Biography
Atul Kulkarni is an Indian film actor who has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and English language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the best supporting actor for the films Hey Ram and Chandni Bar. He is also the president of Quest, a research-action organization concentrating on enhancing quality of education.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Dacoit
2025
Revolves around a broken-up couple who cross paths again in a violent dystopian world.

EKKA
2025
Muttu seeks his deceitful friend Ramesh in Bengaluru, becoming entangled in the city's dark underworld. His journey through challenges involves action...

Mind Game
2023
as Arun Agnihotri IPS
Inspired from a shockingly true incident of Hate and Revenge. The film is an investigative thriller that explores the mind-set of a criminal hiding in...

Mind Game
2023
Co-Producer
Inspired from a shockingly true incident of Hate and Revenge. The film is an investigative thriller that explores the mind-set of a criminal hiding in...

Khufiya
2023
as Shashank
When a mole in an intelligence unit leads to the murder of an undercover spy, a hardened agent relentlessly pursues him to avenge the death.

Laal Singh Chaddha
2022
Writer
Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots — unfold from the perspective of an innocent S...

A Thursday
2022
as Inspector Javed Khan
When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also send...

Black Bud
2021
as Mehmood Khan
Sanya, a rebellious contemporary girl but a poet at heart, escapes her strict orthodox father's house in search of a new life.

Koi Jaane Na
2021
as Dr. Rao
A heartbroken writer struggling with writer`s block goes to a quiet hill station where he finds love again but uncovers a copycat serial killer who ha...

Wild Dog
2021
as Hemanth
Wild Dog aka Vijay Varma is an NIA agent who’s brought back to field from a desk job to handle a terrorism case. Despite having a personal motive, he ...

Gul Makai
2020
as Ziauddin Yousafzai
Fear is like an elastic band. You stretch the band inside of your mind and it keeps expanding, till one moment it snaps or you cut it for it to break....

Valiyaperunnal
2019
as Shivaji Rao
Movie revolves around a group of people living in a harbor town. The story delves into their love for each other and a certain festival of sacrifices.

Alidu Ulidavaru
2019
The film follows a popular TV host and a Bonafide myth buster of superstition, through his journey of making the 100th episode for his show.

Ranarangam
2019
Deva is a powerful gangster from Visakhapatnam who moves to Spain to put his past behind him. But what happens when he realises he can’t shake off his...

Pranaam
2019
as Inspector Rajpal Singh
A peon's son who is an aspiring IAS officer is compelled to change his path leading him to turn into a gangster.

Athiran
2019
as Dr. Benjamin Diaz
In an isolated hospital in the high ranges of Kerala, an autistic patient with special skills piques the interest of a psychiatrist, whose investigati...

Madura Raja
2019
When an illegal hooch baron's reign of terror troubles an entire village, the people turn to the only man who can save them: Raja, the flamboyant don ...

Majili
2019
as Rajeev
Poorna fails to appreciate the blessings in his life due to his unfulfilled dream of a cricket career and a failed romance that changes him.

Junglee
2019
A vet returns home to his father's elephant reserve where he encounters and fights an international poacher's racket.

Jessie
2019
as Inspector Ramesh Narayana
Set in an abandoned house, the film follows a team of professional ghost hunters trying to conduct a paranormal investigation to unveil the mystery of...

My Dear Prime Minister
2019
as Prime Minister's Official
A story about four children living in a Mumbai slum in India. An eight-year old Kanhu writes a letter to the Prime Minister after a dramatic incident ...

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Tatya Tope
Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.

706
2019
as DCP Shekhawat
Dr.Suman Asthana is a doctor, whose husband Anil Asthana is missing since last 11 days and investigating officer DCP Shekhawat is unable to find him. ...

Helicopter Eela
2018
as Prime Minister
Eela, an aspiring playback singer, and single mother has given up all her dreams to raise her only son, who backlashes her for invading his privacy.

Koode
2018
as Coach Ashraf
After years of being away in Dubai, Joshua returns for his sister's funeral. But it gets weird when he starts seeing his beloved sister's spirit.
Mumbai Underworld
2017
Mumbai Underworld tells the tale of two 12 year old boys (Vijay and Yakub) who grow up in the slums of India. Wanting to make a name for themselves in...

Aval
2017
as Paul
Two families have a tough time dealing with a revenge-seeking spirit, which is strangely connected with one of its members

Bongu
2017
Three hi-tech burglars, who lose their jobs because of a business tycoon, set out to take revenge against him.

The Ghazi Attack
2017
as Devraj
India’s first underwater war film tries to decode the mystery behind the sinking of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.

Raees
2017
as Jairaj Seth
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch,...

Shor Se Shuruaat
2016
as Azaad
"Shor Se Shuruaat" is an omnibus feature of mentored short films, around the central theme of "Shor"- noise. These films have been made by budding dir...

Akira
2016
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitf...

Kanal
2015
as Kuruvila Mathew
The story is set against the backdrop of global phenomenon "recession" in United Arab Emirates, a time when economic collapse were being felt. The sto...

Rajwade and Sons
2015
The movie follows the story of cousins Anay, Shweta, Annaya and Virajas, the youngest generation of the rich and powerful Rajwade family. They each wi...

The Lovers
2015
as Raoji
The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impos...

Nellikka
2015
Balu is an engineer, who is out of a job and returns home to attend his sister's wedding. His life takes an unexpected turn when he helps a friend cau...

Mythri
2015
as Raviprakash
Fast paced and evocative, this contemporary social drama delves into concepts of love and fidelity in human relationships in view of modern liberal li...

Abhinetri
2015
A young girl rises to stardom, facing sexual harassment and struggling to remain grounded as she does so.

Happy Journey
2014
as Niranjan
Niranjan, after years of shouldering family responsibilities, becomes distant from his family. However, he happens to meet his sister's spirit and the...
Burma
2014
as Bothra
Sampath is an expert in car, seizing, and works for Atul Kulkarni, who is a financier in North Madras. Burma aka Parandhaman works under Sampath for p...

Vallinam
2014
as Coach
Krishna, a talented basketball player, moves to a new college after a fatal accident on court. There, he clashes with the college team's egomaniacal c...

Ugramm
2014
as Dheera
Shivarudra Lingaiah, an MLA candidate, who along with Dheeraj, is awaiting to extract vengeance upon Prabhakar by killing his Daughter Nithya. She arr...

@Andheri
2014
as Rajan Pilla
Rajan Pillai (Atul Kulkarni) is an underworld gangster living in Mumbai. Sub Inspector Sreedharan Menon (Sreenivasan) is a police officer. Sreedharan ...

Veeram
2014
as Aadalarasu
A straightforward man, who uses violence to settle disputes, decides to mend his ways for the sake of his lover, but when he learns that her family is...

Arrambam
2013
as JCP Milind Virekar
A former anti-terrorism officer teams up with a hacker and his girlfriend to execute a string of strategic attacks. As the authorities race to stop th...

Zanjeer
2013
as Jaidev
A remake of the 1973 action film of the same name.

The Attacks Of 26/11
2013
as Inspector Shashank Shinde
The real-life story of eight Pakistani terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 24 hours.

Premachi Goshta
2013
as Ram
Premachi Goshta (Marathi: प्रेमाची गोष्ट , meaning: Story of Love) is a 2013 Marathi language film directed by Satish Rajwade. The story is all about...
Suzhal
2012
The story is set around a young man. prabhu, an engineering college student and his friends including five girls.

AK 56
2012
AK 56 is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action film written and directed by Om Prakash Rao

Chaalis Chauraasi
2012
as Bhaskar Sardesai (Bobby)
Four friends -- Pankaj (Naseeruddin Shah), Bobby (Atul Kulkarni), Shakti Chinappa (Ravi Kissen), Albert Pinto (Kay Kay Menon) -- want to rob a lonely ...

Panjaa
2011
as Kulkarni
Jai, an orphan, falls into bad company after Bhagwan, a gangster, gives him shelter and hope to live. However, Jai and Munna, Bhagwan's son, fight wit...
Koffi Bar
2011
Koffi Bar is about the way a life changes to couple of youngsters who by accident get to know some terror plans of terrorists in a coffee bar. This kn...

Kaccha Limboo
2011
The words Kaccha Limbo denotes a child who is not mature enough.The movie follows the trials and tribulations of 13 year old Shambu.His friends in sch...

Bumm Bumm Bole
2010
as Khogiram
Khogiram and his wife are poor and can barely afford to get school uniforms and books for their children Pinaki and Rimzim. Things worsen when Pinaki ...

Natrang
2010
as Gunvantrao Kagalkar
Guna is a village labourer in the hinterlands of Maharashtra. Holding a passion for the 'tamasha' theatre shows, he decides to start his own troupe. I...

Jail
2009
as Parag's second lawyer
Parag Dixit is living a dream life with a great job and his loving girlfriend Mansi! However things take an ugly turn when after a series of unfortuna...

Yeh Mera India
2009
as Raja Shetty
Every night we go home & turn on the news,to find headlines full of atrocities & we wonder how this world keeps moving in spite of so much multi-layer...
Sukhaant
2009
Producer Anuya Mhaiskar’s ‘Sukhaant” directed by veteran Sanjay Surkar discusses the serious topic of euthanasia i.e. mercy killing. The approval of t...

Chowrasta Crossroads of Love
2009
the movie director ed by Anjan Dutt.

Delhi-6
2009
as Gobar
Roshan, an NRI, arrives in Old Delhi with his ailing grandmother and starts to rediscover himself before getting caught in a religious dispute that sh...
Satyameva Jeyate
2009
Satyameva Jayate is a Telugu film and remake of 2004 Hindi Movie Khakee, starring Dr. Rajasekhar, Shivaji, Sai Kiran, Neetu Chandra, Sanjana and Shery...

Padikathavan
2009
as Kasi Anandan
Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.

Thalappavu
2008
as Krishnadeva Saivar
Thalappavu (English: The Headgear ) is a 2008 Malayalam film loosely based on the events related to Naxal Varghese and Police Constable P. Ramachandra...

Valu
2008
as Swanand Gaddamwar
In the village of Kusavde, a wild bull named Valu is worshipped but has become uncontrollable. Forest officer Swanand Gaddamwar arrives to catch the b...

Gauri The Unborn
2007
as Sudeep 'Deepu'
Gauri: The Unborn is a 2007 Hindi film directed by Akku Akbar, starring Atul Kulkarni and Rituparna Sen Gupta. It received great critical acclaim, but...

Aa Dinagalu
2007
as Agni Shridhar
Chetan loves Mallika but his father hires an underworld don, Kotwal, to break their relationship. Irked by his father's actions, Chetan approaches Kot...

Kedi
2006
as Pughazhenthy
A happy-go-lucky student at a university gets embroiled in a love triangle with two very different young women.

Rang De Basanti
2006
as Laxman Pandey
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's ...

Page 3
2005
as Vinayak Mane
'Page 3' takes a behind-the-scenes look at the lifestyles of the A-list celebrities in metro cities. It explores the networking and the power play bet...

1:1.6 An Ode to Lost Love
2005
as M
In this topsy-turvy romance, Gulshan Grover plays Prabhod, a filmmaker at work on his latest movie with director of photography M (Atul Kulkarni). Whe...

Leelamahal Centre
2004
as GK
Prabhu is a minor thug who kidnaps the daughter of a policeman, only to fall in love with her later. But the girl's father demands that his future son...

Manmadhan
2004
as Deva
When Mythili meets Madhan, she's at once attracted towards and terrified of him since he looks exactly like the serial killer from her nightmares.

Chanti
2004
as MLA Sarvarayudu
Chanti (Ravi Teja), a soldier, arrives at his village for his father's (Ranganath) funeral. He is bequeathed a huge property which he plans to use for...

Manasarovar
2004
as Ravi Roy
Kerala-based George Nair is an efficiency expert who travels to Pune to provide a report on downsizing. He is met with the firm's Vice-President, Mala...

Gowri
2004
as Sarkar
Gowri (Sumanth) is a motorcycle mechanic living in Dhoolpet area of Hyderabad. Shweta (Charmme Kaur) is a college student who is the daughter of media...

Chakwa
2004
as Tushar Khot
An Indian engineer from America, visits his village on an assignment. There, he gets embroiled in the mystery and suspense surrounding his ancestral h...

The Sacred Grove
2004
as Shesh Desai
Devrai depicts a story of a man who suffers from schizophrenia and is struggling to come to terms with his illness and the frustration of his helpless...

The Sacred Grove
2004
Poem
Devrai depicts a story of a man who suffers from schizophrenia and is struggling to come to terms with his illness and the frustration of his helpless...

Khakee
2004
as Dr. Iqbal Ansari
DCP Anant and his team get tasked with escorting an alleged terrorist to Mumbai. However, a rogue ex-police officer makes their task difficult as he t...

88 Antop Hill
2003
Atul Kulkarni, Jasmine, Rahul Dev, Sweta Menon and Suchitra Pillai star in this fantastical mystery directed by Kushan Nandy. After a strange phone ca...

Satta
2003
as Yashwant Varde
A liberal woman from Delhi weds a politician in Mumbai, only to find herself standing for election in his place when he is sent to prison.

Dum
2003
as Inspector "Encounter" Shankar
Uday dreams of becoming a police officer and serving his country. His dream is accompanied by a fierce determination and drive to make his dream come ...

Union
2002
as Bhau
Bhet is a Marathi movie released in 2002. Chandrakant Kulkarni has directed the movie & produced it along with Nitin Patil. Movie plot is based on a m...

Dahavi Fa
2002
School kids who feel discriminated against must learn to channel their righteous indignation in a positive way.

Run
2002
as Priya's Brother
Siva comes to Madras from a small Tamil Nadu town to study. He instantly falls in love with elusive stranger Priya who resists his charms quite persis...

Mango Soufflé
2002
as Ed
India’s first major gay-themed film, is an adaptation of Mahesh Dattani’s seminal play On a Muggy Night in Mumbai. Kamlesh, a young gay man, invites h...
Bibhatsa
2002
The Third Film from Director Jayaraj's 'Navarasa' Series.

Vaastupurush
2002
as Brother
Dr. Bhaskar, a Magsaysay Award winner, returns to his native village after forty years accompanied by his doctor son and American daughter-in-law. Whi...

Chandni Bar
2001
as Potya Sawant
The gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime.

The Raw Mango
2000
Kairee narrates the sweet and sour experiences of a ten year old girl brought to her maternal aunt Taani's house due to the loss of her parents. The g...

Hey Ram
2000
as Shriram Abhayankar
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the probl...

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla
N/A
Official remake of Basu Chatterjee's 1986 classic film of the same name, an Indian adaptation of Hollywood classic '12 Angry Men'.