Madhu Kambikar | |
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| Born | 28 July 1953 [1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
Madhu Kambikar is an Indian performing folk art artist, theatre actor and film and TV personality, [2] from Maharashtra. Kambikar went onto establish herself as one of the leading actress of the 80s. In a career spanning over four decades, she has worked in over 75 films and has received several accolades including Filmfare Award Marathi. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
She was born in Malegaon, a village in Beed district, 28 July 1953 in the Kolhati community. [1] 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. [8]
On 27 November 2016, she fell unconscious on stage during a lavani-tamasha performance at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga and was hospitalised. [9]
She acted in about a dozen folk plays, including: [2] [10] [11]
She has acted in 22–25 contemporary plays, amongst them are: [12] [2]
She has acted in over a hundred films, amongst them are: [2] [4] [13] [3] [14] [15] [10] [16] [17] [18]
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