On May 18, Sonalee Kulkarni celebrated her birthday and gave a surprise gift to her fans. Yes, the beautiful Marathi actor announced her engagement with beau Kunal Benodekar. She posted a series of photos from the engagement ceremony held in UAE on February 2, 2020. The actor captioned the beautiful posts stating, "Before my birthday ends, I want to mark it by making a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Introducing my fiancé Kunal Benodekar! @keno_bear ???? ??.??.???? ?? ???????? ????, ??? ???? ?? ???? ?????? ??????????? ??????????? ?????? ?????? ????? ???? ???? ??? ???? ??? ??? ?????... ???? ??????????? ???? ?????? ??? ????...!!!

Now during an interaction with Bombay Times, Sonalee opened up about her love story with Kunal stating, "Kunal and I met in London (as he hails from the UK) during the shoot of Ti And Ti in 2018 and hit it off instantly. We got engaged in Dubai in the presence of our immediate family members. Two months ago, I had come to meet him in Dubai as he works here, but I gotstuck here because of the lockdown."

Moreover, on being quizzed about announcing her engagement after three months, Sonalee replied, "We didn’t want to announce good news amidst the coronavirus outbreak. We both decided to wait for the situation to get better. Also, we had not received our engagement pictures because here the process took a long time. So, I chose my birthday to share this special news with everyone."