Uttara Baokar
Birthday: Born in 1944-08-05 in Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India
Deathday: 2023-04-12
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.
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तमस
Character: Jasbir
Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town....
Kora Kagaz
Character: mother of Ravi and Mahesh
Kora Kagaz was an Indian TV series which ran on Star Plus in 1998.It was directed by the famous actress of Hindi Cinema Asha Parekh. Along with Saans it was the serial which made Star Plus famous in the late 1990s.The series had 169 episodes which were 30 mins long....
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Aaja Nachle
Character: Mrs. Srivastav
Dia is a divorced mom living in New York and must go back to India after she receives news that her guru is on his death bed. When she arrives she finds he is gone and has left her the responsibility of saving and reviving the Ajanta Theater where she used to dance. The problem is that the political officers want it torn down and turned into a shopping mall. The storyline follows Dia and her challenge to stand up for what she believes in and fight the cause to the end, while trying to win back t...
Welcome Home
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After deciding to part ways with her husband, Professor Saudamini leaves along with her daughter and her mother-in-law, who is suffering from dementia. Saudamini`s return to her own house sends ripples across the family, as waves of contradictory emotions engulf them all. Welcome Home is the story of a group of people who find themselves caught up in a collective emotional turmoil, and how they strive to overcome these setbacks...
Vaastupurush
Character: Mother
Dr. Bhaskar, a Magsaysay Award winner, returns to his native village after forty years accompanied by his doctor son and American daughter-in-law. While watching the ruins of his ancestral manor, Dr. Bhaskar remembers the critical year before his joining medical college. It was not his Gandhian freedom fighter father nor his feudal uncle or romantic elder brother, but his mother who motivated him to be a doctor for the service of the poor. She believed that is the only way to appease the Guardia...
Samhita
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A filmmaker visualizes a British Raj Prince tale. The tale concerns a Prince married to his mother's niece. The king comes to the court-singer, though....
Ek Din Achanak
Character: Sudha Roy
Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance....
Sins
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Two passionate lovers have a relationship that was doomed from the start. Father Williams, a catholic priest and young Rosemary begin a seemingly innocent association, but the relationship quickly turns intensely physical....
Tamas
Character: Jasbir
Set in the backdrop of riot-stricken Pakistan at the time of the partition of India in 1947, the film deals with the plight of emigrant Sikh and Hindu families to India as a consequence of the partition....
Dor
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Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad, Randhir. The family feel that they are blessed after Meera's entry in this family. Shankar must go and abroad in Saudi Arabia and bids farewell to Meera, promising to keep in touch, which he does, and also sends them a large portion of his earnings, which is used to pay off the family's debts. Then when no word is received from him, a worried Meera phon...
Thakshak
Character: Ishaan's Mother
Nahar Singh's (Amrish Puri) fore-fathers and he have sworn to protect the family and heirs of powerful underworld don, Jodhabhai and his heirs for generations. Nahar would like his son, Ishaan (Ajay Devgan) to continue this tradition, to which he is willing as he friendly with Jodhabhai's son, Sunny (Rahul Bose). Ishaan's vow begins to falter when he falls in love with Suman Dev (Tabu). Things gets even more complicated when Suman comes forward to testify that she witnessed Sunny's car being dri...
Sardari Begum
Character: Hemraj's wife
Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev. The film's lead actress Kiron Kher won the 1997 National Film Award - Special Jury Award. Rajeshwari Sachdev won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The music by Vanraj Bhatia also received wide acclaim. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, the play back singer of the film also received accolades in the category of 'Best Playback Singer'. This fil...
Ha Bharat Maza
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When Sukhatme's youngest son narrowly fails his entrance exams, the family are presented with a financial and moral conundrum....
Uttarayan
Character: Kusumawati's mother
After his wife passes away and a heart attack forces him to retire, middle-aged widower Raghuveer Rajadhyaksh (Shivaji Satham) moves back to his hometown of Mumbai , where he reconnects with his first love, Durgi (Neena Kulkarni). The pair quickly finds that the years have done little to diminish their feelings for each other. Director Bipin Nadkarni's tender romantic drama is based on Jaywant Dalvi's acclaimed play "Durgi."...
Land of the Gods
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After a long exile, Rahul returns to his village in the Himalayas. It causes commotion amongst the villagers, who have never forgiven him for his sins in the past....
Shevri
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Vidya Barve, a divorced, working woman, is forced to spend the night on the streets of Mumbai. She recounts her spree of turbulent relationships and decides to start a new life....
Rukmavati's Mansion
Character: Rukmavati
Federico Garcia Lorca's Spanish play The House of Bernarda Alba Indianised in it's setting and treatment of the story....
Crystal Clear
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Neeraja has vitiligo, a skin disease that makes her a social outcast. She faces many challenges in her life but with her will power, she overcomes them all....
Katha Doan Ganpatraonchi
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Located in a seaside village in Maharashtra during the 60s, the film unfolds over two decades. It is a tragic tale of how the best of friendships can rupture over a trivial quarrel. Once a rupture takes place, there are always people who know how to turn a quarrel to their own advantage, even if the main adversaries are completely destroyed in the process....
Island City
Character: Ajji
A collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office 'Fun Committee Award', which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option... The second story begins with a domineering head-of-the-family, Anil, who is on life support. Seeking some relief, his family decides to buy a TV, which ...
Dithee
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Dithee tells the story of a simple ironsmith and his journey of undergoing the pain of his son's death and experiencing the principle of non-duality....