Tejaswini Kolhapure (born 1 January 1980) is an Indian super model and actress.

Personal life

Kolhapure was born in

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in a Maharashtrian family. Her father, Pandharinath Kolhapure, was a classical singer whose family was from

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Kolhapur is one of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra and has been a hub of historical, religious, and cultural a ...

.If I had my way, I would have worked with Raj Kapoor all my life: Padmini Kolhapure
''Times of India'', 13 September 2013. She is the youngest sister of Shivangi Kolhapure (wife of

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) and

Padmini Kolhapure Padmini Kolhapure (born 1 November 1965) is an Indian actress and singer, who primarily works in Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi films. Kolhapure is considered as one of the leading actress of the 80s. In a career spanning over four decades ...

and mausi (maternal aunt) to

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. She is the niece of singer

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, as her paternal grandmother was the half-sister of

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, 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

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. 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,

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and Niki Aneja. Her first film made by

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, ''

Paanch ''Paanch'' () is a 2003 Indian crime thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap in his directing debut, starring Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Vijay Maurya, Joy Fernandes, and Tejaswini Kolhapure. The film is loosely based on th ...

'', 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

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. Kolhapure said that filming ''Ugly'' was a draining experience. The ''

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'' 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

Films

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolhapure, Tejaswini Indian film actresses Living people Marathi actresses Actresses from Maharashtra 1980 births