Shashank Ketkar

Shashank Ketkar (born 15 September 1985) is a Marathi television and theater actor predominantly working in the Marathi. He is best known for his role as Shree on the daily soap Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi.

Personal life Shashank Ketkar was married to actress Tejashree Pradhan in 2014, but they divorced in 2016. Shashank married again in 2017 to Priyanka Dhavale who is a lawyer by profession and hails from Dombivli, a city near Mumbai.

Career Ketkar earned a Masters of Engineering Management in Sydney, Australia. He worked as a duty manager at Olympic gold-medalist Ian Thorpe's swimming school in Australia. While in Sydney, he took part in Marathi plays and musical programs organized by cultural groups. Upon completing his education and on returning to India, he decided to indulge in performing arts, which had been only his hobby up till then. He joined "Sudarshan Rangamanch", a theatre group in Pune where he landed his first role in the play Purnaviram, which was directed by Pramod Kale and written by Sachin Kundalkar. He then auditioned for Marathi television shows and debuted as Kailash on ETV Marathi's daily soap Kalay Tasmay Namah, where he played grandson of Vikram Gokhale. He also did a negative character of Aniket Gaydhani in the serial Swapnanchya Palikadle that aired on Star Pravah.

Ketkar's biggest break came in 2013 with the Zee Marathi's daily soap Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi where his lead role as Shreerang 'Shree' Gokhale made him popular. In 2013, at the Zee Marathi Awards, Ketkar received the "Best Actor" and "Best Couple" award. In 2015, the show's lead characters Shree and Janhavi started trending on social networks and WhatsApp as Janhavi's famous dialogue in the show "Kahihi ha Shree!", which she regularly repeats, became popular.

In 2014, he played the role of Mangesh Kadam and Leena Bhagwat's son in the play Goshta Tashi Gamtichi, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor (Commercial Plays) at the 2015 Akhil Bhartiya Natya Parishad Awards. In 2015, his first single "Yaara" was released by Sagarika Musics. The romantic-single is co-sung by Deepika Jog and the video also features Ketkar.

Filmography Films YearTitle RoleNotesRef. 2016 One Way TicketAniketDebut film 2018 Aaron MadhavIndo-French Project 2018 31 DivasMakarand Sawant 2020 Goshta Eka PaithanichiSubodh

Television Year Serial Role Channel Ref. 2011–2012 Suvasini Jayaram Star Pravah 2012 Rang Maza Vegla Sameer Saam TV Kalay Tasmai Namah Kailash ETV Marathi 2013 Swapnanchya Palikadle Aniket Gaidhani Star Pravah 2013–2016 Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi Shrirang "Shree" Gokhale Zee Marathi 2016–2017 Ithech Taka Tambu Kapil Sathe Zee Yuva 2017 Naktichya Lagnala Yaycha Ha Zee Marathi 2018–2020 Sukhachya Sarini He Man Baware Siddharth "Sid" Tatwawadi Colors Marathi 2021 Pahile Na Mi Tula Samar Jahagirdar / Vijay Dhavade Zee Marathi 2022–2026 Muramba Akshay Mukadam Star Pravah

Music album Year Album Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) 2015 Yaara Yaara Hrishikesh Datar, Saurabh Bhalerao, Jasraj Joshi Vaibhav Joshi Deepika Jog

Plays Purnaviram Goshta Tashi Gamtichi Kusum Manohar Lele

Web-series 2023 - Scam 2003 as Jayant Karmarkar aka JK 2024 - Showtime as Assistant Director

Media image +Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra Sponsor Year Rank TV Ref. Film Ref.The Times of India,Maharashtra Times2017––15 20187 12 20197 24 20208 19

Awards Year(s) Award(s) Category(s) Work Ref.(s) 2013 Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards Best Actor Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi Best Couple (Shree-Jahnavi) Best Couple (Shree-Janhavi) 2014 2015 MICTA Best Supporting Actor Goshta Tashi Gamtichi 2015 Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad 2019 Colors Marathi Awards Best Couple (Anushri-Siddharth) Sukhachya Sarini He Man Baware Best Actor 2021 Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards 2020-21 Most Influential Character Pahile Na Mi Tula 2022 Star Pravah Parivar PuraskarBest New Member Muramba Best Husband 2023Best Romantic Couple (Akshay-Rama) 2025