1. Renuka Shahane was born on 7 October 1966 and is an Indian actress who is widely known for her work in the Hindi and Marathi films and several television productions.
16 Facts About Renuka Shahane
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Renuka Shahane is best known as the co-presenter of the Doordarshan TV show Surabhi.
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Renuka Shahane has received several awards and nominations including a Filmfare Award Marathi.
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Renuka Shahane was born into a Marathi family in Mumbai.
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Renuka Shahane's mother, Shanta Gokhale, is a theatre personality and film critic who works mainly on Marathi theatre.
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When Renuka Shahane was very young, her mother divorced her father and married Arun Khopkar, a film-maker.
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Renuka and her only sibling, Girish Shahane grew up with their mother in Mumbai.
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Renuka Shahane's brother Girish Shahane is a contemporary writer, art critic, and artist who has been associated with several art fairs and is a columnist with Scroll.
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Renuka Shahane then married Ashutosh Rana, who is a Bollywood actor.
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Renuka Shahane started her career with the Marathi film Hach Sunbaicha Bhau.
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Renuka Shahane then worked as one of the two anchors of the vastly popular Hindi language TV show, Surabhi, and this is what made her a household name.
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In 1994, at the height of her fame while hosting Surabhi, Renuka Shahane got the opportunity to act in the movie Hum Aapke Hain Koun.
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Renuka Shahane starred in the Marathi film "Aboli" for which she was widely praised and lead her to win Filmfare Award Marathi Best Actress at Filmfare Awards Marathi in the year 1995.
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Renuka Shahane released her first Marathi film as a director, called Rita.
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Renuka Shahane acted in a Telugu movie Money, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, which was a big hit.
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Renuka Shahane portrayed the love interest of then relatively unknown Shah Rukh Khan's character.