Puraan	Atul Kokne	[35]
2021	Shantit Kranti S1 and S2	Pashya