Kiran Karmarkar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in the Hindi television and Marathi film industries. He is best known for playing the role of Om Agarwal in the Hindi television series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ (2000 – 2008) aired on StarPlus.
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Wiki/Biography
Kiran Karmarkar was born on Friday, 2 May 1958 (age 65 years; as in 2023) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: Light brown
Kiran Karmarkar (right) with Vikram Pratap Singh.
Family
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
wife and children
He married TV actress Rinku Dhawan in 2002. They met each other on the sets of the television series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ (2000), in which they played brother-sister on-screen. Soon they became good friends and started dating each other. They dated each other for a long time before marriage. However, the couple separated in 2017 and divorced in 2019.
Kiran Karmarkar and Rinku Dhawan’s wedding photo
Both of them also have a son named Ishaan.
Kiran Karmarkar with his son
livelihood
Theater
Kiran Karmarkar started her career as a theater artist in 1989 with a Marathi theater group named Dinamam. In 2006, he played a comic role for the first time in the Hindi drama ‘Mera Naam Joker’ directed by Shubha Khote. That Hindi drama ‘Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai…!’ Was seen with Shefali Shah. in 2010. She has performed in various Marathi theater plays including ‘Kachche Dhaage’, ‘Salim Arif’, ‘Humsafar’ and ‘Shaadi Ki Home Delivery’.
Television
She started her television career with the horror television drama series ‘Mano Ya Na Mano’ (1995), which aired on Zee TV. In 1996, he appeared as a minister in the TV series ‘Itihaas’. This series was aired on DD National. The same year, he appeared in the TV show ‘Safar’ alongside Anoop Soni, Irrfan Khan and Om Puri. He played the role of Rajesh in the television show ‘Ghar Ek Mandir’ (2000), which aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Kiran Karmarkar (right) in a scene from the TV show ‘Ghar Ek Mandir’
He gained immense popularity after playing the role of Om Agarwal in the popular television drama series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ in 2000. The TV series was aired on StarPlus.
Kiran Karmarkar (left) in a scene from the TV show ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’
In 2004, he played the role of Nischay Kapoor in the television show ‘Kehna Hai Kuchh Mujhko’, which aired on Sony Entertainment Television. He played the role of Sudhanshu in the TV show ‘Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasmaan’ (2006) aired on StarPlus. The actor appeared as a contestant in Season 1 of the comedy TV reality show ‘Comedy Circus’ (2007), which aired on Sony Entertainment Television. Karmarkar appeared as Maharaj Shantanu in the mythological TV series ‘Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki’ (2008) aired on 9X.
Kiran Karmarkar as Maharaja Shantanu in a scene from the TV series ‘Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki’
In 2012, he played the negative role of Tej Singh Bundela in the TV drama series ‘Uttaran’. This series was aired on Colors TV. She has acted in various TV series including ‘Abhimaan’ (1999) on Doordarshan, ‘Saarthi’ (2006) on StarPlus, ‘Badalte Rishton Ki Dastan’ (2013) on Zee TV, ‘Tamanna’ (2016) on StarPlus, ‘Dhahai’ Have done. ‘Kilo Prem’ (2017) on StarPlus, ‘Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana’ (2021) on StarPlus, ‘Spy Bahu’ (2022) on Colors TV.
Kiran Karmarkar (left) in a scene from the TV series Badalte Rishton Ki Daastan
film
Marathi
Kiran Karmarkar debuted in the Marathi film industry with the film ‘Nishpaap’ (1992) starring popular Marathi actor Yashwant Dutt. He played the role of Satish Gaikwad in the film.
Kiran Karmarkar (right) in a scene from the film ‘Nishpaap’
In 1994 he appeared in the film ‘Yadanya’. He played the role of Dr. Deshpande in the film ‘Aaghat’ (2010). In 2013, he played the role of Prasad Sathe in the film ‘Pune 52’. The actor played the role of Nishikant Sabnis in the comedy-drama film ‘Family Katta’ (2016) directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
Poster of the film ‘Family Katta’
He appeared in the feminist drama film ‘Amhi Doghi’ opposite Mukta Barve in 2018. He appeared in many Marathi films like ‘Rangiberangi’ (2009), ‘Aarohi Gosht Tighanchi’ (2012), ‘Bhatukaali’ (2014), ‘ ‘Shashan’ (2016), ‘Kanha’ (2016), and ‘June’ (2021).
Hindi
Kiran Karmarkar made his debut in the Hindi film industry with the film ‘Shirdi Sai Baba’ (2001), in which he played the role of a blind man. In 2004, he appeared in the role of the father of Raju (played by Arya Babbar) in the film ‘Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum’. In 2010, he played the role of SP Sharma in the Bollywood film ‘Raajneeti’. He played the role of Ramakant Choudhary in the 2016 film ‘Jai Gangaajal’.
Kiran Karmarkar in a scene from the film ‘Jai Gangajal’
In 2022, he appeared as ticket collector Damle in the film ‘Darlings’ starring Alia Bhatt. She has acted in several Hindi films including ‘Just Married’ (2007), ‘Pankht’ (2010), ‘Force’ (2011), ‘Shanghai’ (2012) and ‘Crazy Kuckard Family’ (2015).
Other work
In 2023, he appeared in the biographical web series ‘Scam 2003: The Telegi Story’, in which he played the role of Morey. The series was premiered on the OTT platform SonyLIV.
Poster of web series ‘Scam 2003: The Telgi Story’
He has also appeared in various television commercials including Kisan Jam.
Kiran Karmarkar in a scene from a Kisan Jam advertisement
award
- Won the Best Actor Award (shared with Shivaji Satam) for the Hindi TV series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ in 2002.
- Nominated for Best Actor Award for Hindi TV series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ in 2003.
- Nominated for Best Actor Award for Hindi TV series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ in 2004.
- Won the Maharashtra State Film Award for his performance in the Marathi film ‘Kshanokshni’ in 2009
- Won the Best Actor (Critics) Award in a Negative Role for the Hindi TV series ‘Uttaran’ in 2013.
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Negative Role for Hindi TV Series ‘Uttaran’ in 2013
Facts/General Knowledge
- He played the role of his ex-wife Rinku Dhawan’s on-screen brother in the TV series ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’.
- He often participates in Kavi Sammelan.
Kiran Karmarkar during a poetry conference
- In an interview, he revealed that he has rejected offers from various web shows because they used abusive language and sexual content. He said,
Many web shows came to me but things did not work out. I did not like the content of some shows. Moreover, in some of them, I found sexual content and abusive words used was very unnecessary.
- In another interview he said that he rejected about 50 roles within two years because he did not find the roles worth it. Talking about this in the interview he said,
I must have said ‘no’ to 50 roles in the last two years just because I was being offered characters that had no story of their own.
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