Amol Kolhe

Amol Ramsing Kolhe
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byShivajirao Adhalarao Patil
ConstituencyShirur (Maharashtra)
Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) in the Lok Sabha
In office
03 July 2024
Chief Whip of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) in the Lok Sabha
In office
03 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1980-09-18) September 18, 1980 (age 44)
Narayangaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Political partyNCP(SP)(2024-present)
Other political
affiliations		Nationalist Congress Party (2019–2024) Shiv Sena (2014–2019)
Spouse
Ashwini Kolhe
​
(m. 2007)​
Children2
EducationMBBS
Profession
  • Actor
  • doctor
  • politician
Source: [1]

Amol Ramsing Kolhe is an Indian actor turned politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Shirur and member of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).[1]

Early life

Kolhe was born in the town of Narayangaon in Pune district. He attended Apte School in Pune from 9th to 12th grade. After High school, he earned a MBBS degree from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai.[2]

Acting career

He is popular for his role of Chhatrapati Shivaji in Marathi TV Shows Raja Shivchatrapati which aired on Star Pravah and Swarajya Janani Jijamata which aired on Sony Marathi as well as Chhatrapati Sambhaji in Marathi TV Series Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji on Zee Marathi.[3] In 2017 he played the controversial role of Nathuram Godse in the film Why I Killed Gandhi.[4]

Political career

Kolhe was a star campaigner for Shiv Sena in 2014 Indian General Election,[5] but joined Nationalist Congress Party in February 2019.[6] In 2019 Indian general election, he defeated Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil of Shiv Sena and was elected as a Member of Parliament from Shirur.[1][7]

Filmography

Year Film
2008 Mee Amruta Boltey
2009 Mulga
2010 Aaghaat
On Duty 24 Tass
2011 Rajmata Jijau
2012 Saheb
2013 Rangkarmi
Are Avaaj Konacha
2014 Rama Madhav
2016 Marathi tigers
2017 Why I killed Gandhi
2019 Bola Alak Niranjan
2022 Shivpratap Garudjhep

Television

Year Title Role
2006-2007 Adhuri Ek Kahani Divakar
2008-2009 Raja Shivchatrapati Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
2011-2012 Veer Shivaji Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
2017-2020 Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji Sambhaji Maharaj
2020-2021 Swarajya Janani Jijamata Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

References

  1. ^ a b "Amol Kolhe conquers Shirur". Pune Mirror. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (27 April 2019). "'Reel' Sambhaji faces 'real' Shivaji". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "Television's Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Dr. Amol Kolhe has a sword collection ranging 150 pieces". Times Now News.
  4. ^ Service, Tribune News. "PIL in SC against 'Why I killed Gandhi' on OTT platform". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Shiv Sena replaces senior spokespersons Sanjay Raut, Manohar Joshi by five new faces". DNA India. 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Actor Amol Kolhe quits Shiv Sena, joins NCP". Hindustan Times. 1 March 2019.
  7. ^ Karangutkar, Suyash (2 March 2019). "Marathi actor Amol Kolhe joins NCP". The Hindu.