Happy Birthday Wishes to Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure was born on November 1, 1965 in Maharashtra, India. She is known for her work on Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013), Woh 7 Din (1983) and Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980). She has been married to Tutu Sharma since 1993.

Padmini Kolhapure, at the age of fifteen, won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the revenge drama Insaf Ka Tarazu (1981), and at the age of seventeen, won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the tragic romance Prem Rog (1983), thus becoming the second youngest actress to win the awards in the respective categories.
Padmini's father, Pandharinath Kolhapure, was a talented vocalist and Veena player. He was the son of Pandit Krishnarao Kolhapure (partner in Balvant Natak Academy along with Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar), an exponent of Natya Sangeet, who had enjoyed the patronage of the Baroda Durbar. Pandharinath's mother was the half-sister of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, and sister of Balwantrao Abhisheki, the father of vocalist Jitendra Abhisheki. Thus, Padmini is a niece of legendary singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle.
As a child, she sang in the chorus for songs in films such as Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Kitab and Dushman Dost with her sister Shivangi. Padmini later sang for her own films such as Vidhaata, Saat Saheliyan, Hum Intezaar Karenge and Sadak Chaap (with Kishore Kumar). She released an album with Bappi Lahiri titled Music Lovers. She performed for the Greater London Council at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Bappi Lahiri and his troupe in 1986.

Her most famous child role was playing a child in Raj Kapoor's 1977 film Satyam Shivam Sundaram. Her success led to her most controversial role in Insaaf Ka Tarazu (1980), a remake of Lipstick (1976), where she played the rape victim that was originally played by Mariel Hemingway. She earned the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance. She graduated to heroine roles at the age of 15 in Nasir Hussain's Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai opposite Rishi Kapoor. The film flopped, but she reunited with Rishi for his father Raj Kapoor's film Prem Rog in 1982. The film earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award. She earned a special acting award for Ahista Ahista.
Asha Bhosle suggested Padmini's name to Dev Anand, who then cast her in Ishq Ishq Ishq (1975). This led to other films, such as Dreamgirl (1978), Zindagi (1976), and Saajan Bina Suhagan (1978). She also gave a very commendable performance of a school girl inflicted by black magic in Gehrayee (1980).

She had more box office hits, such as Vidhaata (1982) and Souten (1983). She had a huge hit with Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985) with Mithun Chakraborty, and they were paired together in several more films. She agreed to work with Anil Kapoor when he was a newcomer in his first film Woh Saat Din (1983). The movie was a hit and helped cement his name in the Indian film industry.
Television-Ekk Nayi Pehchaan as Pallavi Suresh Modi (June 2014 – August 2014) (Sony TV)
Filmfare awards and nominations
• 1980 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Insaaf Ka Tarazu
• 1982 Filmfare Best Actress Award for Prem Rog
• 1983 Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Souten
• 1985 Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for Pyar Jhukta Nahin