Sayali Sanjeev (née Sayali Chandsarkar; born 31 January 1993) is an Indian film and television actress from Mumbai who works in Marathi films and television serials. She has received awards including a Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Marathi. She made her debut in the Marathi film Police Line and over the years she has appeared in numerous Successful films including Aatpadi Nights (2019), Basta (2020), Jhimma (2021), Goshta Eka Paithanichi (2022), Har Har Mahadev (2022), Jhimma 2 (2023) and Ole Aale (2024).

Career

Sayali Sanjeev began her career on the television soap opera Kahe Diya Pardes on Zee Marathi and her film career with Police Line, both in 2016. She landed her breakout role in 2019 in Aatpadi Nights for which she earned her first nomination for Best Actress at the 5th Filmfare Awards Marathi. In 2019, she made her OTT debut with 'Rajshri Marathi's 5 episode webseries, U Turn.

In 2021 she starred in the Tanaji Ghadge-directed, Basta, for which she earned her second consecutive nomination of Best Actress at the 6th Filmfare Awards Marathi. She made her television comeback with Shubhmangal Online in 2021 as well. The year ended on a high note with the critically acclaimed and box office successful film Jhimma which was second highest grossing Marathi film of 2021.

In 2022 she started in Shantanu Rode's National Award winning Goshta Eka Paithanichi where she plays a simple woman and the film tells of her struggle that gets more complex at every step. For her performance in the film, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress at the 7th Filmfare Awards Marathi and earned a nomination for the Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress. Her other release of the year was Har Har Mahadev an epic historical action drama film proved to be a major commercial success earning more than ₹25 crore (US$3.0 million) at the box office and become her highest grossing film. also it became the third highest-grossing Marathi film of 2022.

2023 started with a four year-delayed release, Satarcha Salman, and subsequently she appeared in Urmi. She collaborated with Hemant Dhome for a third time in Jhimma 2 which earned critical praise and was successful at the box office. Following the success of Jhimma 2 she starred across from Siddharth Chandekar in the critically and commercially successful Ole Aale in 2024.

Other works

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) appointed her as a deputy president of their film labour wing.

Filmography

Television

YearSerialRoleChannelNotes
2016 - 2017Kahe Diya PardesGauri Madhusudan Sawant / Gauri Shivkumar ShuklaZee Marathi
2018 - 2019Perfect PatiVidhita Rathore& TV
2020 - 2021Shubhmangal OnlineSharvari GawaskarColors Marathi

Special appearances

YearTitleRoleChannel
2017Chala Hawa Yeu DyaGuest as GauriZee Marathi
2018ChhatriwaliGuest appearanceStar Pravah
2022Kitchen KallakarZee Marathi
Bus Bai Bas Ladies Special
Bigg Boss Marathi 4To promote Goshta Eka PaithanichiColors Marathi
Chala Hawa Yeu DyaZee Marathi

Web series

YearNameRolePlatformNotes
2019U TurnMuktaYouTube

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2016Police LineDivya DeshmukhDebutant
2019Aatpadi NightsHaripriyaZee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Actress
2020AB Aani CDGargi
Mann FakiraRiya
Daah - Ek Marmsparshi KathaDisha
2021BastaSwati Pawar
JhimmaKrutika Joshi
2022Goshta Eka PaithanichiIndrayaniNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi
Har Har MahadevSai Bhonsale
2023Satarcha SalmanMadhuri Mane
PhulraniPretty Princess HostGuest appearance
UrmiManasi
Jhimma 2Krutika Joshi
Pillu BachelorSwati
2024Ole AaleKayra Hirve
PaniPuriNima
ManmaujiMs. Superstar
2025SamsaraVidhi
NibaarSangita Deshmukh
Taath Kana
Kairii
TBAYervada ReturnTBA

Music video

YearTitleCo-actorNotesRef.
2020LajiraRishi SaxenaDebut

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryWorkRoleResult
2016Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha AwardsBest ActressKahe Diya PardesGauri SawantWon
Popular Face of the YearWon
Best CoupleWon
Best Daughter-in-lawWon
2020Zee Chitra Gaurav PuraskarBest ActressAatpadi NightsHaripriyaWon
Natural Performance of the YearNominated
5th Filmfare Awards MarathiBest ActressNominated
Colors Marathi AwardsBest ActressShubhmangal OnlineSharvari GawaskarNominated
Best Daughter-in-lawWon
20216th Filmfare Awards MarathiBest ActressBastaSwatiNominated
20227th Filmfare Awards MarathiGoshta Eka PaithanichiIndrayaniWon
Best Actress CriticsNominated
2023Maharashtra Times SanmaanBest ActressWon
Zee Chitra Gaurav PuraskarBest ActressNominated
2024TV9 Aapla Bioscope AwardsBest Actress in a Leading RoleWon
Zee Chitra Gaurav PuraskarMost Natural Performance of the YearJhimma 2Krutika JoshiWon
Maharashtra State Film AwardsBest ActressGoshta Eka PaithanichiIndrayaniNominated
2023Fakt Marathi Cine SanmanFakt Marathi Cine Sanman for Best Actress in a Lead RoleNominated
Sakal Premier AwardsBest ActressWon

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