Kunickaa Sadanand, known mononymously as Kunickaa, is an Indian actress, advocate, producer and social activist. She is known for her various characters in many Indian films as both a villain and in comedic roles.
Also a singer, she has released three pop albums titled Lakhon Mein Ek released in 1996, and Kunickaa which was released in 2002. She released her third album named Joombish (A Mystical Journey) on 2 May 2006.
Personal life
Kunickaa Sadanand has been married twice; her first marriage was with Abhay from Delhi. She has a son from this marriage. Her second marriage was with Mr. Lall whom she married at the age of 35; together they have a son. She was romantically involved with Sunil Sikand (actor Pran's son) during the 80s and later with singer Kumar Sanu in late 90s. She, along with her business partner, created restaurants called "White - the Italian café", "Zingcafe", "Majestica – The Royal Banquet Hall", and a spa called "Exhale" in Goregaon in suburban Mumbai. The partnership however ended in 2007.
Kunickaa has conducted, organized and participated in over 100 stage shows in India and around the world. She also runs an event company called Karma Events and Entertainment.
Kunickaa has been actively involved in social activities like AIDS awareness campaigns for the last 20 years.
She launched Tara Charitable Trust on 15 August 2005. This trust aims at rebuilding lives of destitute people, helping the underprivileged and providing medical, educational and emotional succor to the needy. She is a trustee to the NGO CHIP (Children In Progress), Mumbai, which is actively working for child health and education.
TV and film career
Since her teenage years, Kunickaa was keen to join the Indian TV industry as an actress. After doing a few TV serials in Delhi, she went to Mumbai to act in films. Manju Asrani, wife of well known comic actor Asrani gave Kunickaa the first break as an actress in a TV serial. Her second break was a role in the TV serial Adalat, directed by Dheeraj Kumar. Kunickaa began her film career at the age of 28 in a 1988 horror Hindi movie named Kabrastan. She has acted in many negative roles in movies like Beta, Gumraah and Khiladi. Kunickaa has acted in 110 films in 25 years.
Swabhimaan a TV serial, where she played mother to an 18-year-old breakthrough role that won her many plaudits. She acted in a TV serial called Kana Phoosi on Doordarshan and in Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara on Star Plus. She was also seen in the reality TV show Box Cricket League on Sony Entertainment as a fielder from the team Pune Anmol Ratn, while most recently she played the character of Rani Durgavati in the TV serial Akbar Birbal on Big Magic. She is currently seen in &TV show Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls as a loud goan Christian Juliet Bai.[1]
She is currently participating as a contestant in Bigg Boss 19.
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