Kirti Kulhari

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.^[3] 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, which includes Four More Shots Please! (2019–present), Criminal Justice (2020) and Human (2022).

Kirti Kulhari
Kulhari in 2023
Born	(1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 39)[1][2] Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Saahil Sehgal ​ ​ (m. 2016; sep. 2021)​

Personal life

Kulhari was born and brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra. Her family hails from Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan.^[4] Her father was a Commander in the Indian Navy.^[5] Kulhari married actor Saahil Sehgal in 2016.^[6] She announced separation from him on 1 April 2021.^[7]

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.^[5] For two years, Kulhari was the face of the beauty brand Nivea Visage Sparkling Glow's face. Kulhari was also a part of music videos – "Hik Vich Jaan" in the Desi Rockstar 2 album by Gippy Grewal.

Kulhari started her film acting career in Bollywood with Khichdi: The Movie,^[8] which released in October 2010. Kulhari was noticed as an actress for her second film, Shaitan,^[9] which released in June 2011.

Breakthrough (2016–present)

In 2016, she was seen in Pink with Tapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bacchan in which her performance was praised.^[10][11] The film was both commercially and critically successful and earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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 (2019) a film based on India's Mars Orbiter Mission.

In 2020, Kulhari joined the cast of The Girl On The Train directed by Ribhu Dasgupta.^[12] It also features Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary, Sammy Jonas Heaney. Her performance was well received and earned her a second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.^[13]

In 2022, Kulhari turned producer by launching production house Kintsukuroi Films and will star in its first project, a dark comedy thriller film Nayeka written and directed by Ajaykiran Nair.^[14]

As of April 2023, Kulhari has been shooting for Hisaab Barabar, co-starring with R. Madhavan.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Released on Netflix
	Shaadisthan	Sasha	Released on Disney Plus Hotstar
2023	Khichdi 2: Mission Paanthukistan	Parminder
	Hisaab Barabar †		Filming[15]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform
2019–present	Four More Shots Please!	Anjana Menon	Amazon Prime Video
2019	Bard of Blood	Jannat	Netflix
2020	Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors	Anuradha Chandra	Disney Plus Hotstar
2022	Human	Dr. Saira Sabharwal
2024	Shekhar Home		JioCinema

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Filmfare Awards	Pink	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[16]
2019	Maya	Best Actress in a Short Film	Won	[17]
2022	The Girl on the Train	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[18]
2020	Filmfare OTT Awards	Four More Shots Please!	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[19]
2021		Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors		Nominated	[20]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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

See also

• Biography portal
• Film portal
• Bollywood portal

• List of Indian film actresses
• List of people from Rajasthan

Footnotes

1. Tied with Taapsee Pannu and Andrea Tariang for the same film.

References

1. "Kirti Kulhari's on a self love trip this birthday". Hindustan Times. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
2. "Kirti Kulhari to don khaki in her next". The New Indian Express. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022. The 36-year-old actor wrote
3. Awaasthi, Kavita (2 August 2012). "Eyes are the most important". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
4. "Coming Soon: Aapno Zombie". DNA. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
5. Bora, Sugandha (1 April 2021). "Kirti Kulhari: 10 Things To Know About The Versatile Actor". SheThePeople. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
6. "Kirti Kulhari Says Marriage To Saahil Sehgal Has Affected Her Career in 'the Best Possible Way'". News18. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
7. Raghuvanshi, Aakanksha (1 April 2021). "Actress Kirti Kulhari Announces Separation From Husband Saahil Sehgal: "Not On Paper But In Life"". NDTV. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
8. Barua, Richa (5 October 2010). "Khichdi was fun: Kirti Kulhari". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
9. Nayak, Elina Priyadarshini (9 June 2011). "Shaitan is not my first film: Kirti Kulhari". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
10. "Overwhelmed with the recognition for Pink: Kirti Kulhari". The Hindu. 21 September 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
11. "People are talking about every character in Pink: Kirti Kulhari". The New Indian Express. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
12. "Kirti Kulhari to play British cop in Parineeti Chopra-starrer The Girl On The Train Hindi remake". India Today. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
13. "'The Girl On The Train': Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kirti Kulhari, Avinash Tiwary's character posters out". DNA India. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
14. "Kirti Kulhari turns producer with 'Nayeka', launches her banner Kintsukuroi Films". Press Trust of India. 10 January 2022.
15. "R Madhavan and Kirti Kulhari shoot in Purani Dilli". The Times of India. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
16. "62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 Nominations". Filmfare. 10 January 2017.
17. "Filmfare Awards 2019: List Of Winners". NDTV. 23 March 2019.
18. "Nominations for the 67th Filmfare Awards 2022". Bollywood Hungama. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
19. "Nominees for the Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards". filmfare.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
20. "My Glamm Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 - Nominations". FilmFare. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

External links

• Kirti Kulhari at IMDb
• Kirti Kulhari on Twitter