Mrinal Deo-Kulkarni (born 21 June 1971) is a senior
film, TV actress and director of India. She is better known for her role as Meerabai in doordarshan's Meerabai seriel and
angel
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
in Hindi TV serial ''
Son Pari
''Son Pari'' ( en, Golden Fairy) is an Indian children's fantasy adventure television series which aired from 23 November 2000 to 1 October 2004 on Star Plus. The series follows the story of Fruity, a young girl who receives a magical ball t ...
''. She has acted in
Marathi language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of t ...
and
Hindi
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TV serials and films.
Early life, family and education
She was born in a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin family in
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
. Her parents are Dr. Vijay Deo and Veena Deo. She has a Master's degree in Linguistics from
Pune University
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Poona, is a collegiate public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganeshk ...
. She has a sister named Madhura. She lost her father after illness on 11 April 2019.
She married her childhood friend Ruchir Kulkarni in 1990 and has a son Virajas who is also a part of Marathi film industry.
Acting career
Mrinal was 16 when she made her debut in the role of
Peshawe Madhavrao's wife, Ramabai Peshawe, in the Marathi TV serial ''Swami''. This gave her a popularity.
Ravindra Mankani
Ravindra Laxman Mankani ( mr, रवींद्र लक्ष्मण मंकणी; born 21 May 1956) is an Indian actor who is noted for his work in soap operas, plays and films. He first became a civil engineer and then shifted to acting ...
played the role of Madhavrao.
She was not very serious about acting. Instead, she wanted to complete doctorate in philosophy. But offers kept coming her way and finally she decided to make a career in acting in 1994. She continued with acting as her career on receiving, many more successful roles, including those in ''Shrikant'' (a TV serial based on one of
Saratchandra Chatterjee's novels), ''The Great Maratha'', ''Draupadi'', ''Hasratein'', ''Meerabai'', ''Teacher'', ''Khel'', ''Sparsh'' and ''Sonpari''. Her role in the TV serial ''Avantika'' on Alpha Marathi channel has received much acclaim. Mrinal is famous for playing a number of historic characters –Meerabai,
Draupadi ,
Ahilya Bai Holkar, Ramabai,
Jijabai etc. She had done 22 Hindi TV shows till now. She stopped acting in TV serial to focus on her direction venture.
She has also done a few advertisements as well.
Mrinal Kulkarni has acted in Marathi as well as
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
films.
Direction
Mrinal Kulkarni debuted as a Director for the Marathi film, Prem Mhanje... Prem Mhanje.... Prem Asta. The story of the film has been written by Mrunal Kulkarni. After that, she directed Marathi historical drama
Rama Madhav
''Rama Madhav'' is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language historical drama directed by Mrinal Kulkarni, It takes place during the Peshwa era.
''Rama Madhav'' was released on 8 August 2014.
Plot
The story starts from where Chhoti Rama is playing. All ...
.
Filmography
Marathi films
# ''Maza Saubhagya'' (1994)
# ''Jamla Ho Jamla'' (1995)
#''Jodidar'' (2000)
Marathi film
Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion pictures. It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Based in old Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry of Indian cinema. The first Marathi film to be released in India was '' S ...
# ''
Veer Savarkar (film)
Veer Savarkar is a Hindi 2001 Indian film based on the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. This version was released on DVD format. This film was produced by Savarkar Darshan Prathisthan, under the president-ship of Sudhir Phadke. It premiered on ...
'' (2001)
# ''Vishwaas'' (2003)
# ''Thang'' (2005)
# ''Rajkaran'' (2005)
# ''Bayo'' (2006)
# ''Kashala Udyachi Baat'' (2012)
# ''Aarohi Gosht Tighanchi'' (2012)
# ''Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha'' (2012)
# ''
Deha'' (2013)
# ''Lekroo'' (2000)
# ''Tujhya Majhyat'' (2008)
# ''
Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta'' (2013)
# ''
A Rainy Day'' (2014)
# ''
''Yellow'' (2014 film)'' (2014)
# ''
Rama Madhav
''Rama Madhav'' is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language historical drama directed by Mrinal Kulkarni, It takes place during the Peshwa era.
''Rama Madhav'' was released on 8 August 2014.
Plot
The story starts from where Chhoti Rama is playing. All ...
'' (2014)
# ''
Rajwade and Sons'' (2015)
# ''& Jara Hatke'' (2016)
# ''
Farzand
''Farzand'' () is a 2018 Indian Marathi-language historical drama War film directed by Digpal Lanjekar and produced by Anirban Sarkar under the banner of Swami Samarth Creations LLP. The film was co-produced by Sandip Jadhav, Mahesh Jaurkar an ...
'' (2018)
# ''
Ye Re Ye Re Paisa
''Ye Re Ye Re Paisa'' () is a 2018 Indian Marathi language comedy-drama film directed by Sanjay Jadhav. The film stars Umesh Kamat, Siddharth Jadhav and Tejaswini Pandit in the lead roles. It also stars Sanjay Narvekar and Mrinal Kulkarni in su ...
'' (2018)
# ''
Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2'' (2019)
# ''
Fatteshikast
''Fatteshikast'' () is a 2019 Indian Marathi language historical drama film directed by Digpal Lanjekar and produced under the banner of Almonds Creations in association with A A Films. The film stars Chinmay Mandlekar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Sameer ...
'' (2019)
# ''
Pawankhind
''Pawankhind'' is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language historical action drama film directed by Digpal Lanjekar and produced under the banner of Almonds Creations in association with A A Films. The film based on the life of Maratha warrior, Baji ...
'' (2022)
# ''
Sher Shivraj
''Sher Shivraj'' is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language historical action drama film directed by Digpal Lanjekar and produced by Chinmay Mandlekar, Digpal Lanjekar, Nitin Keni, Pradyot Pendharkar and Anil Warkhade. The film based on the life of ...
'' (2022)
Hindi films
* ''
Kamla Ki Maut
''Kamla Ki Maut '' (Death of Kamla) is a 1989 Hindi drama film directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film set in Mumbai, deals with issue of love, pre-marital sex and relationships in modern India. It stars Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak, Roopa Ganguly ...
'' (1989)
* ''Jai Dakshineshwar Kali Ma'' (1996)
* ''
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar'' (2000); played the role of
Savita Ambedkar
Savita Bhimrao Ambedkar ( Kabir; 27 January 1909 – 29 May 2003), was an Indian social activist, doctor and the second wife of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Ambedkarites and Buddhists refer to her as Mai or Maisaheb, which stands for 'Mother' in Marath ...
* ''
Aashiq'' (2001)
* ''
Veer Savarkar
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (), Marathi pronunciation: inaːjək saːʋəɾkəɾ also commonly known as Veer Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966), was an Indian politician, activist, and writer.
Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalis ...
'' (2001)
* ''Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai...'' (2004)
* ''
Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye
''Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye'' (translation: ''Let's Have Something Sweet'') is a 2005 Bollywood romance film directed by Samar Khan as his debut film. It starred Arshad Warsi, Mahima Chaudhry, Parvin Dabas, while Shah Rukh Khan had a special appeara ...
'' (2005)
* ''
Quest'' (2006)
* ''Chodo Kal Ki Baatein'' (2012)
* ''
Raja Shivchattrapati'' (2012)
* ''
Made in China (2019 film)'' (2019)
* ''
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
''Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag'' (), or simply, ''Aag'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma, the film features Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgn, Prashant Raj Sachdev, Sushmita Sen, J. ...
'' (2007)
* ''Raasta Roko'' (2006)
* ''
A Rainy Day'' (2014)
* ''Sambhaji 1689'' (2017)
* ''
Lekar Hum Deewana Dil'' (2014)
*
The Kashmir Files
''The Kashmir Files'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film presents a fictional storyline centred around the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir. It depicts ...
(2022)
* ''
Dear Dia (2022)''
Television
* ''Swami''
* ''
Shrikant''
* ''
Saturday Suspense
''Saturday Suspense'' is an Indian television suspense thriller series aired on Zee TV, which premiered on 5 April 1997. The series ended on 1 May 1999. Each episode of the series was 1 hour long, and produced by a different production company. ...
''
* ''
Rishtey''
* ''
Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat
''Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat'' () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Ashok Gaikwad.
The film marked the Hindi film debut of actress Rani Mukerji. Starting in 1995, principal photography took place in Gangtok and wa ...
''
* ''
Son Pari
''Son Pari'' ( en, Golden Fairy) is an Indian children's fantasy adventure television series which aired from 23 November 2000 to 1 October 2004 on Star Plus. The series follows the story of Fruity, a young girl who receives a magical ball t ...
''
* ''Sparsh''
* ''Chattan''
* ''Teacher''
* ''Zindagi... Teri Meri Kahani''
* ''
Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha''
* ''
Guntata Hriday He
''Guntata Hriday He'' is an Indian Marathi-language television series which aired on Zee Marathi. It starred Mrinal Kulkarni in lead role.
Cast
* Mrinal Kulkarni as Nayana Banarase
* Ritika Shrotri as Devi Banarase
* Sandeep Kulkarni as Vi ...
'' (Marathi)
* ''
Hasratein
''Hasratein'' (''Desires'') is an Indian television soap opera that was telecast on Zee TV in the mid 1990s. It is based on the Marathi novel "Adhantari" by Late Shri Jaywant Dalvi. Hasratein focuses around successes of extra marital relations ...
''
* ''Neelanjana''
* ''
Avantika'' (Marathi)
* ''Beta''
* ''Happy Journey'' (Marathi)
* ''Khamoshiyaan''
* ''
The Great Maratha
''The Great Maratha'' is an Indian historical drama television series directed by Sanjay Khan and produced by Numero Uno International Limited. The drama aired on DD National. The series is based on the life of Mahadaji Shinde. The show compr ...
''
* ''Meerabai''
* ''
Raja Shivchatrapati
''Raja Shivchatrapati'' is a Marathi historical TV drama based on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire. The serial was re-broadcast in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Summary
Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, born at ...
'' (Marathi)
* ''
Noorjahan''
* ''
Draupadi''
* ''
Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani''
Web series
Films written and directed
*''
Rama Madhav
''Rama Madhav'' is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language historical drama directed by Mrinal Kulkarni, It takes place during the Peshwa era.
''Rama Madhav'' was released on 8 August 2014.
Plot
The story starts from where Chhoti Rama is playing. All ...
'' - 2014
*''
Prem Mhanje Prem Mhanje Prem Asta'' - 2013
*''Ti and Ti'' - 2019
Awards
Kulkarni has won following awards-
# 2001 Screen Award in the Best Actress category for her role in the Marathi film ''Jodidar'' (2000).
# National Award for movie ''Thang/The Quest'' directed by
Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema.
Career
Palekar studied fine arts at the Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, and commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he ...
.
References
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21st-century Indian actresses
Living people
Indian soap opera actresses
1968 births
Actresses in Marathi cinema
Marathi film directors
Actresses from Pune
Indian women film directors
21st-century Indian film directors
Film directors from Maharashtra
1971 births