Sonali Kulkarni has not only gained fame in Marathi filmdom but in Bollywood as well with films like 'Dil Chahta Hai' and 'Singham' among others. On her birthday, we trace her journey in films so far
Sonali Kulkarni is a noted actimgs in Bollywood and Marathi cinema. Sonali made her acting debut with the Kannada film 'Cheluvi' which was directed by veteran actor-filmmaker Girish Karnad Sonali Kulkarni has worked in the Italian film 'Fuoco su di me' for which she won an award at the Milan International Festival in 2006 Sonali Kulkarni won a Special Jury Award (non-feature) at the 49th National Film Awards ceremony for her work in the Marathi film 'Chaitra' in 2002 Sonali Kulkarni has also participated in the dance-reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' Sonali Kulkarni was born to a Maharashtrian father and Tamil mother Sonali Kulkarni did her schooling from Abhinav Vidyalaya and graduated from Ferguson College where she majored in Political Science and later got a scholarship in Marathi literature Sonali Kulkarni learnt acting from thespian Satyadev Dubey's workshop Sonali Kulkarni formed a theatre group called Samanvay with her brother Sandesh Sonali Kulkarni entered Hindi filmdom with Amol Palekar's film 'Daayraa' Sonali Kulkarni essayed the role of Hrithik Roshan's mother in the 2000 film 'Mission: Kashmir.' Sanjay Dutt played her husband in the movie Sonali Kulkarni has done stellar performances in many Bollywood films. She played Sunny Deol's wife in the recently released film 'Poster Boys' Sonali Kulkarni has also worked on many TV shows. She has also written several newspaper columns Sonali Kulkarni has two brothers Sandeep and Sandesh Sonali Kulkarni first married film and theatre director and writer Chandrakant Kulkarni but their marriage ended in a divorce Sonali Kulkarni then tied the knot with Nachiket Pantvaidya in 2010 Sonali Kulkarni was also a part of the hit 2001 comedy-drama 'Dil Chahta Hai' which starred Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles Apart from acting, Sonali Kulkarni was an editor with Viva, a supplement of Marathi daily newspaper Loksatta from June 2005 till May 2007 Sonali Kulkarni used to write a weekly series of columns under the title 'So Kool' which were later published into a book by the same name Sonali Kulkarni and husband Nachiket Pantvaidya have a daughter Kaveri who turned 6 inOctober Sonali Kulkarni last starred in the Marathi film 'Kachcha Limbu'
