Mithila Palkar: Biography, Age, Career, Relationships, Movies and TV Shows, Awards and More

Mithila Palkar is an Indian actress and singer best known for her portrayal of Kavya Kulkarni in the popular Netflix series Little Things. Mithila Palkar had already created an audience before Netflix India became a household name. One viral video and one sincere performance at a time. She did not come along via a movie family or a slick introduction. She came in a Marathi cup song that went viral on the Internet with more than six million views on YouTube, a web series of a small-town girl in Mumbai, and ultimately a favorite Netflix show with millions of viewers clinging to it through four seasons.

Now 33, Mithila Palkar has acted in five languages, and has switched easily between digital, Bollywood, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil productions. The range is not the only factor that makes her outstanding in the contemporary entertainment scene: it is the stability of character. She acts people in real life, in real situations and people are likely to believe her.

Mithila Palkar Biography Profile

Detail	Information
Full Name	Mithila Palkar
Date of Birth	January 11, 1993
Age (2026)	33 years
Birthplace	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Profession	Actress, Singer, Model
Debut	Majha Honeymoon (2014, Marathi short)
Languages	Hindi, Marathi, English, Telugu, Tamil
Known For	Little Things, Girl in the City, Karwaan
Marital Status	Unmarried (as of 2026)

Mithila Palkar Age and Physical appearance 

As of 2026, Mithila Palkar is 33 years old. She was born in 11 January 1993 in Mumbai. Her sign of the zodiac is Capricorn. According to her, she is approximately 5 feet 3 inches or 160 cm or 1.60 meters. Her body measurements are listed to 32-24-34 inches as some of the sources of entertainment profile list her approximate body measurements. 

Full Name	Mithila Palkar
Age	33 years (as of April 23, 2026)
Reported Date of Birth	11 January 1993
Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Height in Feet	5 ft 3 in
Height in Centimeters	160 cm
Height in Meters	1.60 m
Body Measurements	32-24-34 inches (approx.)
Weight	Around 50 kg (approx.)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black

Early Life

She was born in a Marathi family although the name of her parents is hardly available in the public. She had been brought up in Vasai with her parents but due to commuting problems the family had to transfer her and her sister to Dadar where they stayed with her maternal grandparents. The neighbourhood which was based on the Marathi culture, music and festivals influenced much of what she would become.

And her journey has an earned quality in that her grandfather did not, at first, approve of her decision to be an actor. She did not have to be pressurized into performing arts, she dragged herself to the performing arts. 

Educational Qualifications

She went to IES Modern English School in Dadar, where she was academically strong, she later termed herself as a self-confessed nerd, but always participated in drama, dancing and singing contests.

She chose to make the pivot after the completion of higher secondary in the science stream. Mithila joined MMK College at Bandra pursuing a Bachelor of Mass Media (BMM) degree – a decision that brought her close to the artistic and media world which she was already attracted to. She also had her share of training, alongside academics; she studied Hindustani classical music with the Marathi singer Varsha Bhave, Kathak dance and took the crash course in acting at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles. Her sister, in her turn, made a much more different choice – she has a PhD in Neuroscience and resides in the United States.

Mithila Palkar Relationships

Mithila has always maintained her personal life as a secret. She is not married, has not publicly affirmed any relationship as of 2026. Her work and her social media are the main determinants of her appearance in the public, and she appears contemplative and sincere, which is absent in the performance aspect of celebrity social media profiles.

In interviews she has discussed how she was raised in a family which regarded education and cultural discipline highly, and how her initial support on her acting career by her grandfather later turned out to be resistance which later changed to pride. Mithila has indicated her respect for her sister in the field of neuroscience, whose achievement at school is quite unlike hers.

Mithila Palkar Career

The Theatre Foundation

Mithila never even got an audition in a large scale production to break into the industry. It was brought in through Thespo a yearly youth theatre festival organised by Quasar theatre productions (QTP) in Mumbai. She graduated in 2013 and auditioned with the company but she was not offered the role, but a backstage management position at the festival instead.

She took it. The move put her within one of the most reputable independent theatre platforms in Mumbai, where she got acquainted with actors, directors, and other professionals in the creative sector, who would subsequently join her professional network. Here she was introduced to writer-actor Dhruv Sehgal at Thespo, which would later lead her to her greatest career achievement.

Rise to Fame: The Cup Song and Digital Begins.

This occurred in March 2016 when something out of the ordinary took place. Mithila uploaded a video of herself singing the Marathi folk song Hi Chal Turu Turu in the same manner as the viral cup song popularised by Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect – with percussive rhythms played by tapping out on a glass when singing. The video went viral on YouTube and garnered over six million views. It was a big moment to a performer who is yet to establish her profile.

At approximately the same time, she was suggested to do a satirical YouTube series titled News Darshan on Filter Copy by Dhruv Sehgal. She got the role. This gave way to Girl in the City (2016), a Bindass web series in which she starred as Meera Sehgal – a young woman in a small town who relocates to Mumbai, hoping to achieve her dream of being a fashion designer. The series was a total of 39 episodes and became the first regular lead part of Mithila before an actual crowd.

This was followed by the partnership that would mark the following chapter of her career Little Things, a YouTube series co-created with and starring Dhruv Sehgal that would transfer to Netflix India.

Little Things: Mithila Palkar’s Breakthrough Role

Little Things was a small online project in 2016 that expanded in four seasons and came to an end in 2022, to become one of the most well received Indian shows on Netflix. It’s a 49-episode show that features Mithila as Kavya Kulkarni, a young woman who is in a long-term relationship, changes careers, pursues personal ambitions and negotiates the silences and subtleties of the modern city with her partner Dhruv (played by Dhruv Sehgal).

The show was hailed as an emotionally realistic show. It has been reiterated by critics and audiences that it was an adult relationship with no melodrama – dialogues that sounded like real dialogues, conflicts that were proportionate and two people actually appeared to be working it out together. In the case of Mithila, it won her two Filmfare OTT awards and made her one of the more down-to-earth, more realistic actors in Indian digital content.

Karwaan: Her Breakthrough Role in a Film

Karwaan (2018) is the most important milestone of her film appearances. Under the direction of Akarsh Khurana, the film pitted Mithila against Irrfan Khan and Dulquer Salmaan who had quite distinct yet very strong screen presence. She was a character named Tanya who gets involved in an accidental road trip and it turns out to be an emotionally-charged one. Her experience of collaboration with Irrfan Khan especially was mentioned by Mithila as one of the most beneficial in her professional life. The movie was well-reviewed due to its low-key nature and her acting was deemed to fit into it perfectly.Bilingual Career and Reach to Expand

Mithila Palkar Movie and Web Series

Since making her debut, Mithila Palkar has been on a steady format of movie projects. The following is a full screen work view:

Year	Title	Format	Role
2014	Majha Honeymoon	Marathi Short Film	Not publicly specified
2015	Katti Batti	Hindi Film	Koyal
2016–2018	Girl in the City	Web Series	Meera Sehgal
2016–2022	Little Things	Web Series	Kavya Kulkarni
2017	Muramba	Marathi Film	Indu
2018	Karwaan	Hindi Film	Tanya
2019	Chopsticks	Netflix Film	Nirma
2020	A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting	English-language Film	Not publicly specified
2021	Tribhanga	Netflix Film	Masha
2022	Ori Devuda	Telugu Film	Anu Paulraj
2025	Sweet Dreams	OTT Film	Not publicly specified
2025	Saale Aashiq	TV / OTT Film	Not publicly specified
2026	Oho Enthan Baby	Tamil Film	Not publicly specified
2026	Super Subbu	Telugu Web Series	Not publicly specified

Mithila Palkar Awards and Recognition

She received so many awards  and appreciation for her films and acting. Some awards are:

• Filmfare Award Marathi -Best Female Debut for Muramba (2017)
• Two Filmfare OTT Awards – for Little Things.
• Forbes India 30 Under 30 – honorary in February 2018.
• Brand promotion: Maggi, Tata Tea, Zomato.

Interesting Facts about Mithila Palkar

• Her video of a cup song Hi Chal Turu Turu racked up more than six million YouTube views in 2016 and propelled her into publicity virtually overnight.
• She has been trained in Hindustani classical music/ Kathak and has sung professionally- including the title song of the Marathi movie Muramba.
• She happens to be among the only several Indian actors to feature in an English-speaking original of Netflix ( A Babysitter Guide to Monster Hunting, 2020).
• In 2018 she was only 25 and Forbes India added her to their 30 Under 30 list.
• She did not start in the industry as an actress but as the backstage manager of the Thespo theatre festival.

Conclusion

The career of Mithila Palkar is based on the premise, which is not commonly discussed as much: she laid the groundwork. Performing theatre volunteering. Videos on YouTube prior to Netflix. Cinema in the region prior to the growth of multilingualism. There was not a step that was granted. Her ten-year career of filmography spanning five languages, a popular streaming show, and a true connection with her audience is indicative of the type of long, slow career-building that ultimately succeeds. She is 33 and is still in the midst of it.

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