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Mamta Kulkarni

2021-08-09T15:32:02Z

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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mamta Kulkarni
| caption = Mamta Kulkarni in 1996
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|4|20}}<ref>[http://entertainment.in.msn.com/gallery/Photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=3034219 Mamta Kulkarni turns 40 – Birthday Suite: Mamta Kulkarni] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821144650/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/gallery/Photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=3034219 |date=21 August 2014 }}. Entertainment.in.msn.com (20 April 2012). Retrieved on 20 July 2013.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = Actress, model
| yearsactive = 1991–2003
| spouse = [[Vicky Goswami]]
}}
'''Mamta Kulkarni''' is a former [[India]]n actress and model. She has appeared in commercial successful [[Bollywood|Hindi]] films such as ''[[Aashiq Awara]]'' (1993), ''[[Waqt Hamara Hai]]'' (1993), ''[[Krantiveer]]'' (1994), ''[[Karan Arjun]]'' (1995), ''[[Sabse Bada Khiladi]]'' (1995),
''[[Andolan (1995 film)|Andolan]]'' (1995), ''[[Baazi (1995 film)|Baazi]]'' (1996), ''[[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]]'' (1998) and ''[[Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller]]'' (2001). Her performance in ''Aashiq Awara'' (1993) won her the 1994 [[Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year]]. In the blockbuster ''[[Karan Arjun]]'' (1995), directed by [[Rakesh Roshan]], Kulkarni starred alongside [[Salman Khan]]. She quit the film industry after her appearance in the film ''[[Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum]]''.

==Career==
Kulkarni made her film debut with the 1992 movie ''[[Tirangaa]]''. In 1993, she starred in ''[[Aashiq Awara]]'', which won her a [[Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year]]. She went on to appear in many popular films such as ''[[Waqt Hamara Hai]]'' (1993), ''[[Krantiveer]]'' (1994), ''[[Karan Arjun]]'' (1995), ''[[Sabse Bada Khiladi]]'' (1995) and ''[[Baazi (1995 film)|Baazi]]'' (1995). She mostly played the leading actor's love interest in all these films.

Things changed when [[Rajkumar Santoshi]], in whose earlier movie ''[[Ghatak: Lethal]]'' (1996) she had a cameo appearance in a song, cast her as the female lead in his 1998 movie ''[[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]]'', an ambitious remake of ''[[Seven Samurai]]''. However, things did not go as planned. Relations between Santoshi and the actress soured. Rumours began circulating that Kulkarni had been dropped from the movie, and was reinstated only after gangster [[Chhota Rajan]] intervened on her behalf.<ref name="rajan">{{cite news |url = http://www.rediff.com/entertai/dec/27sat.htm |title = The predator as prey |publisher = Rediff India |date = 27 December 1997 |access-date = 10 July 2006 |archive-date = 24 November 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061124030621/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/dec/27sat.htm |url-status = live }}</ref> When the movie was finally released, it was an average earner. Furthermore, the only song in the movie, the [[item number]] "[[Chamma Chamma]]", was picturised on [[Urmila Matondkar]], even though Kulkarni had built her reputation with such numbers. To add insult to injury, the song turned out to be a chartbuster, which greatly increased Matondkar's popularity.

Angered and frustrated at the turn of events, Kulkarni lashed out at Santoshi, accusing him of cutting her screen time because she had refused his advances.<ref name="santoshi">{{cite news |url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050304/asp/etc/story_4440550.asp |title = J'accuse! |publisher = The Telegraph |date = 4 March 2005 |access-date = 10 July 2006 |archive-date = 13 December 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161213114731/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050304/asp/etc/story_4440550.asp |url-status = live }}</ref> Santoshi denied all rumours related to the movie, and the matter was given a quiet burial. However, this proved to be the death blow to Kulkarni's career. She only appeared in a handful of movies after that, and new offers dried up. She quit movies after the 2002 film ''Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum''. She also did a few movies in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam.<ref>[http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1038196,prtpage-1.cms Once Bollywood 'Hot'Shots: Where Are They? – Features-Features & Events-Indiatimes – Movies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730075945/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1038196,prtpage-1.cms |date=30 July 2010 }}. Movies.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 20 July 2013.</ref>

==Personal life==
Kulkarni belonged to a middle class Konkani [[Brahmin]] family and claims that she was not married to Vicky Gowswami.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mathew|first=Suresh|date=2016-07-22|title=I Am Pure, No Desire For Sex, Films or Drugs, Says Mamta Kulkarni|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/mamta-kulkarni-interview-stardust-vicky-goswami-drug-racketeering-dubai-kenya-bollywood-sex-films-drugs|access-date=2020-08-29|website=TheQuint|language=en|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803045950/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/mamta-kulkarni-interview-stardust-vicky-goswami-drug-racketeering-dubai-kenya-bollywood-sex-films-drugs|url-status=live}}</ref> However, contrary reports state that she married [[Vicky Goswami]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/five-things-to-know-about-mamta-kulkarni-s-husband-vicky-goswami/story-PWkpecsJH1uFoGXW829FgM.html|title=Five things to know about Mamta Kulkarni's husband Vicky Goswami|website=hindustantimes.com|access-date=1 May 2017|archive-date=26 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626142255/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/five-things-to-know-about-mamta-kulkarni-s-husband-vicky-goswami/story-PWkpecsJH1uFoGXW829FgM.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Controversy==
In June 2016, the [[Thane]] Police named Kulkarni as one of the accused involved in supplying [[ephedrine]] for illicit manufacture of [[methamphetamine]] to a {{INR}}2000 crore international drug racket and gangster, intended for trafficking.<ref name="theh_Mamt">{{Cite web | title = Mamta Kulkarni named accused in Thane drug racket case | last = Mengle | first = Gautam. | work = The Hindu | date = 18 June 2016 | access-date = 2016-07-07 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mamta-kulkarni-named-accused-in-thane-drug-racket-case/article8745729.ece | archive-date = 12 October 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201012051832/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/Mamta-Kulkarni-named-accused-in-Thane-drug-racket-case/article14430429.ece | url-status = live }}</ref> It is alleged that Kulkarni along with her partner [[Vicky Goswami]] and other co-accused attended a meeting in an international drug ring in Kenya in January 2016.<ref name="indi_Ephe">{{Cite web | title = Ephedrine drug bust: Thane police name Mamta Kulkarni as accused | last = Thaver | first = Mohamed | work = The Indian Express | date = 19 June 2016 | access-date = 2016-07-07 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/ephedrine-drug-bust-case-thane-police-names-mamta-kulkarni-as-accused-2860895/ | archive-date = 19 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160619150319/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/ephedrine-drug-bust-case-thane-police-names-mamta-kulkarni-as-accused-2860895/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

The crime branch of Thane police, which is investigating an international ephedrine supply racket, on 25 June 2017 issued a notice of 'proclaimed offender' to her and her partner and alleged drug lord Vicky Goswami. A team of crime branch officials went to Kulkarni's house at Sky Enclave in Versova, suburban Mumbai, and pasted a notice on the door, as the actress' whereabouts are not known. A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court declared Kulkarni and Goswami as proclaimed offenders and ordered attachment of their properties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumbai-cops-issue-proclaimed-offender-notice-to-mamta-kulkarni/story-9MzqTPOY8kEwnAOCFpj7bL.html|title=Mumbai cops issue 'proclaimed offender' notice to Mamta Kulkarni|date=2017-06-24|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-06-24|language=en|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624144319/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mumbai-cops-issue-proclaimed-offender-notice-to-mamta-kulkarni/story-9MzqTPOY8kEwnAOCFpj7bL.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Language !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1991 || ''[[Nanbargal]]'' || Tamil || Priya ||
|-
| rowspan="4" |1992 || ''[[Mera Dil Tere Liye]]'' || Hindi || Priya R. Singh ||
|-
| ''[[Tirangaa]]'' || Hindi || Sandhya ||
|-
| ''[[Prema Sikharam|Premasikharam]]'' || Telugu || ||
|-
| ''Donga Police'' || Telugu || Gowri ||
|-
| rowspan="5" |1993 || ''[[Bhookamp]]'' || Hindi || Kavita Anand ||
|-
| ''[[Waqt Hamara Hai]]'' || Hindi || Mamta Vidrohi ||
|-
| ''[[Ashaant]]'' || Hindi || Sonali ||
|-
| ''[[Vishnu Vijaya]]'' || Kannada || Sonali ||
|-
| ''[[Aashiq Awara]]'' || Hindi || Jyoti || [[Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |1994 || ''[[Anokha Premyudh]]'' || Hindi || Priti ||
|-
| ''[[Betaaj Badshah]]'' || Hindi || Tejeshwani / Gudiya ||
|-
| ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]'' || Hindi || — ||
|-
| ''[[Dilbar (1994 film)|Dilbar]]'' || Hindi || Priya Verma ||
|-
| ''[[Krantiveer]]'' || Hindi || Mamta ||
|-
| ''[[Vaade Iraade]]'' || Hindi || Nikita Sekhri ||
|-
| rowspan="8" |1995 || ''[[Karan Arjun]]'' || Hindi || Bindiya ||
|-
| ''[[Andolan (1995 film)|Andolan]]'' || Hindi || Guddi ||
|-
| ''[[Baazi (1995 film)|Baazi]]'' || Hindi || Journalist Sanjana Roy ||
|-
| ''[[Policewala Gunda]]'' || Hindi || Sudha's sister ||
|-
| ''[[Sabse Bada Khiladi]]'' || Hindi || Sunita Das ||
|-
| ''[[Kismat (1995 film)|Kismat]]'' || Hindi || Madhu ||
|-
| ''[[Ahankaar]]'' || Hindi || Naina ||
|-
| ''[[Bhagya Debata]]'' || Bengali || || Special appearance
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996 || ''Raja Aur Rangeeli'' || || ||
|-
| ''[[Beqabu]]'' || Hindi || Reshmi Kapoor ||
|-
| ''[[Ghatak: Lethal]]'' || Hindi || Dancer || (in song "Maara Re"), item number "Koi Jaaye To"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1997 || ''[[Jeevan Yudh]]'' || || Kajal Choudhry ||
|-
| ''Krantikari'' || || Dancer ||
|-
| ''[[Naseeb (1997 film)|Naseeb]]'' || Hindi || Pooja ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |1998 || ''[[Jaane Jigar]]'' || || Meena and Meenu ||
|-
| ''[[Qila (film)|Qila]]'' || || Neeta ||
|-
| ''[[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]]'' || Hindi || Sandhya ||
|-
|1999 || ''[[Chandamama (1999 film)|Chandamama]]'' || Malayalam || || Item number "Rojaappoo Kavilathu"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2001 || ''Bangshadhar'' || || ||
|-
| ''[[Censor (2001 film)|Censor]]'' || Hindi || Nisha (Censor board member) ||
|-
| ''[[Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller]]'' || Hindi || Sandhya Mother Daughter [[Tara Sutaria]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002|| ''Divine Temple Khajuraho'' || || ||
|-
| ''[[Kabhie Tum Kabhie Hum]]'' || Hindi || Sumona ||
|-
|2003 || ''Shesh Bongsodhar'' || Bengali || Antara || Bangladeshi film
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0474616|name=Mamta Kulkarni}}
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Kohi Apna Sa

2021-08-09T09:01:58Z

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{{Short description|Hindi drama television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| name = Kohi Apna Sa 2 Reboot
| image = File:Kohi Apna Sa.png
| caption = [[Intertitle]] of Kohi Apna Sa
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]]),
| runtime = approx. 24 minutes
| creator = [[Balaji Telefilms]]
| creative_director = Monisha Singh [[Nivedita Basu]] Ekta R Bahri
| director = Qaeed Kuwajerwala Rakesh Jaggi Neelima Bajpayee
| writer = R M Joshi Anil Nagpal Bharvi Shah
| producer = [[Ekta Kapoor]] [[Shobha Kapoor]]
| editor = Vikas Sharma
| cinematography = Anil Mishra
| starring = [[Kohi Apna Sa#Cast|see below]]
| opentheme = "Kohi Apna Sa" by [[Preeti & Pinky]] Title Song Plastc Surgery
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| company = [[Balaji Telefilms]]
| network = [[Zee TV]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2001|10|15}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2003|01|15}}
| num_episodes = 312
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| website = https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/kohi-apna-sa/0-6-153
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'''''Kohi Apna Sa''''' is a Hindi drama television series starring [[Narayani Shastri]], [[Disha Parmar ]] [[Manasi Salvi]], Aparna Tilak [[Sara Khan (actress, born 1989)|Sara Khan]] and [[Sherrin Varghese]]. Shruti, Khushi and Sanjana are best friends and coincidentally all three get married in same family. The three friends live a happy life in each other's company, until tragedy strikes and Shruti's husband is murdered. The show started with good ratings on [[Zee TV]] and also became one of the most watched of channel but suddenly show started losing viewership and went off air in January, 2003. It used to air from Monday to Friday from 15 October 2001 to 20 September 2002 and then it used to air from Monday to Thursday from 23 September 2002 to 15 January 2003.

==Plot==

Khushi, Shruti and Sanjana are the closest of friends who dote on each other. As luck would have it, they marry three cousins—Vishal, Tushar and Kabir, respectively—and living in the same house. As they cope with the challenges of adjusting into a huge joint family, their friendship comes under pressure; but they always try to support each other.

Their lives take an unexpectedly tragic turn when Tushar is murdered and his wife Shruti arrested for the crime. Though Shruti protests that she is innocent, she is taken away by the police. Khushi and Sanjana watch helplessly, while the other family members condemn Shruti. Later, they are told that a police van carrying Shruti has met with an accident, killing her along with the other occupants.

Several years later, a successful businesswoman named Mallika Singhania comes in contact with Khushi, Sanjana and their husbands. Friendly at first, Mallika later unveils a ruthless plan for ruining Vishal and Kabir. When Khushi and Sanjana confront Mallika, they make a shocking discovery. Mallika is none other than Shruti, who has survived the accident, but undergone plastic surgery to fix her ruined face. With the support of a wealthy and generous old lady, Shruti has built up a new identity as Mallika. She believes that Vishal and Kabir have killed Tushar and implicated her; so, she is seeking revenge from them. She is also angry with Khushi and Sanjana for having abandoned her.

Mallika a.k.a. Shruti effects Vishal and Kabir arrest. But new evidence appears, revealing someone else was the murderer. The identity of the murderer who turns out to be Roshni, along with the motive for murder, is disclosed only at the end and leaves everybody flabbergasted. It is revealed that she killed Tushar to in order to marry his brother Rahul.

==Cast==

* [[Manasi Salvi]] as Khushi Nisha Vishal Gill Twins Revange
* [[Narayani Shastri]] as Shruti Tushar Gill (before plastic surgery)
* [[Sherrin Varghese]] / Akhil Ghai as Tushar Gill Died in Surgery [[ Sachin Shroff]] Tushar
* [[Hrishikesh Pandey]] as Vishal Gill
* Aparna Tilak Repliced [[Sara Khan (actress, born 1989)]] as Sanjana Kabir Gill
* Puneet Vashisht Replaced [[Ruslaan Mumtaz]] as Kabir Gill
* [[Vikas Bhalla]] as Aditya
* [[Smita Bansal]] Replaced [[ Shweta Tiwari]] as Shruti Tushar Gill (after plastic surgery) / Mallika Gill nee Singhania
* [[Aashish Kaul]] as Sameer
* Madan Joshi as Mr. Gill (grandfather Of Vishal, Tushar and Kabir)
* [[Anju Mahendru]] as Neelam Raman Gill (Vishal's mother)
* [[Neelam Mehra]] as Sheetal Gill (Kabir's mother)
* Daman Mann as Raman Gill (Vishal's father)
* [[Uday Tikekar]] as Kabir's father
* Madhavi Gogate as Raksha Rajan Gill (Tushar's mother)
* [[Mukesh Rawal]] as Rajan Gill (Tushar's father)
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Khushi's mother
* [[Kanika Shivpuri]] as Shruti's aunt
* [[Sushil Parashar]] as Sanjana's father
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as an elderly relative of the Gill family
* Prabhat Bhattacharya as Rahul Gill
* Vaishali Saini as Roshni Mehra / Roshni Rahul Gill
* Meenakshi Gupta as Priya Rahul Gill
* [[Smita Singh]] as Urvashi Gill
* [[Gaurav Gera]] as Akash
* [[Gunn Kansara]] as Rachana Gill
* Mehul Kajaria as Nachiket Gill
* Shabnam Sayed as Tushar's eldest sister
* Sagarika Soni as Vishal's eldest sister
* [[Amrita Prakash]] as Kavita / Komal
* [[Kali Prasad Mukherjee]] as CBI Inspector
* [[Kavita Kaushik]] as Rachana Gill
* [[Surendra Pal]] as Umesh Mehra (Roshni's father)
* Roopa Divetia as Sharda Umesh Mehra (Roshni's mother)
* Gargi Patel as Gayatri
* Manish Khanna
* Vijay Bhatia
* [[Chandni Bhagwanani]]

==Reception==

The show had redefine Indian Television in 2002 as the show was completely different from its sister shows produced under same production house [[Balaji Telefilms]]. The show don't had loud music and heavy VFX. The show had high emotional content and the characters were relevant to housewives. The character of Khushi Gill played by [[Manasi Salvi]] had many related qualities with Indian house wives as she was full of emotions and took decisions by heart not by brain. The show had a reality element while showing the friendship bond. The character of Sanjana played by Aparna Tilak was showcased as an over-confident and smart girl mixture that seems very real. The characters were neither shown in heavy saris and bindis nor was there any over-the-top drama. The bonding showed among the three friends was appreciable as it was the main focus of the show. The show had good TRPs and viewership unless the complete focus of story didn't shifted to Shruti and Tushar. The show was introduced as a story of three friends and their strong bonding even under hard circumstances but suddenly the complete focus was shifted to Shruti's life and show started losing viewership. A twist introduced of Tushar's murder and show again continued its smooth ride until the story reached more than 150 episodes, after which ratings declined and the show was cancelled.

===Awards===

'''''Won'''''
* [[Manasi Salvi]] won ''Best Actress'' at 10th Kalakar Awards in the year 2002.
* Rekhha Modi won ''Best Dialogue Writer'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards]] in the year 2002.
* The Show won ''Best New Serial'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards]] in the year 2002.
* The Show won ''Best Serial'' at 11th Kalakar Awards in the year 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf|title=Kohi Apna Sa judged Best Serial at 11th Kalakar Awards|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610204652/http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf|archivedate=10 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

'''''Nominated'''''
* [[Manasi Salvi]] nominated for ''[[Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role|Best Actress]]'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards 2002]].
* The Show nominated for ''[[Indian Telly Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series]]'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards 2002]].
* The Show nominated for ''Best Daily Serial'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards 2002]].
* [[Preeti & Pinky]] nominated for ''Best Dialogue Writer'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards 2002]].
* Aparna Tilak nominated for ''[[Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Comic Role|Best Actress in Comic Role]]'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards 2002]].
* Aparna Tilak and Puneet Vasishtha nominated for ''[[Indian Telly Award for Best Onscreen Couple|Best Jodi]]'' at [[Indian Telly Awards|1st Indian Telly Awards 2002]].
* The Show nominated for ''Best Drama Serial'' at [[Indian Television Academy Awards|2nd ITA Awards 2002]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|7213522}}
* [https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/kohi-apna-sa/0-6-153 Kohi Apna Sa] on [[Zee5]]
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011014/spectrum/tv.htm Kohi Apna Sa News Article on Tribune India]
*[http://www.indiantelevision.com/Guestbook/headlines/y2k3/jan/jan30.htm News Article on Indiantelevision.com]

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