Sonali was born in the Marathi-speaking Kulkarni family in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Her dad is an Engineer, and she has two brothers, Sandeep and Sandesh.Even she was a child her passion was acting, and got her chance to act during the Ganesh Mahotsav celebrations. She was enrolled in the Abhinav Vidhyalaya in Pune, and after completing schooling attended Ferguson College, where she majored in Political Science and got a scholarship in Marathi literature. She used to speak Hindi, Marathi and English fluently, but since then also picked-up Gujarati, Italian, and Tamil.After attending a workshop by Satyadev Dubey she and Sandesh formed a theater group and called it ‘Samanvay’.She first made her appearance on the tinsel screen in a Tamil movie titled ‘Cheluvi’, and thereafter has appeared in a total of 32 movies, including one in Italian titled ‘Fuoco Si Di Me’.Apart from acting, she is also an Editor with ‘Viva’, a supplement of ‘Loksatta’, and pens a weekly column called ‘So Kool’.
Sonali Kulkarni
Movies
Dil Chahta Hai
Three young men Akash, Sameer, and Siddharth are close friends, but their tastes and characters are completely incompatible. So when Siddharth falls in love with a much older woman, Tara, a woman who has been unsuccessful in keeping her marriage intact as well as alcohol-dependent, widens the rift between the…
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
Tells the story of three friends Krish Kumar, Hrithik Mittal and Devdarshan Suri alias Dev, who all are from different walks of life as they strive to win the battle of life consisting of hitting it big in the music industry and to cope with the short-comings in their romance.…
Songs
Ab Ke Saawan Mein
Barsaat Bhi Aakar Chali Gayi
Goom Hai Kisi Ke Pyar Mein
Kehna Hai, Kehna Hai
Kya Janu Sajan Hotee Hai Kya Gham Kee Sham
Mere Samnewalee Khidkee Me
O Hansinee Meree Hansinee
O Hasina Julfowalee Jane Jahan
Rat Kalee Ek Khwab Me Aayee
Tere Bina Jindagi Se Koi
Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahan
Yado Kee Barat Niklee Hai Aaj
Ye Jo Mohabbat Hai
Love Khichdi
Vir is a bachelor from a small town working as a sous-chef in a five-star hotel in Mumbai. A handsome, charming, macho idiot who flirts with, yearns for and lusts after any woman who is friendly but seems unattainable. From his man-hating maid, whom he ogles as she wipes his…
Singham
Following charges of corruption, Colva’s (Goa) Police Inspector Rakesh Kadam kills himself, leaving a devastated wife, Megha, and son, Nitin. She takes it upon herself to canvas support that her husband was framed by a gangster, Jaykant Shikre, and vainly insists on a CBI Inquiry. When the High Court requires…
Mission Kashmir
In a valley of astonishing beauty, a small family lives in an idyllic house: a father, a mother and a son. They are a picture of happiness and love. But appearances are often deceptive. This pastoral landscape is the strife-torn valley of Kashmir, and the son, Altaaf, is an orphan…
Mohandas
Born in a poor family, young Mohandas lands an important job at the ‘Oriental Coal Mines’. However, his success story is brutally disrupted when somebody steals his identity and takes his place in his name. A local journalist tapes the story which reaches Meghna, an Indian television star newsreader in…
Well Done Abba
This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month’s leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is delayed and returns to work after three months, his employer threatens to sack him.…
Fun Facts
Was engaged to actor Makrand Deshpande.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a daughter named Kaveri Pantvaidya on October 18, 2011. Child's father is her second husband, Nachiket Pantvaidya.
Starred in the film Rishton Ki Machine (2008) Starring Boman Irani,Sonali Kulkarni,Kiran Kumar DirectorJatin Ravasia, Producer Shailendra Singh.
Lady cop Kiran Bedi had turned producer with a purpose and has just launched her film titled Kahoor starring Sonali Kulkarni and Mukesh Rishi. The film was to be made under Kiran Bedi's Nav Kiran Productions . It got shelved.
Starred in the shelved movie Agarwal Entertainments " Lagi Prem Lagan ""(2002) Starring Sonali Kulkarni