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name: "Atul Kulkarni"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/atul-kulkarni"
fi1m_id: "atul-kulkarni"
imdb_id: "nm0474609"
tmdb_id: 53676
wikidata_id: "Q4818791"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 September 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:22:40.128154+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Atul Kulkarni

## Identity

Atul Kulkarni

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/atul-kulkarni
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** atul-kulkarni
- **IMDb ID:** nm0474609
- **TMDB ID:** 53676
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4818791
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Kulkarni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474609/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53676

Actor. Born 10 September 1965 in Belgaum.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 September 1965, Belgaum
- **Also known as:** अतुल कुलकर्णी, ಅತುಲ್‌ ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ, آتول کولکارنی
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Kulkarni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474609/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53676

## Biography

Atul Kulkarni is an Indian actor who has worked in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English language films. He received a diploma in acting from the National School of Drama, New Delhi, in 1995.

Kulkarni won National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for *Hey Ram* (2000) and *Chandni Bar* (2001). He is known for roles including Laxman Pandey in *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Dr Iqbal Ansari in *Khakee* (2004) and Jairaj Seth in *Raees* (2017). He wrote the screenplay for *Laal Singh Chaddha* (2022) and is president of Quest, a research-action organisation focused on improving education quality.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Fi1m 76, as Laxman Pandey — [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)

## Complete filmography (105)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Balaramana Dinagalu* (2026), as Shashidhar
- *Dacoit* (2026), as Ishaq Bhai
- *Biker* (2026), as Indraneel
- *Ekka* (2025), Actor
- *Mind Game* (2023), as Arun Agnihotri IPS · Co-Producer
- *Khufiya* (2023), as Shashank
- *Happy Family, Conditions Apply* (2023), series, as Ramesh Dholakia
- *Khudiram Bose* (2022), as Barindra Kumar Ghosh
- *Laal Singh Chaddha* (2022), Writer
- *Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness* (2022), series, as Gautam Navlakha
- *A Thursday* (2022), as Inspector Javed Khan
- *Black Bud* (2021), as Mehmood Khan
- *Wild Dog* (2021), as Hemanth
- *Koi Jaane Na* (2021), as Dr. Rao
- *Sandwiched Forever* (2020), series, as V.K. Sarnaik
- *Bandish Bandits* (2020), series, as Digvijay
- *The Raikar Case* (2020), series, as Yashwant Naik Raikar
- *Gul Makai* (2020), as Ziauddin Yousafzai
- *Valiyaperunnal* (2019), as Shivaji Rao
- *Alidu Ulidavaru* (2019), Actor
- *Ranarangam* (2019), Actor
- *Pranaam* (2019), as Inspector Rajpal Singh
- *City of Dreams* (2019), series, as Ameya Gaikwad
- *Athiran* (2019), as Dr. Benjamin Diaz
- *Madura Raja* (2019), Actor
- *Majili* (2019), as Rajeev
- *Junglee* (2019), Actor
- *Jessie* (2019), as Inspector Ramesh Narayana
- *My Dear Prime Minister* (2019), as Prime Minister's Official
- *Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi* (2019), as Tatya Tope
- *706* (2019), as DCP Shekhawat
- *Helicopter Eela* (2018), as Prime Minister
- *Koode* (2018), as Coach Ashraf
- *Mumbai Underworld* (2017), Actor
- *Aval* (2017), as Paul
- *Bongu* (2017), Actor
- *The Test Case* (2017), series, as Colonel Ajinkya Sathe
- *The Ghazi Attack* (2017), as Devraj
- *Raees* (2017), as Jairaj Seth
- *Shor Se Shuruaat* (2016), as Azaad
- *Akira* (2016), Actor
- *Kanal* (2015), as Kuruvila Mathew
- *Rajwade and Sons* (2015), Actor
- *The Lovers* (2015), as Raoji
- *Nellikka* (2015), as Satheesh
- *Mythri* (2015), as Raviprakash
- *Abhinetri* (2015), Actor
- *Happy Journey* (2014), as Niranjan
- *Burma* (2014), as Bothra
- *Vallinam* (2014), as Coach
- *Ugramm* (2014), as Dheera
- *@Andheri* (2014), as Rajan Pilla
- *Veeram* (2014), as Aadalarasu
- *Arrambam* (2013), as JCP Milind Virekar
- *Zanjeer* (2013), as Jaidev
- *The Attacks Of 26/11* (2013), as Inspector Shashank Shinde
- *Premachi Goshta* (2013), as Ram
- *Suzhal* (2012), Actor
- *AK 56* (2012), Actor
- *Chaalis Chauraasi* (2012), as Bhaskar Sardesai (Bobby)
- *Panjaa* (2011), as Kulkarni
- *Koffi Bar* (2011), Actor
- *Kaccha Limboo* (2011), Actor
- *Bumm Bumm Bole* (2010), as Khogiram
- *Natrang* (2010), as Gunvantrao Kagalkar
- *Jail* (2009), as Parag's second lawyer
- *Yeh Mera India* (2009), as Raja Shetty
- *Sukhaant* (2009), Actor
- *Crossroads of Love* (2009), Actor
- *Delhi-6* (2009), as Gobar
- *Satyameva Jeyate* (2009), Actor
- *Padikathavan* (2009), as Kasi Anandan
- *Thalappavu* (2008), as Krishnadeva Saivar
- *Valu* (2008), as Swanand Gaddamwar
- *Gauri The Unborn* (2007), as Sudeep 'Deepu'
- *Aa Dinagalu* (2007), as Agni Shridhar
- *Kedi* (2006), as Pughazhenthy
- *Corporate* (2006), as Narrator
- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), as Laxman Pandey — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)
- *Page 3* (2005), as Vinayak Mane
- *1:1.6 An Ode to Lost Love* (2005), as M
- *Leelamahal Centre* (2004), as GK
- *Manmadhan* (2004), as Deva
- *Chanti* (2004), as MLA Sarvarayudu
- *Manasarovar* (2004), as Ravi Roy
- *Gowri* (2004), as Sarkar
- *Chakwa* (2004), as Tushar Khot
- *The Sacred Grove* (2004), as Shesh Desai, Poem
- *Khakee* (2004), as Dr. Iqbal Ansari
- *88 Antop Hill* (2003), Actor
- *Satta* (2003), as Yashwant Varde
- *Dum* (2003), as Inspector "Encounter" Shankar
- *Dahavi Fa* (2002), Actor
- *Union* (2002), as Bhau
- *Run* (2002), as Priya's Brother
- *Mango Soufflé* (2002), as Ed
- *Vaastupurush* (2002), as Brother
- *Bibhatsa* (2002), Actor
- *Chandni Bar* (2001), as Potya Sawant
- *Jayam Manadera* (2000), Actor
- *The Raw Mango* (2000), Actor
- *Hey Ram* (2000), as Shriram Abhayankar
- *Bhoomigeetha* (1997), as Forest officer
- *Ek Ruka Hua Faisla*, Actor
- *Baara Number*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Atul Kulkarni](https://film.one/media/person/4155050/gallery-7cda655aec85.jpg) Atul Kulkarni — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Atul_Kulkarni.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Atul Kulkarni](https://film.one/media/person/4155050/gallery-d051bc578537.jpg) Atul Kulkarni — Image via TMDB

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