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Mamta Kulkarni Born April 20, 1972
Mumbai, IndiaOccupation former Actress, Model Mamta Mukhund Kulkarni (Marathi: ममता कुलकर्णी, born 20 April 1972[1] in Mumbai) is a former Bollywood Actress. During the 90s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Karan Arjun (1995), Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), Aashiq Awara (1993), Krantiveer (1994) among others.
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Career
Acting career
Kulkarni made her debut through the Tamil film Nanbargal which was released in Hindi as Mera Dil Tere Liye directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. She made her Bollywood debut with the 1992 movie Tirangaa. In 1993 she starred in Aashiq Awara, which won her a Filmfare Lux New Face Award. She went to appear in many other popular films such as Waqt Hamara Hai (1993), Krantiveer (1994), Karan Arjun (1995), Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), Ghatak: Lethal (1996), Beqabu, Baazi, Gangstar, Chupa Rustam, Qila, Andolan, which did well at the box office.
Things seemed to change when Rajkumar Santoshi, in whose earlier movie Ghatak: Lethal (1996), she had a cameo appearance, cast her as the female lead in his 1998 movie China Gate, an ambitious remake of Seven Samurai. In a glamorized role and sharing screen space with some of Hindi cinemas finest actors, she had the perfect opportunity to showcase her acting talent.
However, things did not go as planned. Relations between Santoshi and the actress soured, and rumours began circulating that Kulkarni was dropped from the movie, and reinstated only after gangster Chhota Rajan intervened on her behalf.[2] When the movie was finally released, it was also a huge flop. Furthermore, the only song in the movie, the item number Chamma Chamma, was picturised on Urmila Matondkar, even though Kulkarni had built her reputation with such numbers. To add insult to injury, the song turned out to be a chartbuster, and was even used in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, and greatly increased Urmila's popularity.
Angered at the turn of events, Kulkarni lashed out at Santoshi, accusing him of cutting her screen time because she had refused his advances.[3] Santoshi denied all rumours related to the movie, and the matter was given a quiet burial. However, this proved to be the death blow to Kulkarni's career. She only appeared in a handful of movies after that, and new offers dried up. She quit movies after her last appearance in the 2002 film Divine Temple Khajuraho. Mamta also did few movies in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam.[4]
During her career she was offered many other films with Ajay Devgan, Bobby Deol, Shahrukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kanna. She turned down many big films such as Sapoot, Agnaary, Mr and Mrs Khiladi, Bandahan, Aunty No.1, Dulhe Raja, Davaa, Shikari and Hogi Pyar Ki Jeet because her role wasn't really substantial.[5]
Stardust controversy
She gained fame after posing topless(but with her arms crossed over her breasts) for a photograph that appeared on the cover of Stardust, a popular Indian film magazine in September 1993. She was charged under India's obscenity laws, and found herself under attack from both conservative religious groups, and women's groups. The outspoken actress lashed out at protesters, calling them hypocrites.
Kulkarni was finally convicted in July 2000, and fined Rs. 15,000. However, this caused yet another controversy because she appeared in court in a burqa to evade photographers, which led to death threats and protests from the local Islamic community.[6]
At the same time, she continued tg.ko be dogged by controversy. In 1997, she was reportedly paid a large amount to perform at a private function by a legislator from Bihar, who was later arrested after investigations into the Fodder Scam case. Kulkarni was interrogated, but she denied any knowledge of the legislator's antecedents.[7]
Personal life
Kulkarni currently lives in New York with her NRI husband.[8]
Filmography
Year Title Role Other notes 2002 Devine Temple Khajuraho 2001 Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller Sandhya 2001 Censor Nisha (Censor Board Member) 1998 Qila Neeta 1998 Jaane Jigar Meenu 1998 China Gate Sandhya Rajan 1997 Krantikari 1997 Jeevan Yudh Kajal Choudhry 1997 Naseeb Pooja 1996 Ghatak: Lethal Dancer in song Maara Re 1996 Beqabu Reshmi Kapoor 1996 Raja Aur Rangeeli 1995 Sabse Bada Khiladi Sunita Das 1995 Baazi Sanjana Roy, Journalist 1995 Ahankaar Naina 1995 Andolan Guddi 1995 Karan Arjun Bindiya 1995 Kismat 1995 Policewala Gunda 1994 Vaade Iraade Nikita Sekhri 1994 Dilbar Priya Verma 1994 Gangster 1994 Betaaj Badshah Tejeshwani/Guddiya 1994 Anokha Premyudh Priti 1994 Krantiveer Mamta 1993 Waqt Hamara Hai Mamta Vidrohi 1993 Bhookamp 1993 Aashiq Awara Jyoti (Won Filmfare Lux Award of the year) 1993 Ashaant Sonali Vishnu Vijaya India: Kannada title: dubbed version 1992 Mera Dil Tere Liye Priya R Singh 1992 Tirangaa Bengali
- Bangshadhar (Ronit Roy and Mamta) (2001)
Kannada
Vishnu Vijaya 1993
Malayalam
- Chandamama (1999) - Guest appearance in the song "Roja Poo Kavilatthu"
Tamil
- Nanbargal (1991)
Telugu
- Donga Police (1992)
- Premasikharam (1992)
Unreleased/Shelved Movies
- Waqt Gawah Hai (1993)
- Desh (1996)
- Chupa Hai Kya Dil Mein (1998)
References
- ^ "Mamta Kulkarni". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474616/. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "The predator as prey". Rediff India. 1997-12-27. http://www.rediff.com/entertai/dec/27sat.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
- ^ "J’accuse!". The Telegraph. 2005-03-04. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050304/asp/etc/story_4440550.asp. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
- ^ Once Bollywood 'Hot'Shots: Where Are They? - Features-Features & Events-Indiatimes - Movies
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- ^ "Eyecatchers". India Today. 2000-08-14. http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20000813/eyecats.shtml. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
- ^ Jha, Sachchidanand (1997-03-21). "Mamta grilled in fodder scam case". The Times of India. http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/0822D68E9A359C9E65256940006200D2. Retrieved 2006-07-10.[dead link]
- ^ Mohamed, Khalid (19 August 2006). "Gone with the wind". Daily News and Analysis. http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_gone-with-the-wind_1048184. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
External links
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut 1989–2000 Juhi Chawla (1989) · Bhagyashree (1990) Pooja Bhatt (1991) · Raveena Tandon (1992) · Divya Bharti (1993) · Mamta Kulkarni (1994) · Sonali Bendre & Tabu(1995) · Twinkle Khanna (1996) · Seema Biswas (1997) · Mahima Chaudhry (1998) · Preity Zinta (1999) · Nandita Das (2000)
2001–present Kareena Kapoor (2001) · Bipasha Basu (2002) · Esha Deol (2003) · Lara Dutta & Priyanka Chopra (2004) · Ayesha Takia (2005) · Vidya Balan (2006) · Kangana Ranaut (2007) · Deepika Padukone (2008) · Asin Thottumkal (2009) · Not awarded (2010) · Sonakshi Sinha (2011)
Categories:- Indian actors
- Marathi people
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Hindi film actors
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