Avadhoot Gupte (Marathi pronunciation: [əʋəd̪ʱuːt̪ ɡupt̪e]; born 19 February 1977) is an Indian singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor[3] who works primarily in Marathi cinema.

[4] Gupte's career as a singer started when he participated in a national level competition of TVS - Sa Re Ga Ma in the year 1996.

Zenda depicted a feud between two cousins in rival political parties, inspired by the real-life feud between Raj Thackeray, chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and his cousin, Uddhav Thackeray, executive president of Shiv Sena.

[8] Before the final release in public, the film was shown to the Thackerays and had received a green signal from them.

The release was delayed for protests against the film by "Swabhiman Organisation" headed by Nitesh Rane.