Sonali Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni
Born	(1974-11-03) 3 November 1974 Pune, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film and Theater actress, Writer
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Chandrakant Kulkarni Nachiket Pantvaidya (m.2010-present; 1 child)
Children	Kaveri (b. 18 Oct 2011)
Relatives	Sandeep (brother) Sandesh(brother)
Website	http://www.sonalikulkarni.org

Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She was born in Pune. She has worked in Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, and Tamil films. She is known for her roles in Doghi, Deool, Dil Chahta Hai, Singham, and Taxi No 9211.

Career

Sonali Kulkarni first made her appearance on the screen in a Kannada film titled Cheluvi directed by Girish Karnad. She has appeared in many films including an Italian film titled Fuoco Su di Me for which she won an award in the 2006 Milan International Film Festival.

She has received a Special Jury Award (non-feature) in the 49th National Film Awards (2002) for her role in a short film in Marathi Chaitra.^[1]

Apart from acting, she was an editor with Viva, a supplement of Marathi daily newspaper Loksatta from June 2005 till May 2007. She used to pen a weekly column called "So Kool". The columns are published in the book So Kool by Rajahansa Prakashan.^[2] Actor Nana Patekar on the release of this book said, "Whenever I read her articles, I feel she is talking to me. There is so much of simplicity in her writing."

Kulkarni showed her dancing skills in the second season of the popular celebrity-dance competition show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa on Sony TV.

She has also worked with Doordarshan channel and did some films like Gulabari in 1994 in Hindi which telecast in 1995 and Kata Rute Kunala in 1996 in Marathi for which she has also got RAPA Award-Best television performance of the year.

She was also seen in one story (Kya Yahi Pyaar Hai-Directed by Tanuja Chaturvedi) of Star Bestsellers TV Series telecast in 1999-2000 on Star Plus.

Personal life

Sonali with her husband Nachiket Pantvaidya at a Star Parivaar Awards event

Kulkarni was born in a Maharashtrian family at Pune, Maharashtra. Her father is an engineer and she has two brothers: Sandeep and Sandesh. She completed her schooling from Abhinava Vidyalaya and did her graduation from Ferguson College, where she majored in Political Science and got a scholarship in Marathi literature. For her interest in acting she attended a workshop by Satyadev Dubey after which she and Sandesh formed a theater group called Samanvay. Sandesh is now a film director.

Sonali's first brief marriage with Chandrakant Kulkarni, film and theatre director and writer, ended in a divorce. Since 24 May 2010 she is married to Nachiket Pantvaidya, current head of Sony Entertainment Television.^[3]

Awards

Won

• 2015: Filmfare Awards (Marathi), "Best Actress". "Dr. Prakash Baba Amte- the real hero"
• 1996: RAPA Awards, "Best television performance of the year", "Kata Rute Kunala (Marathi)"
• 1996: Filmfare Awards(Marathi), "Best Actress", Doghi
• 2002: National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film), Chaitra
• 2004: Star Screen Awards(Marathi), "Best Actress", Devrai
• 2005: Milan International Film Festival, "Best Actress", Fuoco Su Di Me (Fire At My Heart)^[4]
• Suvarnaratna Awards: 2015 (Best Actress)

Nominated

• 2001: Filmfare Awards, Best Supporting Actress, Mission Kashmir
• 2001: Screen Weekly Awards Best Supporting Actress, Mission Kashmir

Filmography

Indian film actors Sonali and Girish at the 14th Mumbai Film Festival

Sonali Kulkarni at the Marathi music awards

Reality TV shows

• Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colours TV
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa on Sony TV

References

1. ↑ "49TH NATIONAL FILM AWARD". Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 1 Dec 2011. 
2. ↑ "So Kul - the book". Sonalikulkarni.org (Official website). Retrieved 1 Dec 2011. 
3. ↑ "Sonali Kulkarni Marries Second Time". Times of India. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 1 Dec 2011. 
4. ↑ "Sonali Kulkarni gets best actress award for "Fuoco Di Su Me"". Indiaglitz.com. 11 Apr 2006. Retrieved 1 Dec 2011. 
5. ↑ K. Moti Gokulsing; Wimal Dissanayake (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-1-136-77284-9. Retrieved 4 May 2013. 

External links

• Sonali Kulkarni at the Internet Movie Database