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Kirti Kulhari Biography – an Indian Actress known for her Acting Skills

Kirti Kulhari is an Indian actress who works in Hindi-language films and series. She made her acting debut with the film Khichdi: The Movie in 2010 and then starred in Shaitan in 2011. She then appeared in the films Jal, Pink, Indu Sarkar, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Mission Mangal.

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Real Name: Kirti Kulhari
Profession: Indian actress
Birthplace: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Husband: Saahil Sehgal
Age: 37

Kirti Kulhari (born 30 May 1985) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi-language films and series. She made her acting debut with the film Khichdi: The Movie in 2010 and then starred in Shaitan in 2011. She then appeared in the films Jal (2013), Pink (2016), Indu Sarkar (2017), Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), and Mission Mangal (2019).

Kulhari has starred in several web series, including Four More Shots Please! (2019–present) on Amazon Prime Video, and Criminal Justice (2020) and Human (2022) on Disney+Hotstar.

Kirti Kulhari Biography
Kirti Kulhari Biography
Kirti Kulhari Biography
Born 30 May 1985 (age 37)

Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present
Spouse
Saahil Sehgal (m. 2016; separated 2021)

Personal life

Kulhari was born and brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra. Her family hails from the Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. Her father was a Commander in the Indian Navy. Kulhari married actor Saahil Sehgal in 2016. She announced her separation from him on 1 April 2021.

Kirti Kulhari with her Husband
Kirti Kulhari with her Husband

Acting career

Early career

Kulhari started her career in theatre and TV commercials. She did a one-month acting workshop with a Hindi theatre group called Yatri Theatre, under the direction and guidance of Om Katare. After that, She worked on three plays – Chinta Chhod Chintamani with Yatri Theatre, Shehenshah of Azeemo with AK Various productions, and a Hindi adaptation of Sakharam Binder with Yatri Theatre. Kulhari was the face of many television commercials – Lotus Mutual Funds, Travel Guru, Videocon Air Conditioners, Parachute Gorgeous Hamesha Campaign, ICICI Bank, Kaya Skin Clinic, Taj Mahal Tea, Everyuth Face Wash, Whirlpool Refrigerators, Spice Mobile, Virgin Mobiles, Close-up, JK White Cement and Tic Tac mouth freshener. For two years, Kulhari was the face of the beauty brand Nivea Visage Sparkling Glow’s face. Kulhari was also a part of the music video – “Hik Vich Jaan” in the Desi Rockstar 2 album by Gippy Grewal.

Kulhari started her film acting career in Bollywood with Khichdi: The Movie, which was released in October 2010. Kulhari was noticed as an actress for her second film, Shaitan, which was released in June 2011.

Breakthrough (2016–present)

In 2016, she was seen in Pink with Tapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bacchan and her performance was praised. The film was both commercially and critically successful. In 2017, she appeared in the title role of Indu in Madhur Bhandarkar‘s political thriller film Indu Sarkar. In 2018, she starred in Blackmail with Irrfan Khan.

In 2019, she appeared in the role of an Indian Air Force officer Seerat Kaur in the commercially and critically successful military action film Uri: The Surgical Strike. The same year, she also appeared in the web television series Four More Shots Please! on Amazon Prime Video and Bard of Blood on Netflix. She acted in Mission Mangal, a film based on India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, which was released on 15 August 2019.

In August 2020, Kulhari joined the cast of The Girl On The Train directed by Ribhu Dasgupta. It also features Parineeti ChopraAditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary, and Sammy Jonas Heaney.

In January 2022, Kulhari turned producer by launching the production house Kintsukuroi Films and will star in its first project, a dark comedy thriller film Nayeka written and directed by Ajaykiran Nair. Kirti started shooting for the film on 2 January.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2010 Khichdi: The Movie Parminder
2011 Shaitaan Tanya Sharma
2013 Sooper Se Ooper Gulabo (Gul)
Rise of the Zombie Vinny
2014 Jal Kesar
2016 Cute Kameena Avantika
Pink Falak Ali
2017 Indu Sarkar Indu Sarkar
2018 Blackmail Reena Kaushal
2019 Mission Mangal Neha Siddiqui
Uri: The Surgical Strike Flight lieutenant Seerat Kaur
2021 The Girl on the Train Dalbir Kaur Bagga
Shaadisthan Sasha
Kirti Kulhari Biography
Kirti Kulhari Biography

Web series

Year Title Role
2019–present Four More Shots Please! Anjana Menon
2019 Bard of Blood Jannat
2020 Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Anuradha Chandra
2022 Human Dr. Saira Sabharwal

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2017 Filmfare Awards Pink Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2019 Maya Best Actress in a Short Film Won
2022 The Girl on the Train Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2020 Filmfare OTT Awards Four More Shots Please! Best Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2021 Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Nominated
2019 Indian Television Academy Awards Four More Shots Please! Best Actress – Web Series Nominated
2022 Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors Best Actress – Drama (OTT) Won
2017 Jagran Film Festival Pink Special Jury Award Won
2012 Screen Awards Shaitan Best Ensemble Cast Nominated
2017 Pink Best Actress (Critics) Nominated
2018 Indu Sarkar Nominated
2012 Zee Cine Awards Shaitan Best Female Debut Nominated

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