Divyang Thakkar

Divyang Thakkar is an Indian film actor, writer, and director who primarily works in Gujarati cinema.[3]

Divyang Thakkar
Born1986/1987 (age 33–34)[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Notable work
Kevi Rite Jaish, Bey Yaar
Spouse(s)
Veronica Kalpana Gautam[2]
​
​
(m. 2014)​

Early life

Divyang Thakkar was born and raised in Mumbai. His family originates from Mundra town in the Kutch district of Gujarat state.[1] He has studied filmmaking at the Whistling Woods.

Career

After acting in a short film titled Kalapaani in 2011, Thakkar received his first major acting role in Gujarati cinema in the 2012 satire movie Kevi Rite Jaish directed by Abhishek Jain.[4] The movie was a critical and commercial success and is also considered to be a "glimmer of hope" for Gujarati cinema.[5] This led to the actor-director duo partnering again in Bey Yaar (2015) which also became a critical and commercial success.[6][7] He later acted as one of the six leads in an ALTBalaji web series Boygiri (2017).[8] He has now turned writer-director for Yash Raj Films with the upcoming Ranveer Singh starrer 2020 movie Jayeshbhai Jordaar.[9]

Personal life

Divyang Thakkar married his Kevi Rite Jaish co-star Veronica Kalpana-Gautam in 2014.[2]

Works

Filmography
YearFilmCredited asCharacterLanguageOther notesRef.
2011KalapaaniActorHindiShort film
2012Kevi Rite JaishActorHarish Bachubhai PatelGujaratiGujarati debut[4]
2012Chanakya SpeaksActorAamir MaqviEnglish
2014Bey YaarActorChintan Bhatt aka ChakoGujarati[10]
2016Khaatti Meethi SettingActor[11]
2019 Chasani Actor [12]
2020Jayeshbhai JordaarWriter, Director-HindiDirectorial debut[9]

Web series
Year Title Role Platform Ref.
2017 Boygiri Pragnesh Wakharia ALTBalaji [8]

References
  1. Vora, Bhavin (19 September 2014). "Bey Yaar's Divyang Thakkar's Interview: Kutchi Youth has 3 Idiots-like Thrills in Life". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. Malini, Navya (23 January 2017). "Divyang and Veronica get hitched". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. TNN (13 January 2017). "More Gujarati films should release in Mumbai: Divyang". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. TNN (3 May 2012). "Divyang Thakkar: From theatre to Gollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. Prakash Gowda (2 July 2012). "Kevi Rite Jaish – No Dhollywood, but an urban Gujarati film". Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. "Look Who's Filming". mid-day. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. Jambhekar, Shruti (13 January 2017). "Bey Yaar bags nine awards". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. "Amey Wagh, Divyang Thakkar To Be Part Of Ekta Kapoor's Web Series 'Boygiri'". Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  9. DNA Web Team (27 May 2019). "'Jayeshbhai Jordaar': Ranveer Singh flaunts his Gujarati with director Divyang Thakkar as he announces his next with YRF". DNA. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. TNN (13 January 2017). "My character in 'Bey Yaar' is different than my first film: Divyang Thakkar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  11. Jambhekar, Shruti (20 September 2016). "My movie talks about an interesting 'setting': Divyang". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  12. "First poster of Divyang Thakkar's Chasni out now - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.