Sonali Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni (Marathi 'सोनाली कुलकर्णी') is an Indian actress.

Sonali, meaning beautiful (marathi) or golden (bengali) was born in the Marathi-speaking Kulkarni family in Pune,Maharashtra, India in 1974 on 3rd November. Her father is an engineer, and she has two brothers,Sandeep and Sandesh.

Even when she was of a very young age her passion was acting, and she got a chance toexhibit her talents during the Ganesh Mahotsav. She was enrolled in theAbhinav Vidhyalaya in Pune, and after completing schooling wasenrolled in Fergusson College, where she majored in Political Scienceand got a scholarship in Marathi literature. She speaks Hindi,Marathi and English fluently, and has also picked-up Gujarati,Italian, and Tamil.

After attending a workshop by Satyadev Dubey, Sonali and Sandesh formed atheater group called Samanvay.

She first made her appearance on the tinsel screen in a Kannada movietitled 'Cheluvi', and thereafter has appeared in a total of 32 movies,including one in Italian titled 'Fuoco Si Di Me' for which she won anaward in the 2006 Milan International Film Festival.

Apart from acting, she is also an editor with 'Viva', a supplement of'Loksatta', and pens a weekly column called 'So Kool'. [ [http://www.sonalikulkarni.org/ Sonali Kulkarni - Official website of Award Wining Actress ] ]

April 12, 2006: Actress Sonali Kulkarni has won the best actress award at the Milan Film Festival for her performance in Italian film Fuoco Su Di Me (My Heart Is On Fire).

Sonali is currently showcasing her dancing skills in a popular dance program (Jhalak dikla jaa) on Sony TV. Apart from this she will be seen in a movie Strangers with Kay Kay Menon & Jimmy Shergill.

Filmography

* Rishton Ki Machine (2008) (Bollywood Film) ....
* [Vasudev Balwant Phadke] (2008) (Marathi Film) ....
* TN07 AL-4777 (2008) (Tamil film) ....
* Via Darjeeling ....Rimli Sharma
* Sirf (2008) .... Namita
* Strangers (2007) ....
* [Restaurent (2007) (2007) (Marathi Film)....
* I See You (2006) ....
* Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) ... Mrs. Pilgaonkar
* Taxi Number 9211 (2006) ... Mrs. Shastri
* White Rainbow (2005) .... Priya
* Fuoco Su Di Me {Italian} (My Heart Is On Fire) (2005) ....
* Bride & Prejudice (2004) .... Chandra Lamba
* Devrai (2004) .... Seena
* Hanan (2004) .... Bhagwati
* Silence Please... The Dressing Room (2004) .... Reporter Aparna Sen
* Danav (2003) .... Lakshmi
* Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002) .... Gauri
* Agni Varsha (2002) .... Nittilai
* Kitne Door Kitne Paas (2002) .... Jaya
* Junoon (2002)
* Dil Chahta Hai (2001) .... Pooja
* Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001) .... Geeta
* Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000) .... Ramabai Ambedkar
* Mission Kashmir (2000) .... Neelima Khan
* Kairee (2000) .... The girl as grown up
* Jahan Tum Le Chalo (1999)
* Daayraa (1996) .... The Girl
* "Badalte Rishte" (1996) TV Series .... Ulka
* Vrindavan Film Studios (1996) .... Radha
* Doghi (1995) .... Krishna
* May Madham (1994) (Tamil film)
* Mukta (1994) .... Mukta
* Cheluvi (1992) .... Cheluvi
* baja (1990)

TV Shows

Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi on COLORS TV

So Kool (Marathi) on Star Majha

References

External links

* [http://www.sonalikulkarni.org Sonali Kulkarni-The Official Site ]
*imdb name|id=0006764|name=Sonali Kulkarni
* [http://www.meemarathi.tv/marathiworld/categories.php?cat_id=12 Sonali Kulkarni in Marathi Movie]