While at the time, the actor alleged that Santoshi had made inappropriate advances, according to some, the director had apparently grown jealous of his leading lady’s closeness to the fight director Tinu Verma. However, once the shoot began, Kulkarni was reportedly unceremoniously ousted from the role. The one that is particularly remembered is with filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi, who cast her for a song in Sunny Deol-starrer Ghatak and followed it up by offering her the lead role in China Gate. It also fetched her the sneers and rumours regarding her link-ups with actors and directors would often do rounds. Though she was not known for her acting talent, her dancing skills, candid speak and confidence fetched her the roles. We would often eat together on the sets and she had no airs although she enjoyed success at an early age.” Due to her modest upbringing, Kulkarni, unlike many of her contemporaries, did not speak fluent English. She lived with her parents and two sisters in Andheri East until she moved to Yari Road many years later. While no one confirms it, Kulkarni, it is believed, comes from a middle-class family.
This particular fact about her has worked both in her favour and against. “Plus she was a Marathi mulgi from Bombay.” “She was a young, new face, with oodles of sex appeal and a candour to match it all,” he says, explaining her entry into the Hindi film industry. She was all of 19 when she made her debut in the Telugu film industry, with Donga Police (1991). While there were also other names, such as Kimi Katkar, who seemed comfortable with their sexuality on screen, Kulkarni emerged as one of the more popular faces of the time.Ī director who once worked with her but did not wish to be named, says one of the reasons was her age. “It was brave and also scandalous,” recounts Shakti Kapoor, who played the baddie in several films she worked in.
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