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Biography
Madhu Kambikar is an Indian performing folk art artist, theatre actor and film and TV personality, who belongs to the state of Maharashtra.
Personal life
She was born in Kambi a village in Beed district, in the Kolhati community. She dropped out of school and used to follow her father himself a performing artist to shows. She herself became a performer at a vey young age. She is the aunt of the late Kishor Shantabai Kale.
On 27 November 2016, she collapsed on stage during a lavani-tamasha performance at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga and became unconscicous, she has been hospitalised and her condition was reported to be serious but that she was responding to treatment.
Folk and contemporary theatre
She acted in about a dozen folk plays, notable amongst them being;
- 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:
- Tumcha amcha sem asta
- Vastraharan
- Putrakameshti
- Paying guest
- Ajab nyaya vartulacha
Selected filmography
She has acted in over a hundred films, amongst them are:
- Shapit
- Mukta
- 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
- Natvarya Keshavrao Date Puraskar
- Chairperson of the 2013 Mahila Lokakala Sammelan, Nagpur
- Lokashahir Patthe Bapurao Puraskar
- Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Lavani Kalavant Puraskar 2007