Rinku Rajguru

Prerana "Rinku" Mahadeo Rajguru (born 3 June 2001) is an Indian actress primarily working in Marathi and Hindi language films, best known for her role in the film Sairat for which she won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards Marathi.^[2][3]

Rinku Rajguru
Rajguru in 2021
Born	Prerana Mahadeo Rajguru[1] (2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 (age 23) Akluj, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present
Known for	Sairat Hundred

Personal life

Rajguru was born in Akluj town of Maharashtra to Mahadeo Rajguru on 3 June 2001.^[1][4] She had received 66.40% in 10th class exam from a school in her hometown of Akluj. She studied from Tembhurni's Jai Tuljabhavani Arts and Science Junior Ashram College and scored 82% in 12th standard Maharashtra State Board examination.^[5]

Career

In 2016, she made her debut with Nagraj Manjule's Sairat and won a National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) at the 63rd National Film Awards for her performance.^[2][6] She also won two Filmfare Awards Marathi in category of Best Female Debut and Best Actress at Filmfare Awards Marathi 2017.^[7]

In the Kannada remake of Sairat, Manasu Mallige, Rajguru reprised her role.^[8][9] Later, she appeared in films like Kaagar,^[10] Makeup,^[11] Unpaused, and Aathva Rang Premacha.^[12]

In 2022, she made her Bollywood debut with Jhund.^[13] After a series of flops, in 2023 she appeared in critically and commercial successful film Jhimma 2.^[14]

Rajguru debuted in digital space through Hotstar's action-comedy Hundred, released in 2020.^[15][16] In 2021, she was seen in ZEE5's 200 Halla Ho.^[17]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2016	Sairat	Archana "Archi" Patil	Marathi	Debut	[18]
2017	Manasu Mallige	Sanju	Kannada	Debut	[9]
2019	Kaagar	Rani / Priydarshani Prabhakar Deshmukh	Marathi		[10]
2020	Makeup	Purvi	Marathi		[11]
	Unpaused	Priyanka	Hindi	Tannishtha Chatterjee's Segment	[12]
2021	200 Halla Ho	Asha Surve	Hindi	ZEE5 original film	[17]
	Ankahi Kahaniya	Manjari	Hindi	Netflix film	[19]
2022	Jhund	Monica	Hindi		[13]
	Aathva Rang Premacha	Krutika	Marathi		[20]
2023	Jhimma 2	Taniya	Marathi		[21]
TBA	Khillar †	TBA	Marathi		[22]
TBA	Punha Ekda Saade Maade Teen †	TBA	Marathi	Filming	[23]
TBA	Pinga †	TBA	Hindi		[24]
TBA	Asha †	TBA	TBA		[25]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2020	Hundred	Netra Patil	[16]

Awards

• National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) for film Sairat^[2]
• Filmfare Marathi Awards 2017 - Best Actress Award for Sairat
• Filmfare Marathi Awards 2017 - Best Female Debut for Sairat
• Zee Cine Awards 2017 - Best Marathi Actress for Sairat^[26]