Madhurima Tuli
Tuli in 2020
Born (1986-08-19) 19 August 1986 (age 37)
Odisha, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2007–present
Known for

Madhurima Tuli (born 19 August 1986) is an Indian actress and model.[1][2] Her works in Hindi television include the fiction dramas Kasturi, Parichay, Kumkum Bhagya, Chandrakanta and Qayamat Ki Raat and the reality shows Nach Baliye 9 and Bigg Boss 13.[3] She also starred in popular Hindi films such as Baby (2015), Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015) and Naam Shabana (2017).

Early life

Tuli was born in Odisha on 19 August 1986.[4][5] She hails from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She won the Miss Uttraranchal Contest when in college.[5] Her father works for Tata Steel, her mother works for an NGO, and she has a younger brother Shrikant Tuli.[6][7] who owns a Music Label SVMT Music.[8]

Career

Tuli made an early debut in the Telugu film Saththaa (2004) opposite Sai Kiran.[citation needed] She moved to Mumbai and studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School, worked as a model doing advertisements for brands like Godrej, Fiama Di Wills, Airtel, Lenovo, UltraTech Cement, Domino's Pizza and Karbonn Mobiles.[9][circular reference]

In 2008, she played a supporting role as the pretty girl Satya in Homam,[10][11] an Indian thriller written and directed by J. D. Chakravarthy,[12] and to some extent inspired by the 2006 Hollywood movie The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese.[13]

Toss (2009) was her next film in the role of Sherry,[14] and after the small role as Bindiya in Zee TV's supernatural soap opera Shree (2008-2009), Tuli played the aspiring model Kushi in STAR One's TV series Rang Badalti Odhani (2010-2011).[15]

Tuli had a lead as newly married Rukmini in Kaalo (2010). It was screened at the 6th Annual South African Halloween Horror Festival in Cape Town, where it won the best feature film and best cinematography award.[16][17] Together with Dino Morea as her partner, she took part in the third season of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, a reality show filmed in Brazil and broadcast by Aapka Colors

Tuli had a leading role in Cigarette Ki Tarah (2012) along with Prashant Narayanan,[18][19] and as the female lead Natasha in Anik Singal's English language short film Lethal Commission (2012).[20]

She starred in the film Maaricha (2012), directed by K. Sivasurya.[citation needed] The film was simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil and had Mithun Tejasvi playing the lead actor opposite Tuli.[21]

Tuli played Gunjan Dutta in the Hindi thriller 3D film Warning (2013).[22][23] She was seen playing the lead role in the film Nimbe Huli, directed by Hemanth Hegde and produced by Subhash Ghai. The film had Hegde playing the lead role along with Tuli, Komal Jha and Nivedhitha.[24] She also played the role of Anjali Singh Rajput (wife of Akshay Kumar) in the 2015 action film Baby.[25] Tuli participated in Zee TV's reality show I Can Do That. She also played the antagonist role of Tanu in Kumkum Bhagya on Zee TV. Later she reprised her role of Anjali Singh Rajput in Naam Shabana—a spin-off of Baby (2015)—with Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Taapsee Pannu, and Manoj Bajpayee. Her first Hollywood venture came in 2017 where she played the younger version of Shabana Azmi (Maharaja Duleep Singh's mother) in the film The Black Prince, which is based on the last king of the Sikh Empire Maharaja Duleep.

She then portrayed Princess Chandrakanta in Colors TV series Chandrakanta.[26]

Personal life

Tuli met actor Vishal Aditya Singh on the sets of her show Chandrakanta in 2017 and later dated him. They broke up after a year of dating in 2018.[27][28]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Language Notes
2008 Homam Satya Telugu [29]
Ellam Avan Seyal Madhurima Tamil
Bachna Ae Haseeno Hindi
2010 Kaalo Rukmini
2011 Kya Karein Kya Na Karein Nisha
2012 Lethal Commission Natasha English Short film[30]
Maaricha Kannada, Tamil
Cigarette Ki Tarah Jessica Hindi
2013 Warning Gunjan Dutta
2014 Nimbe Huli Janaki Kannada
2015 My Self Pendu Punjabi Cameo
Baby Anjali Singh Rajput Hindi [31]
Hamari Adhuri Kahani Avni Prasad Cameo
2017 Naam Shabana Anjali Singh Rajput Cameo
The Black Prince Maharani Jinda English
2020 Pasta Nimmi Hindi Short film[32]
2022 Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai Musical film[33]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007–2008 Kasturi Tanu Singhania
2008 Shree Bindiya
2009 Jhansi Ki Rani Gayatri
2010 Rang Badalti Odhani Khushi Sharma
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 Contestant 2nd runner-up
2011 Parichay – Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka Richa Thakral
2014 Kumkum Bhagya Tanushree "Tanu" Mehta
2015 Daffa 420 Inspector Tanya Shivalay
I Can Do That Contestant 2nd runner-up
2016 24 Dr. Devyani Bhowmick
2017 Savitri Devi College & Hospital Naina
2017–2018 Chandrakanta – Ek Mayavi Prem Gaatha Princess Chandrakanta
2018 26 January Insiya
Rasoi Ki Jung Mummyon Ke Sung Herself Guest[34]
2018–2019 Qayamat Ki Raat Sanjana
2019 Nach Baliye 9 Contestant 2nd runner-up
2019–2020 Bigg Boss 13 Entered on Day 63 & Ejected on Day 112)
2020 Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 Neha
The Kapil Sharma Show Herself Guest

Web series

Year Title Role Ref.
2016 24 Dr. Devyani Bhowmick [35]
2018 26 January Insiya [36]
2020 Avrodh: The Siege Within Namrata Joshi [37]

Music videos

Year Title Singer Label Ref.
2020 Khwabeeda Anurag Mohn SVMT Music [38]
2022 Hayaa [39]

Theatres

Year Work Role Ref.
2018 Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak Queen Sheelavathi [40]

See also

References

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