Sharad Ponkshe

Ponkshe suffered with Cancer in December 2018. He was given medication and chemotherapy. He is making come back with the play Himalayachi Swali.

Ponkshe started his career in the year 1988 and worked in multiple fields including Marathi stage, Marathi television and film industry. After his education in the college he immediately started his career in the Marathi film and television industry. He became very popular with the daily serial Damini on Marathi Doordarshan. He played a role with Pratiksha Lonkar in that serial. Both played many roles in plays and movies. The TV serial Agnihotra and Vadalvaat gave Ponkshe enormous popularity in Maharashtra. Later he played the role of Ranade's father in the TV serial Unch maza zoka, which was based on the life of Justice Ranade and Ramabai Ranade.

Ponkshe played an important role in the play Mi Nathuram Godse boltoy, which was based on a very sensitive issue of assassination of Gandhi. He started playing this in 1988 in which he used to play the main role of Nathuram. He continues to get threats for playing Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. He did more than 1000 shows of this play. His play was stopped many time in the theater. Overall he played more than 100 roles in television and films. He had a great respect to the actor and director Vinay Apte who gave him the role in the above play.

Sharad Ponkshe (born 1967) is an Indian film actor and writer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is a speaker and an actor in Marathi film, theater and television.