Neena Kulkarni

Actress

Neena Kulkarni, born on 15 August is an Indian actress. She began her acting career in the 1970s on Marathi professional stage and Hindi experimental stage, along with fashion shows and modeling simultaneously. She has also directed the play Mahasagar in 2011. Her prominent feature films are Savat Maazhi Laadki (state award best actress), Aai, Uttaryan, Shevri (for which she won the National Award and PIFF award as producer), Sari var Sari (State award best supporting), Bioscope (filmfare best supporting actress). Badal, Nayak, Paheli, Guru, Rann, Phir Bhi Dil hai Hindustani, Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai, Hasee Toh Phasee are a few of the Hindi films she has acted in, amongst others. Prominent advertising commercials include Cadbury, Parachute, Surf, PayTm, Mother Dairy, and latest Maggie Masala. Her latest televisions show Yeh hai Mohabatten running its 5th year. Her International projects, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Rani (an 8 part series in the French language telecast on channel France Deux). Her latest foray into digital content through a web series BREATHE and short films CUDDLY and MAA has won her much appreciation. She was also Column writer for Loksatta it was called Antarang. She wrote it for 3 years, and has been published as a book by the same name in 3 editions.