 She then made her official film debut with the film "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" (1978), starring as Young Roopa.Kolhapure then became one of the most prominent actresses throughout the 1980s.At the age of fifteen, Kolhapure won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the revenge drama "Insaf Ka Tarazu" (1980), and at the age of seventeen, won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the tragic romance "Prem Rog" (1982), thus becoming the second-youngest actress to win the awards in the respective categories.