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Madhu Kambikar is an Indian performing folk art artist, theatre actor and film and TV personality,[2] from Maharashtra.[3][4][5][6][7]

Madhu Kambikar
Born	(1953-07-28) 28 July 1953 (age 69)[1] Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress folk dancer
Years active	1980–present

Personal life

She was born in Malegaon, a village in Beed district, 28 July 1953 in the Kolhati community.[8] She dropped out of school and used to follow her father himself a performing artist to shows. She herself became a performer at a very young age. She is the aunt of the late Kishor Shantabai Kale.[9]

On 27 November 2016, she fell unconscious on stage during a lavani-tamasha performance at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga and was hospitalised.[10]

Folk and contemporary theatre

She acted in about a dozen folk plays, including:[2][11][12]

• Dadu Indurikar's "Gadhavacha lagna"
• Shankar Patil's "Bhangadishivay pudhari nahi"
• Ashok Paranjape's "Ude ga Ambe ude"
• Vasant Sabnis' "Viccha mazi puri kara"
• Atmaram Sawant's "Mujra ghya sarkar"
• Ashok Patole/ Suyog's "Kashi me rahu tashich"
• Her own "Sakhi mazi lavani" directed by Upendra Limaye

She has acted in 22–25 contemporary plays, amongst them are:[13][2]

• Tumcha amcha sem asta
• Vastraharan
• Putrakameshti
• Paying guest
• Ajab nyaya vartulacha

Selected filmography

She has acted in over a hundred films, amongst them are:[2][4][14][3][15][16][11][17][18][19]

• Shapit
• Mukta
• Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film) Hindi film
• Doghi
• Sangharsh jeevanacha
• Dombari
• Ek hota vidushak
• Zapatlela
• Zapatlela 2
• Debu
• Yeu ka gharat
• Mala gheun chala
• Satichi punyayi
• Laxmi
• Raghu maina
• Chal re Lakshya Mumbai la
• Rikshavali
• Mazi chakuli
• Raosaheb
• Mumbaicha dabewala
• Balagandharva
• Bin kamacha navara
• Aaj zale mukta me

Accolades

• Hansa Wadkar Special Award for Best Actress[20]
• Natvarya Keshavrao Date Puraskar[21]
• Chairperson of the 2013 Mahila Lokakala Sammelan, Nagpur[22]
• Lokashahir Patthe Bapurao Puraskar[23]
• Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Lavani Kalavant Puraskar 2007
• Zee Chitra Gaurav Life Time Achievement Award 2018

References

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