1. Mrunal Thakur was born on 1 August 1992 and is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi and Telugu films.
20 Facts About Mrunal Thakur
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Mrunal Thakur began her acting career in television, starring in the soap operas Mujhse Kuchh Kehti.
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Mrunal Thakur was born on 1 August 1992 to a Marathi-speaking family in Dhule, Maharashtra.
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Mrunal Thakur attended St Joseph's Convent School, Jalgaon, and Vasant Vihar High School, near Mumbai.
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Mrunal Thakur left KC College without graduating as she was pursuing a television career at the time of studying.
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In February 2014, Mrunal Thakur was cast for Zee TV's soap opera Kumkum Bhagya, for which she began shooting the following month.
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Mrunal Thakur appeared as a Contestant on Box Cricket League 1 in 2014 and Nach Baliye 7 in 2015.
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Mrunal Thakur made her film debut with the Marathi film Hello Nandan and her next was a Marathi film Vitti Dandu, both of which were released in 2014.
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Mrunal Thakur played Rubi in former and Sandhya in latter.
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In 2016, Mrunal Thakur began work on her first Hindi project, the international film Love Sonia, for which she stayed at Kolkata.
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For preparation, Mrunal Thakur stayed at a brothel to study the body language of prostitutes.
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In 2020, Mrunal Thakur appeared in a Netflix venture, the four-part anthology horror film Ghost Stories as Ira in the Segment: Karan Johar's segment.
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In 2021, Mrunal Thakur starred in the sports drama, Toofaan, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and co-starring Farhan Akhtar, which premiered on 16 July 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.
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Mrunal Thakur appeared in two music videos in the year 2021, "Bad Boy x Bad Girl" with Badshah and "Aise Na Chhoro" with Guru Randhawa.
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Mrunal Thakur co-starred with Shahid Kapoor in the film, which received critical praise but failed commercially.
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Mrunal Thakur made her Telugu film debut opposite Dulquer Salmaan in Hanu Raghavapudi's period romantic drama Sita Ramam, which proved to be a turning point in her career.
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Mrunal Thakur had five releases in 2023, the first four being Hindi films.
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In 2024, Mrunal Thakur played an entrepreneur Indu, in her third Telugu film, The Family Star opposite Vijay Deverakonda.
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In 2022, Mrunal Thakur curated a food donation drive in collaboration with "All About Them", a foundation that helps stray and community animals.
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Mrunal Thakur is a celebrity endorser for several brands and products, including Lakme and Dulux.