Sumedh Mudgalkar

Sumedh Vasudev Mudgalkar (born 2 November 1996) is an Indian film and television actor, as well as a dancer. He is best known for his work as Shushim in Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, as Lord Krishna in RadhaKrishn and as Darkie in the Disney+ Hotstar series Escaype Live.

Career

Dancing He made his dance debut on a Marathi reality show, Dance Maharashtra Dance, in 2012 at the age of 15 and was one of the finalists. He appeared in Dance India Dance (Season 4) in 2013, where he reached the finals, finishing as 3rd runner-up.

Acting Mudgalkar made his acting debut in Channel V’s Dil Dosti Dance, a dance-based youth show where he portrayed the role of Raghavendra "Raghav" Pratap Singh. Then he became known for portraying the main antagonist Yuvraj Sushim in the Indian historical drama Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat.

Sumedh next moved to the Marathi film industry with a cameo in the 2016 film Ventilator as Karan. He then appeared in Manjha, which was his first film as a main antagonist as well as lead actor, in which he portrayed the role of a psychopath named Vicky. In 2018, he played the role of Salil in Bucket List. Recently, he has also been shooting for the Marathi film Mann Yedyagat Zaala. In 2018, he featured in a music video for a Marathi song Bekhabar Kashi Tu.

From October 2018 to January 2023, he played the role of Lord Krishna, Lord Vishnu and Lord Rama in Swastik Productions' television series RadhaKrishn on Star Bharat opposite Mallika Singh. In 2021, he reprised his role of Lord Vishnu along with Mallika Singh and Basant Bhatt in RadhaKrishn'''s prequel series Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki which also aired on Star Bharat and ended in July 2022.

In 2022 he featured as Darkie in Disney+ Hotstar's web series Escaype Live produced and directed by Siddharth Kumar Tewary under Swastik Productions. Since then he was shooting for a web series and Marathi movie.

In May 2025, he featured as Sebi (Subhash Mhatre) in JioHotstar's web series Hai Junoon! Dream. Dare. Dominate. produced and directed by Abhishek Sharma under jio creatives lab productions.

Singing

Sumedh made his singing debut in a single, "Mere Paas Tum Raho", in March 2023. The music video featured Sumedh alongside Ambika Devi.

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Language Notes 2016 Ventilator Karan Marathi Guest appearance 2017 Manjha Vicky 2018 Bucket List Salil 2024 Man Yedyagat Zala Yash TBAVicky - Full of Love

Television

Web series YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2022Escaype Live Darkie 2025Hai Junoon! Dream. Dare. Dominate.Sebi (Subhash Mhatre) TBHAnarth

Music videos

Discography YearTitleCo-singerComposerLanguageRef.2023Mere Paas Tum RahoPrateeksha Mohit LalwaniHindi

Awards and nominations

Media image He was ranked in The Times of India'' 's "Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra" at No. 17 in 2018, at No.15 in 2019, and at No. 6 in 2020.