Amey Wagh

Amey Wagh
Wagh in 2018.
Born13 November 1987 (1987-11-13) (age 36)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materBrihan Maharashtra College of Commerce
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Notable work
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Spouse
Sajiri Deshpande
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(m. 2017)​

Amey Wagh (born 13 November 1987)[1] is an Indian Marathi actor known for films such as Popat, Faster Fene, Muramba, Girlfriend.[2][3] He was recently seen portraying Kushal in season 2 of Sacred Games and Balvir Subeir in Asur- Welcome to Your Dark Side and Asur 2.

Early life

Wagh studied in Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune. He began actively participating in play competitions since he began college.[4] He lived in a joint family in Pune, consisting of around 65 members. His family was in the transport business.[5]

Career

Wagh is part of the theatre group, Natak Company.[2] He auditioned for the role of Chatur in 3 Idiots (2009) but was rejected.[6] He made his Bollywood debut in 2012 through the movie, Aiyyaa, where he played Nana.[7] He made his marathi film debut through Sangeeta Pusalkar's directorial, Aaicha Gondhal (2008), starring Kuldip Pawar, as his father and Nirmiti Sawant, as his mother. In 2014, he was in an English play titled The Government Inspector.[8] In the same year he was also seen in Shutter (2014). He was also in the play Bombed in 2015.[9] The Marathi play, Amar Photo Studio, had Wagh in a lead role.[10] He also starred in two popular Marathi TV serials Dil Dosti Duniyadari and its sequel Dil Dosti Dobara. He also hosted Zee Marathi Awards 2015-Utsav Natyancha Aplya Maitricha along with Pushkaraj Chirputkar.

He hosted the show Super Dancer Maharashtra in 2018.[11] He also co-hosted Jio Filmfare Awards Marathi 2018, alongside Suvrat Joshi.[12] He is part of the YouTube channel Bharatiya Digital Party, where he hosts a celebrity talk show called Casting Couch with Amey & Nipun.[13] He was ranked 5 in the Times of India-Pune's Most Desirable Men list in 2018.[14] His movie, Girlfriend, has released in July 2019.[15] He hosted the food show Mrs.Annapurna (2014) on ETV Marathi and the dance reality show 2 MAD (2017) on Colors Marathi.[citation needed] He has also acted in the movie Mee Vasantrao, which was releasing on 1 May 2020 but is postponed due to the lockdown in India.

Filmography

Films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes
2008 Joshi Ki Kamble Sanjay Kamble Marathi
2008 Aaicha Gondhal Son of Village Head Marathi
2009 Billu Modern Barber's Assistant Hindi [16]
2009 Lagli Paij Anand Gadgil Marathi
2010 Aiyyaa Nana Hindi [7]
2013 Popat Raghu Marathi
 [17]
2014 Shutter Autorickshaw Driver
2016 Ghantaa Raj
2017 Muramba Alok
Faster Fene Banesh Fene(Banya)
2018 High Jack ATC Junior Official Hindi
2019 Girlfriend Nachiket Marathi [18][19][15]
2020 Dhurala Bhavajya
2021 Karkhanisanchi Waari: Ashes on a road trip Om Kharkhanis
2022 Zombivali Sudhir
Govinda Naam Mera Kaustubh Godbole Hindi
Me Vasantrao Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Marathi
Ananya Jay Dixit Marathi Nominated Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Supporting Actor
2023 Jaggu Ani Juliet Jaggu Marathi
2024 Like Aani Subscribe Rohidas Chavan / Rohit Marathi [20]
2025 FussClass Dabhade Marathi [21]
Frame † TBA Marathi [22]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs
2015 - 2016 Dil Dosti Duniyadari Kaivalya Karkhanis Sitcom
2017 Dil Dosti Dobara Sahil Pradhan
2016 Casting Couch with Amey & Nipun Host Webseries [23]
2017 Boygiri Bajirao Ghadigoankar Webseries [24]
2019 Sacred Games 2 Khushal Netflix Original Series [25][26]
2020 Brochara Pampu Dice Media
2020 Asur Balvir Subeir Voot Select Original Series
2021 Cartel Dhawal Sony Liv
2021 Bigg Boss Marathi 3 Guest Reality Show
2022 The Great Indian Murder Arun Deshmukh Disney+ Hotstar
2023 Kaala Paani ACP Ketan Kamat Netflix

Plays

Awards

He was awarded Vinod Doshi fellowship in performing arts in 2015.[31] He won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (male) in the Filmfare Awards Marathi 2018, for Muramba.[32]

Personal life

He was born in Pune, Maharashtra. He was in a relationship with Sajiri Deshpande for 13 years before eventually marrying her on 2 July 2017 at Shrutimangal, Pune.[33]

Philanthropy

He, along with Sunil Barve, donated the money from two shows of Amar Photo Studio to Chief Minister's Relief Fund in 2018.[34]

Media image

Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra
Sponsor Year Rank
Film Ref.
The Times of India,
Maharashtra Times 		2017 10 [35]
2018 5 [36]
2019 23 [37]
2020 20 [38]

References

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  2. ^ a b Bhanage, Mihir (27 September 2017). "Amey Wagh: Faster Fene is being compared to Sherlock – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ Atulkar, Preeti (3 June 2017). "When Amey Wagh's parents got emotional". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ^ Joshi, Mitesh (9 January 2019). "कॉलेज आठवणींचा कोलाज : सुवर्णकाळ". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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  8. ^ "NCPA & Akvarious Production's play The Government Inspector premiers in Bangalore". APN News. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. ^ "BOMBED by Akvarious Productions – Review". youth incorporated. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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  11. ^ "Dussehra Special: Amey Wagh shares a picture of his 'Raavan' avatar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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