is about a couple's ongoing battle to care for their 15-year-old mentally challenged child, who begins to develop sexual impulses. She portrayed a simple, family-oriented woman opposite Ravi Jadhav. Both the film and her performance received great acclaim. TOI's Mihir Bhanage writes, "Kulkarni pulls off a rather complex character with grace…" Namrata Joshi of The Hindu praised her for "bringing out the requisite nuances and predicaments of her character." Her performance earned her third Filmfare Marathi Award and her second Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar in the category of Best Actress. She also acted in Poster Boys, the Hindi remake of the Marathi film of the same name, starring Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. In 2018, her chemistry with Siddharth Chandekar in Gulabjaam was praised. Mihir Bhange of TOI called the film "a tasty meal that leaves a sweet aftertaste," adding, "she [Kulkarni] is the salt in the film; that bit without which the recipe would be bland and incomplete." Yogesh Pawar of DNA stated, "She brings to her Radha Agarkar an organic vulnerability and strength that sets the tone for her character's trajectory." Alok Deshpande, The Hindu reviewer, wrote: "Kulkarni has delivered one of the best performances of her career in Gulabjaam. Her anger, helplessness, rare smiles, and surrendering to the past, paint a memorable Radha." Her subsequent films, Hope Aur Hum and Madhuri, garnered mixed reviews, although her acting was praised. She then portrayed veteran Hindi and Marathi actress Sulochana Latkar in the biography Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar. Kulkarni played a widow and mother to a young boy in Pension (2021), a drama about a family of three who relies heavily on the pension that the elderly lady receives as a result of her late husband's service. She was awarded Best Actress by the Critics at the Filmfare Marathi Awards. In April 2021, she presented Sony TV's popular real-life-based crime show, Crime Patrol Satark: Justice Reloaded. In the same year, she made her OTT debut in the web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 and The Whistleblower on Amazon Prime Video and SonyLIV, respectively. Other work Theatre and production Kulkarni has been in a number of theater plays throughout the years. She played Laxmi in Sakharam Binder, the most controversial play by Vijay Tendulkar, which was directed by her brother Sandesh Kulkarni and featured Sayaji Shinde as the title character. In 2014, Kulkarni founded her production company, Sokul, and produced the