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Neena Kulkarni (neena Joshi) is an Indian actress. She began her acting career in the 1970s on the Marathi professional stage and Hindi experimental stage, along with fashion shows and modelling simultaneously. She met Pt Satyadev Dubey, her first guru, and went on to be a part of several Hindi productions under his direction. Mohan Rakesh's Adhe Adhure, Shankar Shesh's Mayavi Sarovar and Willie Russell's Educating Rita are a few of her prominent plays.[1]

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Neena Kulkarni
Born	Neena Joshi 1954/1955 (age 67–68)[1] Pune, Bombay State, India (present day Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Dilip Kulkarni ​ ​ (m. 1980; died 2002)​ [1]

Dr. Vijaya Mehta chose her to play Shabbo in Anil Barve's Hamidabai Chi Kothi in 1978, and thus began her long journey with Bai into the remarkable world of Marathi theatre with Mahasagar and Savitri. She continues to assist Bai in her workshops. Mahasagar, Akasmat, Dhyani Mani, Vatvat Savitri, Dehabhaan, Prem Patra and Chaapa Kaata are some more of her successful award-winning (Natya Darpan, State Awards, Natya Parishad recognition) Marathi plays.

She directed the play Mahasagar in 2011, Educating Rita, Mahatma Versus Gandhi and Wedding Album - English plays. Her prominent feature films are Savat Mazi Ladki (state award best actress) Aai, Uttarayan, Shevri (for which she won the National Award and PIFF award as producer) Sari Var Sari (State award best supporting) and Bioscope: Dil-E-Naadan (Filmfare Best Supporting Actress). Badal, Nayak, Paheli, Guru, Hungama, Rann, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, Hasee Toh Phasee and Ghayal: Once Again are some of the other Hindi films she has acted in.[2]

She is a column writer for Loksatta, called Antarang. She wrote for 3 years, and has been published as a book by the same name. Her prominent advertising commercials include Cadbury, Surf Excel, Parachute, Paytm, Mother Dairy and Maggie Masala. Her latest television show Yeh Hai Mohabattein recently completed 6 years of telecast. International projects : The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Rani (an 8 part series in the French language telecast on channel France Deux) Noces, a French Film shot in Luxembourg and premiered in Paris in Feb 2017. Her latest foray into digital content through a web series Breathe and short films Cuddly and Maa has won her much appreciation. Her latest release is the Short film Devi.

Neena's latest films in the Marathi language are Mogara Phulala directed by Shravani Deodhar, Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande, directed by Gajendra Ahire and Photoprem' directed by Aditya Rathi and Gayatri Patil.(Indian Panorama entry in IFFI and Marathi Competition entry in PIFF). Her upcoming films include Sachin Kundalkar’s Pondicherry and Mohit Takalkar’s Medium Spicy.[3] Her latest outing on television is the bio series Swarajya Janani Jijamata wherein Neena Kulkarni had played the title role of this great lady and ruler.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
1992	Hach Sunbaicha Bhau	Marathi
1993	Savat Mazi Ladki	Marathi	Seema Madhukar Hirve
1996	Daayraa	Hindi	Widow
1997	Hasari	Marathi	Mother
1999	Daag: The Fire	Hindi	Sushila Singh
2000	Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke		Amrit Y. Grewal
2000	Badal		Soni's mother
2000	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani		Laxmi
2001	Nayak: The Real Hero		Daksha Rao Gaekwad
2001	Hum Ho Gaye Aapke		Mrs. Gupta
2001	Rahul			Mrs. Sharma
2002	Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar		Kamla Patel
2002	Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein		Sunanda Singh
2002	Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa		Esha's mother
2002	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai		Gayatri Sharma
2002	Ab Ke Baras		Prerna
2002	Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai		Rachna Patil
2003	Hungama		Jeetu's mom
2003	Dum		Saraswati Shinde
2004	Inspector Kiran		Accomplice
2004	Ishq Hai Tumse
2004	Pachhadlela		Marathi	Ravi's mother
2004	Saatchya Aat Gharat		Marathi
2005	Sarivar Sari	Marathi
2005	71⁄2 Phere: More Than a Wedding	Hindi	Rati Pant
2005	Paheli		Mrs. Bhanwarlal
2005	Kyaa Kool Hai Hum		Shanti - Kiran's mom
2005	Uttarayan	Marathi	Durgi
2006	Shevri	Marathi		Also producer of the film
2006	Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar	Hindi	Ayaan's grandma
2006	Humko Deewana Kar Gaye	Hindi	Amrit H. Malhotra
2006	Ho Sakta Hai!	Hindi	Shakuntala
2006	Nital	Marathi
2007	Raqeeb	Hindi
2007	Guru	Hindi	Sujata's Mother
2008	Bhoothnath	Hindi	Nirmala
2009	Gho Mala Asla Hava	Marathi
2009	Gandha	Marathi	Janaki
2010	Rann	Hindi	Lata V. Malik
	Kaanch - The Broken Glass			Post Production
2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	English	Gaurika
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee	Hindi
2016	Ghayal Once Again	Hindi
2016	A Wedding	French / Urdu	Yelda Kazim
2019	Mogra Phulaalaa	Marathi	Mother
2019	Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande	Marathi	Mother
2019	Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli	Marathi	Vijaya Mehta
2020	Devi	Hindi	Savitri	Short film
2021	Photo Prem	Marathi
2021	Godavari	Marathi
2021	Pondicherry	Marathi

Theatre

• Dehbhaan
• Hamidabai chi Kothi
• Dhyani Manee
• Naagmandal
• Chhapa Kata as Uttara Bhagwat
• Mahatama Vs Gandhi
• Educating Rita
• Mahasagar
• Vat Vat Savitri
• Aai ch Ghar Unhacha
• Prem Patra
• Doctor Tumhi Suddha

Television

• Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
• Kammal as Rinni Sanyal/Raina Bose
• Kayamath
• Mathemagic co-host with Benjamin Gilani on Doordarshan
• Baa Bahoo Aur Baby as Asha
• Meri Maa as Pratibha's mother-in-law
• Ek Packet Umeed-present as Ambika aka Mai
• Devyani as Manjula
• Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Madhavi "Madhu" Iyer: Vishwa's wife; Vandita and Ishita's mother; Mihika's aunt (2013–2019)[4]
• Adhuri Ek Kahani
• Ados Pados as Champakali
• Swarajya Janani Jijamata as Rajmata Jijabai
• Raja Shivchatrapati as Badi Begum
• Saarrthi as Kumud Goenka/Baisa
• Breathe as Juliet Mascarenhas
• The Kapil Sharma Show to promote Devi
• Swamini as Tarabai[5]
• Unpaused: Naya Safar

Production

Kulkarni has produced the following Marathi films

• 2006 - Shevri

References

External links

• Neena Kulkarni at IMDb
• Neena Kulkarni at TV Guide
• Neena Kulkarni at Rotten Tomatoes
• Neena Kulkarni at Bollywood Hungama

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