Uttara Baokar (5 August 1944 – 12 April 2023)[1] was an Indian stage, film, and television actress. She acted in several notable plays, such as Padmavati inMukyhamantri, Mena inMena Gurjari,Desdemona in Shakespeare'sOthello, the mother in playwrightGirish Karnad'sTughlaq, thenautch girl inChhote Saiyad Bade Saiyad, and the lead role of Umrao inUmrao Jaan.[2] In 1978, she directedJaywant Dalvi's playSandhya Chhaya, translated to Hindi by Kusum Kumar.[3]
In 1984, she won theSangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting (Hindi theatre).[4] She appeared inMarathi films such asDoghi (1995) with Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Renuka Daftardar,Uttarayan (2005),Shevri (2006), andRestaurant (2006) with Sonali Kulkarni.[5]
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