When Padmini Kolhapure eloped to marry producer Pradeep ‘Tutu’ Sharma: Film historian recalls how Shakti Kapoor and Poonam Dhillon helped her

Veteran actress Padmini Kolhapure’s love story with film producer Pradeep Sharma, popularly known as Tutu Sharma, remains one of Bollywood’s most talked-about romances from the 1980s. The couple tied the knot in 1986 after Padmini eloped, defying her family’s disapproval. The reason? Her conservative Maharashtrian family opposed the match due to community differences.

When Padmini Kolhapure eloped to marry producer Pradeep ‘Tutu’ Sharma: Film historian recalls how Shakti Kapoor and Poonam Dhillon helped her
Veteran actress Padmini Kolhapure’s love story with film producer Pradeep Sharma, popularly known as Tutu Sharma, remains one of Bollywood’s most talked-about romances from the 1980s. The couple tied the knot in 1986 after Padmini eloped, defying her family’s disapproval. The reason? Her conservative Maharashtrian family opposed the match due to community differences.