Siddharth Chandekar

Siddharth Chandekar (born 14 June 1991) is an Indian actor. He is known for his work in Marathi cinema. At the age of 18, he made his debut in Marathi cinema with Avadhoot Gupte's 2010 political drama movie Zenda.^[3]

Siddharth Chandekar
Siddharth with Sakhi Gokhale
Born	14 June 1991[1] Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Mitali Mayekar ​ (m. 2021)​ [2]
Parent	Seema Chandekar
Website	www.facebook.com/siddharth.chandekar

Career

Chandekar started his acting career in 2007 with the Hindi film Hamne Jeena Sikh Liya.^[4] However, Siddharth made his debut in Marathi with the popular TV serial Agnihotra, later he appeared in Avadhoot Gupte's ‘Zenda’. Siddharth is best known for his role Ani in the recent blockbuster film Classmates. In 2014 he starred as a lead in Ajay Naik's Baware Prem He opposite Urmila Kanitkar.^[5]

He then appeared in Aditya Sarpotdar's 2015 blockbuster movie Classmates.^[6] Siddharth was seen opposite debutant Rutuja Shinde in romantic comedy film Online Binline.^[7] He subsequently featured in different films like Vazandar co-starring Sai Tamhankar and Priya Bapat to be directed by Sachin Kundalkar, Lost and Found along with Spruha Joshi and Pindadan. Siddharth's next film Lost and Found was released on 29 July 2016.^[8] The film produced by Golden Gate Motion Pictures is a love story and has Siddharth Chandekar as the male lead. In 2017 Siddhartha's bus stop movie was released. In 2018, he starred in the film Gulabjamun alongside Sonali Kulkarni which is directed by national award winner director Sachin Kundalkar.^[9]

Personal life

Chandekar completed his primary education at S D Katariya High School in his hometown Pune, followed by studies at Sir Parshurambhau College Pune. He uses his mom Seema Chandekar's name as his middle name. He married actress Mitali Mayekar.^[10]

Media image

Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra

Sponsor	Year	Rank
		Film	Ref.
The Times of India, Maharashtra Times	2017	2	[11]
	2018	2	[12]
	2019	18	[13]
	2020	11	[14]

He was ranked fourth in The Times of India's Top 15 Most Desirable Men on Marathi Television in 2020.^[15]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Humne Jeena Seekh Liya	Ashwin	Bollywood Debut Hindi film
2010	Zenda	Umesh Jagtap	Debut Marathi film
2011	Balgandharva	Mahadev Abhyankar
2012	Satrangi Re	Yezdi (Michael Mascarenhas)
	Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha	Rajat
2013	Sanshaykallol	Siddharth
	Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta
	Lagna Pahave Karun	Rahul Kulkarni
2014	Dusari Goshta
	Baavare Prem He	Neel Rajadhyaksha
2015	Classmates	Annirudha (Anya)
	Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota	Virendra
	Online Binline	Sid
2016	Lost and Found	Manas
	Vazandar	Alok Dixit
	Pindadaan	Ashutosh
2017	Bus Stop	Vineet
2018	Gulabjaam	Aditya Naik	[16]
	Ranangan	Varad Kulkarni
2019	Miss U Mister	Varun
2021	Befaam	Siddharth
	Jhimma	Kabir	[17]
2023	Jhimma 2	Kabir	Nominated Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Supporting Actor[18]
2024	Ole Aale	Aditya Lele	[19]
	Sridevi Prasanna	Prassnna	[20]
2025	Fussclass Dabhade	Pappu	[21]
TBA	Congratulations †	TBA	Filming[22]

Television

• 2019 City of Dreams on Disney+ Hotstar (Webseries)
• 2010 Agnihotra as Neil Agnihotri^[23]
• 2011 Kashala Udyachi Baat as Aditya Mahashabde^[23]
• 2011 Madhu Ithe An Chandra Tithe - Zee Marathi as Mohan^[24]
• 2017 Prem He - Zee Yuva as Shree ^[23]
• 2019 Jeevlaga - Star Pravah as Nikhil^[25]
• 2020-21 Sang Tu Aahes Ka? - Star Pravah as Swaraj^[26]
• 2021 Bigg Boss Marathi season 3 - Colors Marathi as Guest
• 2021-2024 Mi Honar Superstar - Star Pravah as Host