Mahesh Amber Kothare is an Indian film actor, director and producer of Marathi and Hindi films. He started his acting career as child artist. Kothare acted in well-known movies such as Raja Aur Runk, Chhota Bhai, Mere Laal, and Ghar Ghar ki Kahani. The well known Hindi song Tu Kitni Achhi Hain from the film Raja Aur Runk features Kothare as Master Mahesh.

Zapatlela 2 is a 2013 Indian Marathi-language horror comedy thriller film written and directed by Mahesh Kothare, produced by Adinath Kothare under the production banner of Kothare and Kothare Vision and distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. The film stars Adinath Kothare, Sonalee Kulkarni, Mahesh Kothare, Makarand Anaspure, Sai Tamhankar, Madhu Kambikar, Vijay Chavan, Deepak Shirke and Dilip Prabhavalkar as the voiceover for the ventriloquist's puppet Tatya Vinchu created by ventriloquist and puppeteer Ramdas Padhye. The film is a sequel for the film Zapatlela (1993) released 20 years earlier and is marked to be first Marathi film shot entirely with a 3D camera. Mahesh Kothare announced in 2024 that the third installment of the series slated for a theatrical release in 2025.