# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/makarand-deshpande
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:51:13.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/makarand-deshpande"
name: "Makarand Deshpande"
slug: "makarand-deshpande"
description: "Makarand Deshpande is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil films, and Indian theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in films like Jungle, Sarfarosh, Swades, Makdee, Satya,Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap and Darna Zaroori Hai where he plays drunkard, wayfarer, and comic roles. He has directed five films."
tagline: "Indian film actor, writer, and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Makarand_Deshpande.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.6
  momentum:             2.769806612601372
  historical:           9.767698666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221218/"
    handle:    "nm0221218"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماكاراند ديشپاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماکاراند دشپانده"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マカランド・デシュパンデ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಮಕರಂದ್ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മകരന്ദ് ദേശ്പാണ്ഡേ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "मकरंद देशपांडे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "మకరంద్ దేశ్‌పాండే"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6738761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/130990"
    title: "Makrand Deshpande"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump