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Hometown: Pune, Maharashtra
Age: 51 Years
Spouse: Ruchir Kulkarni
Some lesser known facts about Mrinal Kulkarni
- Mrinal Kulkarni is an Indian theater artist, TV and film actor and film director.
- He was born in a Hindu family in Maharashtra.
- She was spotted in 1990 by Marathi film actor and director Gajanan Jehangirdar while she was performing at an inter-college function. He then asked her to act in the Marathi TV series ‘Swami’ and she accepted the offer. Sharing the incident during an interview, he said,
In fact, Gajanan Jehangirdar, who was a master at an inter-collegiate festival in 1990, saw me. I wasn’t looking for roles or anything. Since Swami was a prestigious project, I immediately agreed. Still, I continued my studies, appeared for my graduation.”
- She wanted to pursue her PhD degree from SNDT Women’s University in Mumbai after completing her graduation. He also enrolled in university, but after the introduction of Marathi serial, he started getting more offers for TV serials and films. She got busy with acting projects, so she dropped the idea of pursuing a Ph.D. He talked about this during an interview. He said,
I was offered Srikanth. I did this to work with talented actors like Farooq Sheikh. Still, I was so sure that I wanted to complete my PhD. I was not comfortable doing the kind of roles that were being offered to me. So I enrolled myself for research in SNDT University. In the meantime I got married. I had a son. The offers kept coming. Then in 1996, Sanjay Khan offered me a choice of roles in The Great Maratha. I refused it outright, but he insisted that I should at least listen to him. He offered me a choice between playing Mahadji Scindia’s wife and Ahilyabai Holkar. By the end of the meeting, the role of Ahilyabai Holkar had caught my fancy. That’s when I thought I would take up acting as a profession.”
- After this he acted in many Marathi TV serials like ‘The Great Maratha’ (1994), ‘Avantika’ (2001) and ‘Raja Shivchatrapati’ (2020).
- Mrinal also acted in Hindi TV serials like ‘Son Pari’ (2000), ‘Astitva… Ek Prem Kahani’ (2002), ‘Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat’ (2008), and ‘Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha’ (2018). has done.
- He did professional training in Kathak under renowned Kathak guru Pandit Uma Dogra ji for the 2009 Hindi TV serial ‘Meera’.
- Apart from TV serials, she has also appeared in various Hindi and Marathi films. Some of his Marathi films are ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha’ (2012), ‘Prem Mahan Prem Mhenje Prem Ast’ (2013), ‘Farjand’ (2018), and ‘Pawankhind’ (2022).
- She has appeared in Hindi films like ‘Jai Dakshineswar Kali Maa’ (1996), ‘Veer Savarkar’ (2001), ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’ (2014), and ‘The Kashmir Files’ (2022).
- Mrinal has also acted in several Hindi and Marathi theater plays.
- He has worked as a director-writer in Marathi films, such as ‘Prem Mhenje Prem Mhenje Prem Ast’ (2013; his directorial debut), ‘Ram Madhav’ (2014), and ‘Ti Aur Tee’ (2019). .
- Mrunal had written a book titled ‘Makeup Utthan’ in 2016.
- She has appeared in various TV commercials including Visco Turmeric Skin Cream, Krishna Milk and Brooke Bond Red Label.
- For a few years, Mrinal has been associated with an NGO named CanConnect in Mumbai as one of the cancer activists.
- She is an exclusive devotee of Lord Ganesha.
- Whenever she gets free time from her busy schedule, she likes to travel and read books.
- She is an avid animal lover and has a pet dog named Eva.