Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure (Marathi: पद्मिनी कोल्हापुरे; born 1 November 1965) is an Indian actress who appeared primarily in Bollywood films during the 1980s. She made her television debut portraying Pallavi Modi in the Sony Entertainment Television India series Ekk Nayi Pehchaan.

Padmini Kolhapure is from a Maratha Kshatriya family. Her father, Pandharinath Kolhapure, is a classical singer whose family was from Kolhapur. Pandharinath is the cousin of singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle as his mother is the sister of Deenanath Mangeshkar, father of Lata and Asha. So Padmini is the niece of these legendary singers. Her mother held a job working for the airlines. Tejaswini Kolhapure and Shivangi Kolhapure are her sisters. She created a media stir in 1980 by kissing prince Charles.