Kimi Katkar

Kimi Katkar
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)	Actress and Model
Years active	1984-1994
Spouse	Shantanu Sheorey

Kimi Katkar is a former actress and model, who worked in Hindi films. She was active throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s, and starred in over 50 films, including Adventures of Tarzan (1985) and Hum (1991).

Career

Kimi Katkar made her acting debut in the 1985 film Patthar Dil as a supporting actress. Later that year, she starred in Adventures of Tarzan, where she played the lead opposite Hemant Birje. After the film, she continued to work through the late 1980s in many popular and hit films such as Mera Lahoo (1987), Dariya Dil (1988), Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988), Gair Kanooni (1989), Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharnii (1989) and Khoon Ka Karz (1991). She acted in 35 movies during the three years 1988-90 and in 1989 alone had 15 releases. While she was mostly paired with Anil Kapoor, Govinda and Aditya Pancholi she has also played the lead opposite more senior stars of the era like Jeetendra, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor.

In Hum (1991), she played the lead opposite Amitabh Bachchan. The popular song "Jumma Chumma De" from this movie was picturized on her and was sung by playback singers Sudesh Bhonsle and Kavita Krishnamurthy.^[1] Her last film was Humlaa (1992). During the same time, she refused film offers for Yash Chopra's Parampara (later Ramya Krishna did the role). Katkar quit the Hindi film industry after her marriage to photographer and ad-filmmaker Shantanu Sheorey in 1992 and is settled in Melbourne, Australia.

She is associated with the book Shantaram which was written by Gregory David Roberts. Roberts was an Australian fugitive who escaped to India where he worked as an extra in films including Paanch Paapi (1989) which starred Katkar.

Personal life

Kimi is daughter of yesteryear actress Meena Fernandez who starred in films like Sujatha, Bank Manager, Anari, Aar Paar, Amber and Milaap. Katkar married a commercial photographer and advertising film producer Shantanu Sheorey. She has one son, Siddhanth. She stays in Melbourne, Australia and has also been living in Aundh, a suburb in Pune, Maharashtra.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Patthar Dil	Rekha Singh	Jainendra
	Adventures of Tarzan	Ruby Shetty	Hemant Bije
1986	Dosti Dushmani	Shanti	Rishi Kapoor
1987	Mard Ki Zabaan	Rosie	Jackie Shroff
	Mera Lahoo	Pavitra D. Singh / Geeta	Govinda
1988	Zalzala	Reshma	Rajeev Kapoor
	Tohfa Mohabbat Ka		Govinda
	Sone Pe Suhaaga	Usha	Anil Kapoor
	Shiv Shakti		Govinda
	Mulzim	Dr. Rekha	Jeetendra
	Inteqam		Anil Kapoor
	Dharamyudh	Suman	Adita Pancholi
	Dariya Dil	Radha	Govinda
	Tamacha	Dolly Saxena	Sumeet Saigal
	Rama O Rama	Hema D'Souza	Aasif Sheikh
1989	Ustaad		Chunky Pandey
	Meri Zabaan	Kimi / Rita	Mithun
	Aaj Ke Shahenshah		Jeetendra
	Kala Bazaar	Bar Owner	Anil Kapoor
	Ab Meri Baari		Sumeet Saigal
	Vardi	Dr. Sonu Kaul	Sunny Deol
	Kahan Hai Kanoon		Adita Pancholi
	Gair Kanooni	Rita	Govinda
	Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharnii	Radha	Govinda
	Abhimanyu	Geeta	Anil Kapoor
	Khoj	Mrs. Anita Kapoor	Rishi Kapoor
	Gola Barood	Reema	Shatrughan Sinha
	Aag Se Khelenge	Barkha 'Bijli'	Anil Kapoor
	Shehzaade	Bijli	Shatrughan Sinha
	Paanch Paapi[3]	Arti	Hemant Bije
1990	Tejaa	Sonu	Sunjay Dutt
	Awaragardi		Aditya Pancholi
	Zimmedaaar	Tina	Rajiv Kapoor
	Andher Gardi		Raj Babbar
	Hum Se Na Takrana		Shatrughan Sinha
	Kaaranama		Vinod Khanna
	Roti Ki Keemat	Bijli	Mithun
	Sher Dil		Rishi Kapoor
	Taqdeer Ka Tamasha		Aditya Pancholi
1991	Jeevan Daata	Kiran Sharma	Chunkey Pandey
	Lahu Luhaan	Sonu/Alisha	Spirit
	Khoon Ka Karz		Rajnikanth
	Numbri Aadmi	Bijli	Mithun
	Hum	Jumma Gonzalves	Amitabh Bachchan
1992	Humlaa	Anita	Dharmendra
	Sarphira	Neetu	Sunjay Dutt
	Siyaasat		Kumar Gaurav
	Zulm Ki Hukumat	Pratap's Girlfriend	Govinda

References

1. "Kimi Katkar". Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
2. "Kimi Katkar, her son in Australia - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
3. "Paanch Paapi Story and Cast". Cinemaazi.

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External links

• Kimi Katkar at IMDb

1. "Dimple Kapadia's UNSEEN picture with Amitabh Bachchan, Meenakshi Seshadri and Kimi Katkar goes viral; Big B REACTS". The Times of India. 22 July 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 December 2024.