Tejaswini Kolhapure - Actress, Model, (Hindi)
Indian Bollywood actresses: Indian Bollywood actresses Padmini Kolhapure (C) and sisters Tejaswini Kolhapure and Shivangi Kolhapure (R) attend the Divine Felicitations ceremony in Mumbai on November 25. 2010. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tejaswini Kolhapure
About:
Born 1 January 1980 (age 45)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s) Actress, model
Spouse Pankaj Saraswat
Children 1
Opening Of Pandit Pandharinath Kolhapure Marg At Juhu
MUMBAI, INDIA - MARCH 28: Bollywood actors Shakti Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, singer Asha Bhosale, Rashmi Thackeray, Padmini Kolhapure and Tejaswini Kolhapure during the opening of Pandit Pandharinath Kolhapure Marg at JVPD, Juhu, on March 28, 2017 in Mumbai, India. Pandit Pandharinath Kolhapure is the grandfather of the actress and father to Shraddha Kapoor's mother, Shivangi Kapoor. (Photo by Pramod Thakur/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Relatives Mangeshkar-Hardikar-Abhisheki-Kolhapure family
Introduction:
Tejaswini Kolhapure (born 1 January 1980) is an Indian super model and actress.
Personal life:
MUMBAI, INDIA - APRIL 13: Tejaswini Kolhapure with husband Pankaj Saraswat at Satish Kaushik's birthday party at Mangi Ferra in Mumbai on April 13, 2011.(Photo by Yogen Shah/The India Today Group via Getty Images)
VIDEO: Tejaswini Kolhapure Blessed With Daughter - BT
She is the niece of singer Lata Mangeshkar, as her paternal grandmother was the half-sister of Deenanath Mangeshkar, Lata's father. Her mother, Nirupama Prabhu, had a job working for the airlines.
Kolhapure and her husband, Pankaj Saraswat, had a daughter in 2015.
Career:
Before she started her career with modelling and films, she made her debut with a television series, Mujhe Chaand Chahiye, directed by Raja Bundela on Zee TV. She appeared in the "Saughat" and "Tum Bin" episodes of the miniseries Rishtey on Zee TV. She was also involved in theatre.
She did a Modelling assignment in a Fashion Catalogue published by Krupa Kreations - Vimal N. Upadhyaya in the year of 1992. In same edition of this Catalogue, she was accompanied by Aishwarya Rai, Sonali Bendre and Niki Aneja.
Her first film made by Anurag Kashyap, Paanch, was not initially released. Paanch was delayed in its release due to problems with the depictions of violence, language and drug use in the film. Her appearance in Ugly was with the director, Kashyap, once more where she played a depressed young woman who was also an alcoholic. Kolhapure said that filming Ugly was a draining experience. The Hindustan Times wrote that "Kolhapure plays a battered wife and brings out the pain of a barren life perfectly."
Theatre:
1999
"The Magic Pill" directed by Satyadev Dubey
"Sabse Bada Thag" directed by Makrand Deshpandey
2000
"Brahma Vishnu Mahesh" directed by Satyadev Dubey.
2002
"Modh" during the 'Prithvi Festival 2002' directed by Ahlam Khan
2005
"Beauty, Brains, & Personality" directed by Vandana Sajnani
2007
"Flirt in Your Dreams" directed by Satyadev Dubey
2008
"All About Women" directed by Hidayat Sami
Short film:
Year Work Role Network Notes
2007 Salt 'N' Pepper short film
Films:
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Paanch Shiuli
2004 Stop! Tina A. Mehra
2005 Anjaane Sonia
2007 Salt & Pepper
2008 Mumbai Cutting
2010 Raavan Dulari
Tequila Nights Amrita Pathak
2013 Boyss Toh Boyss Hain
2014 Ugly Shalini Bose
2019 Happi Special appearance
2024 Yes Papa
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