29 Facts About Sonalee Kulkarni

Sonalee Kulkarni Benodekar is an Indian actress who has established herself as a prominent figure in Marathi cinema.

Sonalee Kulkarni's breakthrough came with the title role in Kedar Shinde's Bakula Namdeo Ghotale, which earned her the Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Actress and the Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Debut Actress.

Sonalee Kulkarni made her Hindi film debut with the adult comedy Grand Masti and appeared in a supporting role in Singham Returns.

Sonalee Kulkarni continued to experiment with various genres in Marathi, earning acclaim for her performances as an unhappy girl in Hampi, the dissatisfied wife in Tula Kalnnaar Nahi, and the brave mother in Hirkani, the latter of which won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.

In recent years, Sonalee Kulkarni has explored unconventional roles, starring in films like Dhurala, Jhimma, and Pandu.

Sonalee Kulkarni made her Malayalam debut with Malaikottai Vaaliban, opposite Mohanlal.

Sonalee Kulkarni was born to Manohar and Savinder Kulkarni in the army cantonment of Khadki, Pune into a Marathi Brahmin family.

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Sonalee Kulkarni's father Manohar Kulkarni is a retired Army doctor.

Sonalee Kulkarni studied at Army School, Kendriya Vidyalaya and finished her graduation in mass communication and journalism from Fergusson College, Pune.

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Sonalee Kulkarni has a post graduation degree in mass communication from Indira School of Communication.

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Sonalee Kulkarni has a younger brother who owns an event company called Fledgers.

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Sonalee Kulkarni started her career as a model and dancer, and while doing a small role in a docu-drama in FTII, she first witnessed a motion picture camera, which sparked her interest in acting.

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Sonalee Kulkarni made her acting debut with the Marathi daily soap Ha Khel Sanchitacha, alongside veteran Marathi actor Vikram Gokhle.

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In 2010, Sonalee Kulkarni was seen in Ravi Jadhav's Natarang, a drama based on Anand Yadav's 1978 Marathi novel of the same name, which depicts the journey of a young artist in overcoming hurdles related to gender bias and the sacrifices of an artist for the love of his art.

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Sonalee Kulkarni portrayed Nayna Kolhapurkarin, the young dancer in Guna's troupe.

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Sonalee Kulkarni is known as the "Apsara of Marathi Industry" after her performance in the song "Apsara Ali" in the film.

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Sonalee Kulkarni ended 2010 with Gajendra Ahire's Samudra where she worked opposite veteran Marathi actor Mohan Agashe.

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In 2013, Sonalee Kulkarni was seen in Mahesh Kothare's Zapatlela 2, the sequel to Zapatlela, opposite Adinath Kothare.

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In 2014, Sonalee Kulkarni played a supporting roles in Rohit Shetty's Hindi political action film Singham Returns and Mrinal Sonalee Kulkarni's Marathi historical drama Rama Madhav.

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Sonalee Kulkarni received the nomination at the Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar and the Filmfare Awards Marathi in the Best Actress category.

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The film showcases incidents that happen to four people in 24 hours, and Sonalee Kulkarni portrayed Hooker, who was played by Sajitha Madathil in the original.

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Sonalee Kulkarni is fiercely pessimistic and her self-loathing makes you cringe.

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Sonalee Kulkarni played the other 'Ti' in the story of arranged marriage couple Anay and Sai.

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Sonalee Kulkarni received Filmfare Critics Award, Sakaal Premier Awards and Maharashtracha Favourite Kon in Best Actress catory.

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In 2020, Sonalee Kulkarni played supporting role of youngest daughter-in-law of Uhbe family and her character pretends that she is not behind the struggle of power in Sameer Vidwans' political drama Dhurala, The film won seven Filmfare Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Sonalee Kulkarni.