Santosh Juvekar

Juvekar started with his acting career in 2004 with the Marathi play Aani Makarand Rajadhyaksha^[3] playing the role Naren Deshmukh. Directed by Dilip Kolhatkar, the play had Vikram Gokhale in it. He soon started working in various television serials and became popular with the show Ya Gojirvanya Gharaat. His first film debut was through Rajiv Patil's film Blind Game in 2006.^[4] The film had a notable star cast of Anant Jog and Upendra Limaye in lead roles and actress Mukta Barve in a small role. He later played various roles as the main lead in films like Zenda, Morya, Matter and more. He also did a movie named 31December:The Mirror in which he played the role of Army officer. He got nominated for Gadbad Gondhal in Ambarnath Marathi Film Festival in 2017 as Best Actor.^[5] He also works in a web series known as Struggler Saala which is available on YouTube.^[6]

He commenced his acting career in 2004 with the Marathi play 'Aani Makarand Rajadhyaksha'. In this play, he played the role of Naren Deshmukh. Directed by Dilip Kolhatkar, the play co-starred Vikram Gokhale.^[7]

Santosh Juvekar is known for his brilliant performance in films like 'Zenda', Ek Tara, Shala, Fakt Ladh Mhana, Sanai Choughade, Date Bhet, 'Rege', 'Morya', and 'Sharyat'^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

His upcoming movies include 'Raanti' directed by Samit Kakkad who had directed 36 Gunn featuring Santosh Juvekar.^[15]

His first Hindi movie was Mumbai Meri Jaan a 2008 Indian drama film directed by Nishikant Kamat and produced by Ronnie Screwvala.^[16] It stars R. Madhavan, Irrfan Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal and Kay Kay Menon. It deals with the aftermath of the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, where 209 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured.^[17] It won multiple Filmfare Awards including National Film Award for Best Special Effects in 2008.

In 2017, he starred in the movie Ascharya Fuck It (parsed as Ascharya F#*k It on the film's theatrical poster; also known as Ascharyachakit!) featuring alongside Priyanka Bose, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Ankit Raj and Anangsha Biswas.^[18][7]

Santosh Juvekar will be seen in the upcoming film Chhava.^[19]

Santosh Juvekar was seen in Bhonsle released in 2020. He played the role of hostile Vilas, a taxi driver by night and an aspiring Marathi neta by day.^{[20][21][6][8]}

Juvekar played the role of Police Inspector in two movies: Darlings, released on Netflix in 2022, and Kuttey, released in 2023. He also played a role of Guddu in the movie Minus 31: The Nagpur Files.^[22]

• In 2022 he acted in Dharavi Bank which starred actors like Sunil Shetty and Vivek Oberoi.^[12]
• He played the role of 'Sawtya' in 'Ek Thi Begum - An MX Original Series in 2021.^[10]