Actor · Telugu cinema
Mrunal Thakur
Mrunal Thakur movies: 6 Telugu films on file, 2022–2027. Earliest on file: Sita Ramam (2022). Latest release: Dacoit: A Love Story (10 April 2026).
- Films on file
- 6 (6 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2022–2027
- Born
- 1 August 1992 · August birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Kalki 2898 AD, Sita Ramam, Hi Nanna
- Record
- Q16234243 on Wikidata
Mrunal Thakur is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi and Telugu films. After a television career, she made her Telugu debut as Sita in Hanu Raghavapudi’s Sita Ramam (2022), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu, and followed it with Hi Nanna (2023) opposite Nani.
She was born on 1 August 1992, according to Wikipedia and Wikidata. Sources differ on her birthplace: Wikipedia says she was born into a Marathi-speaking family in Dhule, Maharashtra, while Wikidata lists Nagpur. She attended St. Joseph’s Convent School, Jalgaon, and left KC College in Mumbai to work in television.
Career
She played the lead in the Star Plus series Mujhse Kuchh Kehti…Yeh Khamoshiyaan (2012) and Bulbul in Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya (2014–2016), which won her an ITA Award. Her first films were in Marathi, starting with Hello Nandan (2014). In Hindi she played the title role in Love Sonia (2018), and the female lead in Super 30 and Batla House (2019), both box-office successes, before Toofaan (2021) and Jersey (2022).
In Sita Ramam, a period romance opposite Dulquer Salmaan, she won strong reviews and three awards. In Hi Nanna her role as Yashna/Varsha was praised by critics and viewers. She played Indu, an anthropology student, opposite Vijay Deverakonda in The Family Star (2024), which was a commercial failure, and made a cameo as Divya in Kalki 2898 AD (2024). In 2026 she starred with Adivi Sesh in the Hindi–Telugu bilingual Dacoit: A Love Story, where critics praised her performance.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Sita Ramam, at the 68th Filmfare Awards South, per Wikipedia.
- SIIMA Awards: Best Female Debut – Telugu and Best Actress Critics – Telugu for Sita Ramam, and a second Critics award the following year, per Wikipedia.
- ITA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Kumkum Bhagya, per Wikipedia.
Upcoming films
- Raaka, directed by Atlee: on our records for 2027, with no exact date announced. Wikipedia lists it as filming.
More dates appear on upcoming Telugu movies as they are announced.
Where to watch her films
- Dacoit: A Love Story: Prime Video, from 8 May 2026, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Kalki 2898 AD: Prime Video, from 22 August 2024, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- The Family Star: Prime Video, from 26 April 2024, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Hi Nanna: Netflix, from January 2024, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Sita Ramam: Prime Video, from 9 September 2022, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites, Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Mrunal Thakur appears in 6 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2022 to 2027. The earliest of them is Sita Ramam (2022), and the most recent release is Dacoit: A Love Story (2026). One more film, Raaka (2027), is dated for later. The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Kalki 2898 AD (2024), Sita Ramam (2022) and Hi Nanna (2023).
Rashmika Mandanna and Deepika Padukone are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Mrunal Thakur. Vyjayanthi Movies produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 6 different directors, 7 music directors and 26 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 5 of them; they average 162 minutes, and the longest is Kalki 2898 AD at 181 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.
Upcoming movies (1)
All upcoming Telugu movies · Dates are those on record and can change.