Dhvanit Thaker is Gujarati actor and singer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He formerly worked as a radio personality from 2003 to 2021.
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 Dhvanit At Gujarat Literature Festival Vadodara In 2019 | |
| Born | April 8 |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, radio personality |
| Years active | 2003-Present |
| Spouse | Aesha[1] |
| Website | Official website  |
Early life
editDhvanit was born in Ahmedabad to Neeta and Harishkumar Thaker. He completed his schooling from Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya in Ahmedabad. He completed B. Sc. in Chemistry from M. G. Science College, Ahmedabad. He joined M. Sc. but dropped out as his father died and he took over his job in Life Insurance Corporation of India where he worked for three years. He participated in the first ever talent hunt by Radio Mirchi in 2003. He won the hunt against 1500 participants and joined as the radio presenter even though he did not have any formal training in it.[2][3][4][5]
Career
editDhvanit Thaker hosted the morning and evening shows on Radio Mirchi Ahmedabad. He had produced radio jingles. He released his first music album, Majja ni Life, in 2009, which was successful. He also performed single for 2013 Gujarati album, Click Kar!. He has also sung for several Gujarati films like Kevi Rite Jaish, Better Half, Mohan Na Monkiz, Passport and Montu ni Bittu (2019). He wrote a column Dhvanit Sab Janta Hai in Ahmedabad Mirror and Just Dhvanit in NavGujarat Samay. He also made documentaries for the Government of Gujarat.[2][4] He published a book of quotes in Gujarati, Morning Mantra in 2017.[1]
Dhvanit debuted as an actor in 2017 Gujarati film Vitamin She, directed by Faisal Hashmi[6][7][8] which was well received and was commercially successful. Before that, he performed a cameo as a teacher in Gujarati film Mission Mummy (2016).[9] Dhvanit again collaborated with Faisal Hashmi for the first Gujarati science fiction film Short Circuit, which was released in January 2019.[10][11]
After working for 18 years with Radio Mirchi, he left his career as a radio host on 5 November 2021.[1] His Gujarati comedy drama film Petipack released in April 2022.
Awards
editHe has won the Best Radio Jockey (Gujarati) and the Best Show (Guruwar Gurjari and Hello Amdavad) in the India Radio Forum Awards for 2009, 2010[2] and 2015.[citation needed]
Personal life
editDhvanit Thaker has married Aesha and has two daughters, Krishnavi and Jayasvi.[1]
Filmography
edit| Year | Movie | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2016 | Mission Mummy | Himself | Ashish Kakkad | Cameo |
| 2017 | Vitamin She | Jigar | Faisal Hashmi | |
| 2019 | Short Circuit | Samay | Faisal Hashmi | |
| 2022 | Petipack | Abhimanyu | K. R. Devmani | |
| Gajab Thai Gayo! | Voice |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Paniker, Shruti (20 February 2022). "Radio silence". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Change makers of Gujrat : Simply Gujarati". India Today. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "એફ એમ ઈઝ ઈક્વલ ટુ ધ્વનિત ઠાકર". Sadhana (in Gujarati). 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ a b "RJ Dhvanit - Its better to be a big fish in a small town". Radioandmusic.com. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Devang Bhatt. Best Radio Jockey RJ Dhvanit of Hello Amdavad Fame (in Gujarati). SitiNews. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Jambhekar, Shruti (23 May 2015). "Popular RJ Dhvanit Thaker takes up acting". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ TNN (11 May 2015). "'My Miss India journey was beautiful' - Beauty Pageants". Femina Miss India. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Gujjuinsights. "Mission Mummy Movie Review - GujjuInsights.com". www.gujjuinsights.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "D-Town experiments with genres - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "'Vitamin She' film director Faisal Hashmi is coming up with a Gujarati sci-fi movie - Times of India". The Times of India.