Kamlesh Sawant

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kamlesh Sawant

• Kamlesh Sawant is an Indian actor who shot to fame in 2015 for playing the role of a police inspector, Laxmikant Gaitonde, in the Hindi film Drishyam.

• Kamlesh is best known for playing the role of a cop in most of his Marathi and Hindi films.

• In an interview, Kamlesh revealed that his father Tukarm Sawant encouraged him and his elder brother to pursue a career in bodybuilding.

• In 2002, Kamlesh appeared as Rastogi in the Hindi television series CID on Sony TV. In 2011, he played the role of a hawaldar, Maruti Jagdale, in the Marathi television show Lakshya on Star Pravah.

  

• In 2011, Kamlesh appeared in the Hindi film Force, starring John Abraham in which he played the role of a police inspector, Kamlesh Sawant.

  

• Kamlesh appeared in a few Marathi films like Daagdi Chaawl (2015) as Kale, Laal Ishq as Kale (2016), Shaheed Bhai Kotwal (2020) as Gomaji Patil, and Faas (2022) as Baliram.

  

• In 2015, Kamlesh rose to popularity in the Hindi film industry when he played the role of a police inspector, Laxmikant Gaitonde, in the film Drishyam, starring Ajay Devgan and Tabu.

• In 2015, Kamlesh, during an interview, revealed that he received hatred from the audience in the form of abusive text messages and phone calls from random people for playing the role of a cold-hearted cop, Laxmikant Gaitonde, in the Hindi film Drishyam.

• In 2016, Kamlesh appeared as Ranjit Shinde in the Marathi television show Nakushi – Tarihi Havihavishi on Star Pravah. In 2022, he appeared in the Marathi television show Vaastu Rahasya in which he played the role of Ramesh.

• In 2017, Kamlesh was awarded the Best Actor Award in the comedy genre for the Marathi film Zhalla Bobhata at the Maharashtra State Film Awards.

• Kamlesh appeared in a few Hindi films like Sooryavanshi (2021) as Arnab Deshpande and Drishyam 2 (2022) as Laxmikant Gaitonde.

  

• On 12 October 2021, while celebrating the occasion of World Postal Day, the Mumbai East Postal Department honoured Kamlesh with a postal stamp bearing his photograph for his contribution to the Indian cinema.