Sayali Sanjeev

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.^[4][5] 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.^[6] She made her television comeback with Shubhmangal Online in 2021 as well.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9][10] 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.^[11][12] also it became the third highest-grossing Marathi film of 2022.^[13]

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.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) appointed her as a deputy president of their film labour wing.^[14]