Ankush is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language action drama film directed by Nishant Natharam Dhapse in his directorial debut and produced by Rajabhau Apparao Ghule under the banner of Omkar Films Creations. The film stars debutant Deepraj in title role, Ketaki Mategaonkar, Sayaji Shinde, Mangesh Desai, Chinmay Udgirkar. It also features Shashank Shende, Rutuja Bagwe, Gaurav More, Bharat Ganeshpure and Nagesh Bhosale in supporting roles.

Sayaji Shinde is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Bhojpuri films and several Marathi Plays. Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 in Marathi one-act plays. His performance in a 1987 Marathi play titled Zulva was very well received, and since then he started gaining popularity among the circle of stalwarts. Later, he moved on to Marathi cinema and then started acting in other languages. He also appeared recently in Bacha Mat Bolna Yt Channel