Occupation Actress Role Film actress | Name Uttara Baokar Years active 1968–present | |
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Movies Ek Din Achanak, Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami, Aaja Nachle, 8 x 10 Tasveer, Doghi Similar Sumitra Bhave, Anil Mehta, Nagesh Kukunoor, Mrinal Sen, Manohar Singh | ||
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Uttara Baokar is an Indian stage, film and television actress. She acted in several notable plays like Padmavati in Mukyhamantri, the Mena in Mena Gurjari, the Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello, the mother in playwright Girish Karnad's Tughlaq, the nautch girl in Chhote Saiyad Bade Saiyad, the lead role of Umrao in "Umrao Jaan". In 1978, she also directed, Jaywant Dalvi's play Sandhya Chhaya, in Hindi translation by Kusum Kumar.
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In 1984, She won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, India's National Academy for Acting (Hindi theatre). She has also appeared in Marathi films like, Doghi (1995) with Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Renuka Daftardar, Uttarayan (2005), Shevri (2006) & Restaurant (2006) with Sonali Kulkarani.
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Early life and education
Uttara studied acting at National School of Drama (NSD), Delhi, under Ebrahim Alkazi, graduating in 1968.
