Trivia

In 2004, she started her career as a contestant on one of the first reality shows on Indian television, India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj, where she emerged as 1st runner up.

She made her Marathi movie debut from Goolmaal in 2006.

She is married to her longtime boyfriend Himmanshoo Malhotra in 2015, who was also part of India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj.

She made her Bollywood movie debut from Mumbai Salsa in 2007.

She won the 7th season of dance reality show Nach Baliye along with her husband Himmanshoo Malhotra.

She is born on 23 November 1984 in Mumbai.

A wax statue of Khanvilkar was on display in the wax museums in Lonavala and Devgad in August 2017.

For the title song of Chandramukhi, she wore a 9.5-meter-long Kaashtha saree that was stitched around her while draping, along with real gold traditional Maharashtrian ornaments, and also wore a ghungroo weighing up to 3 kg on each leg.

In 2019, she made her Marathi television debut as an actor with the lead part in Jeevlaga.

Her beauty often resembles that of legendary actress Madhubala.

She learned Urdu language for her role in Katyar Kaljat Ghusali with the help of her co-star and veteran actor, Sachin Pilgaonkar.

In their lists of "Maharashtra's Most Desirable Women," The Times of India placed her fourth in 2017 and third in 2019.

As part of the promotion of Chandramukhi, Khanvilkar was featured on the cover of Filmfare Magazine, becoming the first Marathi actor to grace the cover.

She got widespread recognition for her Lavani performance in the song "Wajale Ki Bara" from Natarang(2010).

In the late 2000s, she was cited as Ram Gopal Verma's muse, after Urmila Matondkar, Antara Mali, Nisha Kothari, and Jiah Khan.

Starred in the shelved film "LBW", opposite Jitendra Joshi and Sushant Shelar in 2014.

Chandramukhi was her first movie in the title role, for which she underwent eight months of training to improve her language and diction while also gaining over 15 kg to fit the role.