Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actor for the films Hey Ram and Chandni Bar. He is also the president of Quest, a research-action organization concentrating on enhancing quality of education. He left his study in engineering at College of Engineering, Pune while he was in his first year. He is known for his performances in films like Hey Ram, Chandni Bar, Rang De Basanti (2006), Natarang (2010) among others. He has also written the screenplay of Laal Singh Chadda, the official remake of Forrest Gump.

Early life and career Kulkarni received his diploma in acting from the National School of Drama, New Delhi in 1995. He is married to theatre actress Geetanjali Kulkarni (née Geetanjali Moreshwar Sherikar), whom he met at the National School of Drama.

Kulkarni's first stint on stage was during his high school days. He participated in the Maharashtra State Drama Competition regularly. Between 1989 and 1992, he won awards for Acting and also for Drama-Direction. Atul enacted in Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi, the play made later famous by Dilip Prabhavalkar in Marathi professional theatre circuit until mid-90s. Later during his college days he actively participated in cultural gatherings. While studying, Atul joined Natya Aradhana, an amateur theatre group from Solapur. Atul Kulkarni holds a postgraduate diploma in dramatic arts from National School of Drama, New Delhi. Atul Kulkarni, a national-award winner and a fine actor, expresses his belief of art being a product of social, political and economic changes in the society.

Other works Philanthropy Kulkarni has been serving as President of Quest Education Support Trust. Quest Trust invests in running workshops and enabling Teachers, to support education for children of marginalized communities between 3–14 years. All this activity is mainly in State of Maharashtra. It conducts its activities in Marathi language.

Atul Kulkarni has been active in sharing his knowledge on running NGO with other NGO's. He does visit Maharashtra based NGO's like Snehalaya regularly. Kulkarni has been involved in an environmental project, making a 24-acre barren land in Satara District into Green area.

Filmography

As actor Year Film Role Language 1997 Bhoomigeetha Forest officer Kannada 2000 Kairee Prof. Jadhav Marathi Jayam Manade Raa Basavayah Telugu Hey Ram Shriram Abhyankar HindiTamil 2001 Chandni Bar Potya Sawant Hindi Dhyaas ParvaGopal Krishna GokhaleMarathi 2002 Run Bhaskar Tamil Bhet Prabhakar Marathi Bibhatsa Kallu Hindi Dahavi Fa Ganesh Deshmukh Marathi 2003 Mango Soufflé Edwin 'Ed' Prakash English 88 Antop Hill Pratyush Shelar Hindi Satta Yashwant Varde Dum 'Encounter' Shankar Vastupurush Nishikant Dada Marathi 2004 Andhrawala Bade Mia's sidekick Telugu Chanti MLA Sarvarayudu Gowri Sarkar Mansarovar Ravi RoyMalayalam Vajram Unnamed Khakee Dr. Iqbal Ansari Hindi Devrai Shesh Marathi Manmadhan ACP Deva Tamil Leela Mahal Center GK Telugu Chakwa Tushar Khot Marathi 2005 Page 3 Vinayak Mane Hindi 2006 Kedi Minister Pughazhenthy Tamil Raam Veerendra Telugu Rang De Basanti Laxman Pandey Hindi Corporate NarratorMaati MaayNarsuMarathi 2007 Aa Dinagalu Agni Shridhar Kannada Gauri: The Unborn Sandeep Hindi 2008 Valu Swanand Gaddamwar Marathi Talappavu Krishnadeva Saivar Malayalam Kurukshetra Unnamed D-17 2009 Yeh Mera India Raj Hindi Delhi 6 Gobar Padikathavan Kasi Anandan Tamil Vandae Maatharam Atul MalayalamTamil JailLawyer Hindi 2010 Yaksha Machendranath Poonja Kannada Sukhaant Pratap Gunje Marathi Natarang Guna Kagalkar Allah Ke BandaySchool Teacher Hindi Bumm Bumm Bole Khogiram Maheshwar Gwala 2011 Panjaa Kulkarni Telugu Koffi Bar Business man Aagaah: The Warning Aazan Khan Hindi Chaalis Chauraasi Bobby 2012 Suzhal Surya Narayanan Tamil Edegarike Agni Shridhar Kannada 2013 Nimidangal Business man Tamil Aarambam JCP Milind Virekar The Attacks of 26/11 Inspector Shinde Hindi Popat Janya Marathi Vallinam Basketball Coach Tamil Premachi Goshta Ram Marathi Zanjeer Jayadev Hindi The Lovers Raoji English 2014 @Andheri Rajan Pilla Malayalam Ugramm Dhiraj Shivrudralingaiah Kannada Veeram AadalarasuTamil Burma Bothra SethTamil Happy Journey NiranjanMarathi 2015 Abhinetri Shivaiah Kannada Dirty Politics Police Inspector Hindi Mythri Raviprakash KannadaMalayalam Jazbaa Lawyer Hindi Nellikka Satheesh Malayalam Kanal Kuruvila Mathew Rajwade and Sons Shubhankar Rajwade Marathi 2016 Pranam Hindi Akira Akira's father 2017 Raees Jairaj The Ghazi Attack Lieutenant Commander Santosh Devraj TeluguHindi Bongu Subash, assistant commissioner Tamil AvalThe House Next Door Paul, Jenny's Father TamilHindi Koode Coach Ashraf Malayalam 2018Black BudMehmood KhanHindi2019Manikarnika: The Queen of JhansiTatya Tope706 ShekhawatMere Pyare Prime MinisterIn PMOJunglee Keshav KotianMajili Anshu's FatherTeluguAthiranDr. Benjamin DiazMalayalamValiyaperunnal Shivaji Alidu UlidavaruPolice InspectorKannada2020Wild DogDIG HemanthTelugu2021Koi Jaane Na Dr. RaoHindi2022A Thursday Javed KhanManasmita Panchakshari KannadaKhudiram Bose Barindra Kumar Ghosh TeluguAnya Panchakshari Marathi2023 Khufiya Shashank Mehra Hindi 2025 Ekka Masthan Bhai Kannada 2026 Biker Indraneel Chirag Telugu Dacoit: A Love Story Ishaaq TeluguHindiBalaramana Dinagalu Shashidhar Kannada

As screenwriter +YearFilmLanguage2022Laal Singh ChaddhaHindi

Television/web series Year Series Role Notes201718 The Test Case Colonel Ajinkya Sathe2019–2023 City of Dreams Ameya Rao Gaikwad2020 The Raikar Case Yashwant Naik Raikar Bandish Bandits Digvijay Rathore Sandwiched Forever VK Sarnaik 2021–present Faraar - Kab Tak? Host 2022 Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness DCP Gautam Navlakha 2023 Happy Family: Conditions ApplyRamesh Mansukhlal Dholakia

Awards and nominations Awards YearFilmCategoryResultRef.National Film Awards 2000 Hey RamBest Supporting Actor 2003 Chandni Bar Filmfare Awards2001Hey RamBest Supporting ActorAsia Pacific Screen Awards2010NatarangBest Performance by an ActorFilmfare Awards South2012EdegarikeBest Supporting Actor – KannadaFilmfare OTT Awards2023Happy Family: Conditions Apply Best Actor Male in a Comedy Series

VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival 2019: Won: Best Actor in Murder on the Road to Kathmandu

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