But considering one person as your everything, as your ideal, is wrong, according to me, I have taken a lot of things from a lot of people. You can pick and choose certain things from various actors. No one has mentored me as such but yes many have inspired me towards good acting. Working in this arena as an actor for more than three decades itself is the biggest task.

You may be anyone, but there is constant ambiguity about everything. Nobody in this field can say he or she is a hundred percent satisfied. How do you look at your journey and the challenges in the acting profession?Īcting itself is challenging and extremely uncertain. In 1995 I became a professional actor at the age of 30. I went to the National School of Drama (NSD) from 1992 to 1995. Then I felt I should pursue it as a profession. I liked the entire process and I joined an amateur theatre group, which used to do plays. That was my first ever mindful performance, you can say, in front of an audience. When I was doing my graduation, Bachelor of Arts in Solapur, those days I used to perform in college events. What has driven you towards performing arts? The actor got candid about his career and journey so far and also spoke about his freedom of expression not just for celebrities but also for the common public. Known for not shying away from voicing his views. Atul Kulkarni is known for his intense performances, be they in his debut film Hey Ram (2000) or second film Chandni Bar (2001), both of which won him National awards, or his later films like Natrang (2010) and Premachi Goshta (2012) or Bandish Bandits (2019). Kulkarni won the National Award for the best supporting actor for the films Hey Ram and Chandni Bar. Atul Kulkarni, a famous Indian film actor who works primarily in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu language films.

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