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 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.[2] In 1978, she directed Jaywant Dalvi's play Sandhya Chhaya, translated to Hindi by Kusum Kumar.[3]
Uttara Baokar | |
|---|---|
| उत्तरा बाओकर | |
| Born | 5 August 1944 |
| Died | 12 April 2023 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–2023 |
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In 1984, she won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting (Hindi theatre).[4] She appeared in Marathi films such as Doghi (1995) with Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Renuka Daftardar, Uttarayan (2005), Shevri (2006), and Restaurant (2006) with Sonali Kulkarni.[5]
Early life and education
editUttara studied acting at National School of Drama (NSD),[6] Delhi, under Ebrahim Alkazi,[7] graduating in 1968.[8]
Filmography
edit- Yatra (1986)
- Tamas (1987)
- Ek Din Achanak (1989)
- Udaan (TV series) (1990–1991)
- Rukmavati Ki Haveli (1991)
- The Burning Season (1993)
- Doghi (1995) (Marathi)
- Sardari Begum (1996)
- Thakshak (1999)
- Antaral (TV series) (2000)
- Zindagi Zindabad (2000)
- Kora Kaagaz (2002)
- Vaastupurush (2002) (Marathi)
- Nazarana (2002) (TV series)
- Uttarayan (2003) (Marathi)
- Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (TV series) (2003–2006)
- Shevri (Marathi Film) (2006)
- Kashmakash Zindagi Ki (TV series) (2006–2009)
- Jabb Love Hua (TV series) (2006–2007)
- Restaurant[9] (2006) (Marathi)
- Rishtey (TV series) (Season 2)
- Sins (2005)
- Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006)[citation needed]
- Dor (2006)
- Aaja Nachle (2007)
- 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
- Ha Bharat Maza (2011) (Marathi)
- Samhita (2013) (Marathi)
- Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami (2014) as Politician's mother
- Dev Bhoomi - Land of the Gods (2015) as Priya (Rahul Negi's sister)
Awards
edit- 1984 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting (Hindi theatre).[4]
- 1988 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ek Din Achanak
- 1995 National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) for Doghi
Notes
edit- ^ "National Award-winning actress Uttara Baokar passes away at 79". The Times of India. 12 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Of days that were..." The Hindu. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Those lonely sunset days". The Hindu. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ a b "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Marathi cinema gets the sensitive and intelligent film-lover". The Economic Times. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "'A remarkable human being': Neena Kulkarni, Manoj Joshi remember late actress Uttara Baokar on social media". The Economic Times. 13 April 2023. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Theatre is revelation". The Hindu. 24 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008.
- ^ "Alumni List For The Year 1968". National School of Drama Official website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ K. Moti Gokulsing; Wimal Dissanayake (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-1-136-77284-9. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
References
edit- Nash, Jay Robert; Nash, Stanley Ralph; Ross, Stanley Ralph (1987). The Motion Picture Guide ... Annual. Cinebooks. ISBN 0-933997-16-7.
- Brandon, James R.; Martin Banham (1997). The Cambridge guide to Asian theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58822-7.
- Subramanyam, Lakshmi (2002). Muffled voices: women in modern Indian theatre. Har-Anand Publications. ISBN 81-241-0870-6.
- Trivedi, Poonam; Dennis Bartholomeusz (2005). India's Shakespeare: translation, interpretation, and performance International studies in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-881-7.
