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Sonali Kulkarni biography

Sonali Kulkarni is a theater and movie actress.

Sonali Kulkarni is a Scorpion born on 3rd November 1974 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She speaks Marathi. Her father is an engineer. She has two brothers, Sandeep and Sandesh. Her brothers are involved in theater and they have worked together on several occasions.

Kulkarni, who is a trained classical dancer, has also trained handicapped children in dance at the Balkayan Sanstha for five years.

She studied at the Abhinav Vidhyalaya, Pune and graduated from Fergusson College where she majored in Political Science. She also qualified for a scholarship in Marathi Literature.

Sonali Kulkarni was married to a play director Chandrakant Kulkarni whom she later divorced.

What Works for Sonali
Sonali Kulkarni enjoys the rain, writing, music and dance.

Her favourite movies are Roman Holiday and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron.

Theater
Sonali Kulkarni attended a theater workshop by Satyadev Dubey when she was in school. She founded the theater group Samanvay along with her brother Sandesh.

She is active on the theater circuit and has acted in plays like Sakharam Bhinder at the Vijay Tendulkar Festival, Chahul, Basant Ka Teesra Yauvan and Sir Sir Sarla.

Television
Sonali Kulkarni has a strong presence in television too with shows like Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi and So Kool in Marathi which is aired on Star Majha. The show is directed by her brother Sandesh and they interview personalities from various fields.

She was a judge on Halla Bol, a dance show, on ETV Marathi. She also appeared as a participant with Toby Fernandes on Jhalak Dikhla Ja.

Editor
Sonali Kulkarni is a guest editor for Viva, a supplement of Loksatta. She has her own column called So Kool, which is published every Thursday.

Sonali Kulkarni’s Movies
Sonali Kulkarni’s first movie was Girish Karnad’s Cheluvi (1992). She worked with Sergio Scapagnini’s Vrindavan Film Studios (1996) and was seen in a lead role in Amol Palekar’s Daayraa (1996).

She entered mainstream cinema when she played the role of Hrithik Roshan’s mother in Mission Kashmir (2000). In Pyar Tune Kya Kiya (2001) she acted opposite Fardeen Khan as his wife. In Dil Chahta Hai (2001), which is touted as the new face of Indian cinema, she was cast opposite Saif Ali Khan.

She continued to try her hand at different roles in movies like Agni Varsha (2002), Bride & Prejudice (2004), Fuoco Su Di Me (2005) and Taxi Number 9211 (2006).

In 2009 the actress will play a police officer in Shadow. Her two other releases are Mohan Das – A Man Lost in his Own Nation and Love Khichdi.

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