Early life
Sonali, meaning beautiful (marathi) or golden (bengali) was born in the Marathi-speaking Kulkarni family in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Her father is an engineer, and she has two brothers, Sandeep and Sandesh.
Even when she was of a very young age her passion was acting, and she got a chance to exhibit her talents during the Ganesh Mahotsav.
She was enrolled in the Abhinav Vidhyalaya in Pune, and after completing schooling, she went to Fergusson College, where she majored in Political Science and got a scholarship in Marathi literature.
She speaks Hindi, Marathi and English fluently, and has also picked-up Gujarati, Italian, and Tamil.
After attending a workshop by Satyadev Dubey, Sonali and Sandesh formed a theater group called Samanvay.
Career
Kulkarni first made her appearance on the tinsel screen in a Kannada movie titled 'Cheluvi', and thereafter has appeared in a total of 32 movies, including one in Italian titled 'Fuoco Si Di Me' for which she won an award in the 2006 Milan International Film Festival.
Apart from acting, she is also an editor with 'Viva', a supplement of 'Loksatta', and pens a weekly column called 'So Kool'. [1]
Personal life
She was married to famous marathi play director Chandrakant Kulkarni for a while, but unfortunately the couple got divorced. Right now she is single.
Awards
On April 12, 2006, Kulkarni won the best actress award at the Milan Film Festival for her performance in Italian film Fuoco Su Di Me (My Heart Is On Fire).
Filmography
- Rishton Ki Machine (2008) (Bollywood Film) ....
- Vasudev Balwant Phadke (2008) (Marathi Film) ....
- TN07 AL-4777 (2008) (Tamil film) ....
- Via Darjeeling ....Rimli Sharma
- Sirf (2008) .... Namita
- Strangers (2007) ....
- Restaurent (2007) (2007) (Marathi Film)....
- I See You (2006) ....
- Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) ... Mrs. Pilgaonkar
- Taxi Number 9211 (2006) ... Mrs. Shastri
- White Rainbow (2005) .... Priya
- Fuoco Su Di Me {Italian} (My Heart Is On Fire) (2005) ....
- Bride & Prejudice (2004) .... Chandra Lamba
- Devrai (2004) .... Seena
- Hanan (2004) .... Bhagwati
- Silence Please... The Dressing Room (2004) .... Reporter Aparna Sen
- Danav (2003) .... Lakshmi
- Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002) .... Gauri
- Agni Varsha (2002) .... Nittilai
- Kitne Door Kitne Paas (2002) .... Jaya
- Junoon (2002)
- Dil Chahta Hai (2001) .... Pooja
- Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001) .... Geeta
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000) .... Ramabai Ambedkar
- Mission Kashmir (2000) .... Neelima Khan
- Kairee (2000) .... The girl as grown up
- Jahan Tum Le Chalo (1999)
- Daayraa (1996) .... The Girl
- "Badalte Rishte" (1996) TV Series .... Ulka
- Vrindavan Film Studios (1996) .... Radha
- Doghi (1995) .... Krishna
- May Madham (1994) (Tamil film)
- Mukta (1994) .... Mukta
- Cheluvi (1992) .... Cheluvi
- baja (1990)
TV Shows
Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi on COLORS TV
So Kool (Marathi) on Star Majha
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