Shalmalee Tolye a girl from Dombivili has made herself big in the Tellyland today. She has been a part of the industry since 2002 when she did her first professional play “Ek Tarfi Prem” after which there was no looking back for her. Shalmalee is a huge fan of Madhuri Dixit since childhood and use to perform on all her songs in various competitions. Initally she had stage fear for acting and hence never participated mono acting during school. However after working in several plays like “Durga Zhaali Gauri”, “Jaanata Raja” she gained enough stage confidence. And all through this journey her mother, elder sister and her husbad Piyush Ranade who is also an actor in Marathi industry were her pillar of strength.
Talking about her career she says, “I first faced the camera on the sets of a Marathi serial ‘Avghachi Ha Sansaar’. It was a great learning experience. After which I did several serials like ‘Ha Khel Saawalyancha’ on Me Marathi, ‘Chiranjivi Saubhagya Kankshini’ On ETV Marathi, ‘Ya Sukhanno Ya’ On Zee Marathi, ‘Hya Gojirvanya Gharat’ On ETV Marathi.” As dance is also one of her passion, she participated in two dance reality shows ‘Nach Meri Jaan’ on Me Marathi & ‘Halla Bol’ on ETV Marathi. She reached till final in both the show.
When asked about her experience in Halla Bol she said, “Halla Bol was a great experience for me. We were shooting in Ramoji Filmcity, Hyderabad. We were 20 contestants and all were girls so one can imagine how much fun we had. The best things that this show gave me apart from fame are great friends and loving memories.”
According to Shamalee ‘SHREE’ serial on Zee TV by HatsOffs Production was path breaking and a benchmark serial in her career. When asked about her future plans she says, “I am right now very happy with television and want to do different and good roles. But at the same time won’t mind working in good Marathi plays and movies.”
Today whatever success she has in her pocket is completely on her own. She does not have any godfather in the industry and has succeeded just on her passion for work. She recollects, “Almost all the serials are shot in Madh Island, Filmcity, Malad which are located in Western route. But travelling there from Dombivili was never an issue for me. But due to uncertain & late shooting timings I had to rent a flat in Malad.
“One thing is for sure that I am a hardcore Dombivlikar as it’s my Janma Bhoomi. It is a very a cultured city i.e. Sanskruti Japnara Shahar were all festivals like Gudhi Padwa, Ganpati, Navratri & Diwali are celebreated with great enthusiasm. I vivdly remember the first day of Diwali and the Shobha Yatra on Gudi Padwa a lot in Dombivili and try to be there on these and also other festivals as possible.”
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