Sonalee Kulkarni

Not to be confused with Sonali Kulkarni.
Sonalee Kulkarni

Sonalee walks the ramp at The Glamour Style Walk 2013
Born 18 May 1988
(Pune), India
Occupation Film actress
Years active 2005–present
Website
http://sonaleekulkarni.com/

Sonalee Kulkarni is an Indian actress, originally from Pune, India. She is noted for her role in the acclaimed 2009 Marathi film Natarang, Kshanbhar Vishranti, Ajintha. She made her Hindi debut in adult sex comedy Grand Masti wherein she played the role of Mamta, Ritesh Deshmukh's wife.

Biography

Sonalee Kulkarni was born to Manohar and Savinder Kulkarni in the army cantonment of Khadki, near Pune. Her father is a retired doctor serving with the Army Medical Corps, whereas her mother too was associated with the Army.[1] She was brought up in a mixed cultural background, as her father is a Deshastha Brahmin from Maharashtra whereas her mother is originally from Punjab. Sonalee speaks fluent Hindi, Marathi, English and Punjabi, although she faced some difficulty with Marathi while performing in her first Marathi film Bakula Namdev Ghotale.[2]

Sonalee studied at the Army School, Kendriya Vidyalaya and the Ferguson college, Pune.[3] She completed a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indira School of Communication, Pune.[4] Sonalee has been practising dance from the age of five, and trained as a Bharatnatyam dancer during her school years.

Career

After participating in the beauty contest in her college, Sonalee was offered several roles in advertisements and minor films. In 2006, she was offered a role in Kedar Shinde' film Bakula Namdev Ghotale, for which she received the Zee Gaurav award for best actress.[4]

In 2008, Sonalee was offered a role in Natarang, along with Atul Kulkarni and Kishor Kadam. The role made her famous, and established her identity distinct from Sonali Kulkarni, another Marathi actress sharing the same name.[4][2] She received wide acclaim for her dance performances in the film.

In 2011 Sonalee judged marathi television show Naad Khula along with Mahesh Kothare.

Her 2012 release Ajintha was directed by noted art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai. Sonalee received critical acclaim for her acting and dance performance in the movie. Sonalee made her Bollywood debut with Indra Kumar directed Grand Masti which is sequel to 2004 box-office hit movie Masti. Sonalee also made a special appearance in Singham Returns in 2014. Sonalee was next seen in Classmates that released in January 2015 along with Sachit Patil , Ankush Choudhary, Sai Tamhankar , Siddharth Chandekar and Sushant Shelar. The movie was a commercial hit. Sonalee played the role of Aditi. She starred with Swapnil Joshi in Mitwaa that released in February 2015, directed by Swapna Waghmare-Joshi. Mitwaa was a commercial success and Sonalee received praise for her act. The song Saavar Re Mana picturized on Sonalee and Swapnil was number one for several weeks on marathi music charts. Sonalee will be next seen in Shutter along with Sachin Khedekar and Prakash Bare. Shutter is directed by V.K.Prakash and is the first Malayalam movie to be remade in Marathi.


Films

Stage Shows & Events

Promotion of tp2 on song madan pichkari.( 2015)

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ Sheikh, Seema (May 2010). "मोरया बरोबर बल्ले बल्लेही!". Tanishka - Sakaal.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Phadke, Aparna (April 16, 2010). "25 days of shooting in Vidarbha was memorable". Nagpur Times.
  3. ↑ "About Me". Sonalee Kulkarni. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Katre, Shrikant (March 2, 2010). "साधी simple ... अप्सरा!". Sakaal. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sonalee Kulkarni Marathi Actress Biography And photos". MarathiStars.