Madhurima Tuli (born 19 August 1986) is an Indian actress and model. Her works in Hindi television include the fiction dramas '' Kasturi'', '' Parichay'', ''

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'', '' Chandrakanta'' and ''

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'' and the reality shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also starred in big Hindi films such as ''

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'' (2015), ''

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'' (2015) and ''

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'' (2017).

Early life

Tuli was born in

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on 19 August 1986. She hails from

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. She won the Miss Uttraranchal Contest when in college. Her father works for Tata Steel, her mother works for an

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, and she has a younger brother Shrikant Tuli. who owns a Music Label SVMT Music.

Career

Tuli made an early debut in the

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film ''Saththaa'' (2004) opposite

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. She moved to

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and studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School, worked as a model doing advertisements for brands like Godrej,

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and Karbonn Mobiles. In 2008, she played a supporting role as the pretty girl Satya in '' Homam'', an

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written and directed by J. D. Chakravarthy, and to some extent inspired by the 2006

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movie ''

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'', directed by

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. '' Toss'' (2009) was her next film in the role of Sherry, and after the small role as Bindiya in

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's supernatural soap opera '' Shree'' (2008-2009), Tuli played the aspiring model Kushi in

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's TV series ''

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'' (2010-2011). Tuli had a lead as newly married Rukmini in ''

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'' (2010). It was screened at the 6th Annual South African Halloween Horror Festival in Cape Town, where it won the best feature film and best cinematography award. Together with

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as her partner, she took part in the third season of ''

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'', a

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filmed in

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and broadcast by Aapka Colors Tuli had a leading role in ''

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'' (2012) along with

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, and as the female lead Natasha in Anik Singal's English language short film ''Lethal Commission'' (2012). She starred in the film ''Maaricha'' (2012), directed by K. Sivasurya. The film was simultaneously made in

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and

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and had

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playing the lead actor opposite Tuli. Tuli played Gunjan Dutta in the Hindi

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'' Warning'' (2013). She was seen playing the lead role in the film ''Nimbe Huli'', directed by Hemanth Hegde and produced by

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. The film had Hegde playing the lead role along with Tuli,

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and

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. She also played the role of Anjali Singh Rajput (wife of

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) in the 2015 action film ''

''. Tuli participated in Zee TV's reality show ''I Can Do That. She'' also played the antagonist role of Tanu in ''

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. Later she reprised'' her role of Anjali Singh Rajput in

—a spin-off of Baby (2015)—with

, Anupam Kher,

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, and

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. Her first Hollywood venture came in 2017 where she played the younger version of

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(Maharaja Duleep Singh's mother) in the film

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, which is based on the last king of the Sikh Empire Maharaja Duleep. She then portrayed Princess Chandrakanta in Colors TV series '' Chandrakanta''.

Personal life

Tuli met actor

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on the sets of her show Chandrakanta in 2017 and later dated him. They broke up after a year of dating in 2018.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Music videos

Theatres

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuli, Madhurima 1986 births Living people Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Hindi television Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Uttarakhand People from Odisha 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Indian television actresses Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants