Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure
Kolhapure in April 2014
Born	Bombay, India
Occupation	Actress, singer
Spouse(s)	Pradeep Sharma (1989)
Relatives	See Kolhapure family

Padmini Kolhapure (Marathi: पद्मिनी कोल्हापुरे) is an Indian actress and singer who appeared primarily in Hindi films. Through her successful career she received two Filmfare Awards and was one of the most popular actress in the 1980s.

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 Kolhapure was born second among the three daughters of Pandharinath Kolhapure, a professional musician, by his wife Anupama Kolhapure. Her older sister is the former actress Shivangi Kapoor, wife of actor Shakti Kapoor and mother of actor Siddhanth Kapoor and actress Shraddha Kapoor. Her younger sister is the actress Tejaswini Kolhapure.

The family took the surname "Kolhapure" because they hailed from Kolhapur. Padmini's mother, Nirupama Kolhapure, was born into a Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmin family belonging to Mangalore in Karnataka. Padmini's father, Pandharinath Kolhapure, was a talented vocalist and Veena player. He was the son of Pandit Krishnarao Kolhapure (partner 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. She formerly used to work as ground staff with Air India.