Uttara Baokar

Acting

Uttara Baokar

Born — Died

1944-08-05 — 2023-04-12

Place of birth

Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

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, lice…

Known for

Tamas poster
9.5

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.

Tamas

1988

Kora Kagaz poster
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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.

Kora Kagaz

1998

Aaja Nachle poster
6.4

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 the love and support of the people of the town whom she walked out on ten years prior.

Aaja Nachle

2007

Dor poster
7.5

Two woman, from different backgrounds and living miles apart, are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.

Dor

2006

Sins poster
4.6

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.

Sins

2005

Welcome Home poster
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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

Welcome Home

2019

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

2000s · 8 titles

Aaja Nachle poster
6.4

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 the love and support of the people of the town whom she walked out on ten years prior.

Aaja Nachle

2007

Dor poster
7.5

Two woman, from different backgrounds and living miles apart, are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.

Dor

2006

Sins poster
4.6

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.

Sins

2005

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NR

Janhvi and Padmakka are descendants of royal Maharashtrian family who run a Restaurant business. Janhvi is a trained cook but has given up cooking after the death of her lover Paul. Sameer, Janhvi's friend joins them as a cook to make things better all is going well until the Resturant property runs into dispute.

Restaurant

2006

Crystal Clear poster
6.0

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.

Crystal Clear

2006

Vaastupurush poster
7.4

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 Guardian Spirit of the house. Bhaskar is indebted to another woman, Krishnatai, his brother's lower caste lover, who was enlightened enough to support his mother's dream. Bhaskar is now back home to fulfill the wish of his mother

Vaastupurush

2002

Uttarayan poster
9.0

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."

Uttarayan

2004

Shevri poster
6.0

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.

Shevri

2006

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits