Shreyas Talpade is an award-winning Bollywood actor based in Mumbai.
Born January 27, 1976 (1976-01-27) (age 33)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 2005 – present
Personal
Shreyas was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He attended Shree Ram Welfare Society’s High School. He is married to Deepti Talpade. Shreyas met his wife Deepti when he went to her college as a celebrity (he was doing the serial Aabhal Maya then). She was the general secretary.
Deepti is a clinical psychologist, who is a counselor for a school and a corporate concern. She also freelances.
Career
Shreyas Talpade started out acting in many Marathi soap operas and doing stage shows across Maharashtra. His role in a very popular Marathi serial “Damini” of the character called Tejas was very much appreciated by the Marathi audiences. He debuted in Bollywood with Nagesh Kukunoor’s Iqbal, written by Vipul K Rawal in which he played the role of a deaf youngster aspiring to be a cricketer. The film and his performance were well-received by audiences and critics alike. His next film was Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dor in which he played the comic role of a behroopiya, a man with many disguises. This film was also well-received by critics. In 2006, he also starred in the comedy, Apna Sapna Money Money.
In 2007, he starred in Farah Khan’s blockbuster movie, Om Shanti Om, with Shah Rukh Khan, where he played the role of Pappu Master. In 2008, he was seen in Nagesh Kukunoor’s cross-cultural comedy film, Bombay To Bangkok. He also produced a Marathi comedy film, Sanai Chaughade, which released the same year. His current movies are Shyam Benegal’Welcome to Sajjanpur, along with Golmaal Returns, the sequel to the hit comedy Golmaal and Sangeeth Sivan’s horror flick, Click.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
2002 Aankhen Chaiwallah
2003 Raghu More: Bachelor of Hearts Black Mani
2004 Pachadlela Ravi Marathi movie
Savarkhed – Ek Gaav Marathi movie
2005 Iqbal Iqbal Nominated, Filmfare Best Male Debut Award
The Hangman Ganesh
Revati
2006 Aai Shappath..! Marathi movie
Apna Sapna Money Money Arjun Fernandes
Dor Behroopiya
2007 Aggar Dr. Adi Merchant
Dil Dosti Etc Sanjay Mishra
Om Shanti Om Pappu Master Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2008 Bombay To Bangkok Shankar
Dashavatar Narad (voice) Animated
Welcome to Sajjanpur Mahadev
Golmaal Returns Laxman
2009 Paying Guest Bhavesh
Hook Ya Crook Filming
Click Under production
Aashayein Himself Special Appearance
Aage Se Right Under Production 2009
Season’s Greetings (2009 film) Under Production 2009
