Lalit Prabhakar

Lalit was born on 12 September 1987 in Kalyan and his hometown is Samode, Dhule. His full name is Lalit Prabhakar Bhadane. He studied in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Palghar and holds a BSc in Computer Science. He joined theatre group "Mitee-Chaar Kalyan" in his teenage and did many experimental plays with this group.^[4][5][6]

Lalit Prabhakar used to be a theatre artist before moving to television, he was part of Avinash Narkar’s play Takshakyag.^[7] He has also directed and acted in a play which is Marathi translation of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities with same name. In 2016, he directed experimental play "Aswastha Samudravar Bail Melay" (Marathi: अस्वस्थ समुद्रावर बैल मेलाय).^[8]

He played role of Mohit in Kunku. He also played role of antagonist, Lakhnya, in Gandh Phulancha Gela Sangun which gave him some recognition, but he got fame and became household name after playing Aditya Desai of Julun Yeti Reshimgathi. His chemistry with lead actress Prajakta Mali struck the chord and Prabhakar won Best actor award at Zee Marathi Awards in 2014.^{[citation needed]} He had received Young Artists Scholarship by Ministry of Culture, Central Govt. of India for 2010–2012 which is given to only 30 artists all over India.^{[citation needed]} He played a role of director-cum-Minal's love interest in Dil Dosti Duniyadari as Kabir. He has hosted Talkies Light House along with Neha Mahajan on Zee Talkies.^[9]

He was ranked sixth in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2017.^[10] He was ranked seventh in 2018^[11] and twelfth in 2020.^[12]