Nipun Dharmadhikari

• Name — Nipun Dharmadhikari • Birth Name — Nipun Avinash Dharmadhikari • Born — 1987 • Education — Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune • Occupation — * actor • writer • director • Years Active — 2003 - present • Known for — * Dhappa • Amar Photo Studio • Casting Couch With Amey & Nipun • Mismatched • Me Vasantrao • Awards — Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration (2018)

Dharmadhikari's early education was in a convent school. He started learning classical music when he was 8. His first contact with arts came when he did an impromptu performance of the Marathi play, Varhad Nighalay London La in front of his class, in school. The teachers found out and he then began performing for annual days and other public events. He was a student of Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, where he was studying to become a chartered accountant. In 2003, Dharmadhikari started acting in plays for Purushottam Karandak, Pune's intercollegiate theatre competition. He has also participated in Zee Karandak. He is married to singer Sanhita Chandorkar.

He started Natak Company along with Amey Wagh, Parna Pethe and few students from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce and Fergusson college in 2008, which produces Marathi plays. His maiden venture was the play Cycle, where he directed Amey Wagh. In 2009, he was seen in the Marathi film, Harishchandrachi Factory. He went on to direct two plays, the first one being Lose Control, which dealt with sexual fantasies of three teenagers; while the second one was Never Mind, starring Spruha Joshi. In 2013, Dharmadhikari also wrote for the Hindi romantic comedy-drama film, Nautanki Saala!. In 2015, Dharmadhikari was also featured in Forbes India's 30 under 30 list. In the same year, he was also seen in Highway, where he was seen playing a football fan. He was again featured on Forbes Asia's 30 under 30 list in 2016. He hosts the satirical talk show Casting Couch with Amey & Nipun on the YouTube channel, Bharatiya Digital Party, which started the same year. He made his marathi movie directorial debut through Baapjanma(2017). He also went on to direct the national award winning film, Dhappa. He was the guest of honour at Vinodottam Karandak in 2017. He has also directed award winning plays like Sharam Gayi Toh, 36 and Dalan. In 2022, he directed the Marathi play Adlay Ka…?, starring Parna Pethe and Atul Pethe, based on the original work Die Besetzung (The Occupation) by Swiss writer Charles Lewinsky and translated by Shaunak Chandorkar.

• Name — Role — Language — Platform — Reference • Side Hero — Writer — Hindi — Eros Now • Casting Couch With Amey & Nipun — Host — Marathi — YouTube • Once A Year — Arihant — Marathi — MXPLAYER • Mismatched S1, S2, S3 — Director — Hindi — Netflix

• Year of first show — Name — Role — Reference • 2012 — Never Mind — Director • 2016 — Amar Photo Studio • Sangeet Saunshaykallol • 2017 — Stand-Up — Actor • 2018 — Once More — Director • 2022 — Adlay Ka...? • 2026 — Lagna Panchami • Unknown — Cycle • Sangeet Manapman • Sangeet Saubhadra • Lose Control