Uttara Baokar
Known For
Acting
Born
1944-08-05 in Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India
Died
2023-04-12
Biography
Uttara Baokar was an Indian stage, film, and television actress. She acted in several notable plays, such as Padmavati in 'Mukyhamantri', Mena in 'Mena Gurjari', Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello', the mother in playwright Girish Karnad's 'Tughlaq', the nautch girl in 'Chhote Saiyad Bade Saiyad', and the lead role of Umrao in 'Umrao Jaan'. In 1978, she directed Jaywant Dalvi's play 'Sandhya Chhaya', translated to Hindi by Kusum Kumar. In 1984, she won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting (Hindi theatre). She appeared in Marathi films such as 'Doghi' (1995), 'Uttarayan' (2005), 'Shevri' (2006), and 'Restaurant' (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Uttara Baokar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Kora Kagaz
as mother of Ravi and Mahesh
Welcome Home
Dor
Tamas
as Jasbir
Aaja Nachle
as Mrs. Srivastav
Samhita
Sins
Restaurant
as Padmakka
Land of the Gods
Tamas
as Jasbir
Vaastupurush
as Mother
Thakshak
as Ishaan's Mother
Sardari Begum
as Hemraj's wife
Suddenly, One Day
as Sudha Roy
Katha Doan Ganpatraonchi
Crystal Clear
Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami
as Kalawati
Shevri
Dithee
Uttarayan
as Kusumawati's mother