Kelkar is a surname native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is found mainly among Chitpavan Brahmin community.

Is Sharad Kelkar a Maharashtrian?

Sharad Kelkar is a known model, actor and producer in both Marathi and B-town. This Maharashtrian actor from Gwalior has also been a former physical trainer. ... He made his film debut in 'Hulchul' and since then he has done many movies in both Hindi and Marathi.

What are typical surnames of Brahmins?

Mishra, Pandey, Bharadwaj, Deshmukh, Deshpande, Kulkarni, Desai, Patil, Jothi, Kaul, Trivedi, Chaturvedi, Agnihotri, Mukherjee, Chatterjee, Acharya, Goswami, Desai, Bhat, Rao, Hegde, Sharma, Shastri, Tiwari, Shukla, Namboothiri, Iyer, Iyengar and what not. Brahmins use their caste names as surnames with much pride.