Madhurima Tuli is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Hindi language films and television. She started her career with acting in the show Kasturi in 2007.
She is widely known for her roles of Tanushree Mehta in Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya (2014) and Princess Chandrakanta Singh in the serial Chandrakanta on Colors TV (2017). She has participated in reality shows like Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (2010), Nach Baliye (2019) and Bigg Boss (2019).
She made her debut in Bollywood with the film Cigarette Ki Tarah (2012). She later appeared in films Baby (2015), its prequel Naam Shabana (2017) and Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2017)
Early life
Tuli was born in Odisha and hails from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She won the Miss Uttraranchal Contest when in college. Her father works for Tata Steel, her mother works for an NGO, and she has a younger brother.
Career
Tuli made an early debut in the Telugu film Saththaa (2004) opposite Sai Kiran. 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.
In 2008, she played a supporting role as the pretty girl Satya in Homam, an Indian thriller written and directed by J. D. Chakravarthy, and to some extent inspired by the 2006 Hollywood movie The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Toss (2009) was her next film in the role of Sherry, 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).
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. 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, and as the female lead Natasha in Anik Singal’s English language short film Lethal Commission (2012).
She starred in the film Maaricha (2012), directed by K. Sivasurya. The film was simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil and had Mithun Tejasvi playing the lead actor opposite Tuli.
Tuli played Gunjan Dutta in the Hindi thriller 3D film Warning (2013). 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. She also played the role of Anjali Singh Rajput (wife of Akshay Kumar) in the 2015 action film Baby. 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 reprisedher 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.
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.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Homam | Satya | Telugu | |
| Ellam Avan Seyal | Madhurima | Tamil | ||
| Bachna Ae Haseeno | Hindi | |||
| 2009 | Toss | Sherry | ||
| 2010 | Kaalo | Rukmini | ||
| 2011 | Kya Karein Kya Na Karein | Nisha | ||
| 2012 | Lethal Commission | Natasha | English | Short film |
| Maaricha | Kannada | |||
| Tamil | ||||
| Cigarette Ki Tarah | Jessica | Hindi | ||
| 2013 | Warning | Gunjan Dutta | ||
| 2014 | Nimbe Huli | Janaki | Kannada | |
| 2015 | Baby | Anjali Singh Rajput | Hindi | |
| Hamari Adhuri Kahani | Avni Prasad | |||
| 2017 | Naam Shabana | Anjali Singh Rajput | ||
| The Black Prince | Maharani Jinda | English | ||
| 2020 | Pasta | Nimmi | Hindi | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | Kasturi | Tanu Singhania |
| 2008 | Shree | Bindiya |
| 2009 | Jhansi Ki Rani | Gayathri |
| 2010 | Rang Badalti Odhani | Khushi Sharma |
| Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 | Contestant (2nd Runner up) with Dino Morea | |
| 2011 | Parichay – Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka | Richa Thakral |
| 2014 | Kumkum Bhagya | Tanushri (Tanu) Mehta |
| 2015 | Daffa 420 | Inspector Tanya Shivalay |
| I Can Do That | Contestant (2nd Runner up) | |
| 2016 | 24 (Indian TV series season 2) | Dr. Devyani Bhowmick |
| 2017 | Savitri Devi College & Hospital | Naina |
| 2017–2018 | Chandrakanta – Ek Mayavi Prem Gaatha | Princess Chandrakanta |
| 2018 | 26 January | Insiya |
| 2018–2019 | Qayamat Ki Raat | Sanjana |
| 2019 | Nach Baliye 9 | Contestant (2nd Runner up) along with Vishal Aditya Singh |
| 2019–2020 | Bigg Boss 13 | Contestant (Day 65 to 112) |
| 2020 | Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 | Neha |
| The Kapil Sharma Show | Guest |
Web
| Year | Name | Role | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Avrodh: The Siege Within | Namrata Joshi | Sony Liv |