Uttara Baokar
Also Known As: उत्तरा बावकर
Biography: 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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India
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Birthday: August 05, 1944
Age: 80 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 12, 2023
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Restaurant
Overview: 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.
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Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Aaja Nachle
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-11-30
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Welcome Home
Overview: 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
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2019-06-14
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Vaastupurush
Overview: 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
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Samhita
Overview: A filmmaker visualizes a British Raj Prince tale. The tale concerns a Prince married to his mother's niece. The king comes to the court-singer, though.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2013-10-18
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Ek Din Achanak
Overview: Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1989-09-14
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Sins
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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Tamas
Overview: Set in the backdrop of riot-stricken Pakistan at the time of the partition of India in 1947, the film deals with the plight of emigrant Sikh and Hindu families to India as a consequence of the partition.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1988-08-15
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Dor
Overview: Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad, Randhir. The family feel that they are blessed after Meera's entry in this family. Shankar must go and abroad in Saudi Arabia and bids farewell to Meera, promising to keep in touch, which he does, and also sends them a large portion of his earnings, which is used to pay off the family's debts. Then when no word is received from him, a worried Meera phones, and is devastated to learn that Shankar has been killed by being thrown off a 10th floor balcony. Her status quickly changes, her jewelery, ornaments, fancy clothes are taken off, and she is told to remain indoors. wear dark clothes, and is only allowed to pray at a Mandir.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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Thakshak
Overview: Nahar Singh's (Amrish Puri) fore-fathers and he have sworn to protect the family and heirs of powerful underworld don, Jodhabhai and his heirs for generations. Nahar would like his son, Ishaan (Ajay Devgan) to continue this tradition, to which he is willing as he friendly with Jodhabhai's son, Sunny (Rahul Bose). Ishaan's vow begins to falter when he falls in love with Suman Dev (Tabu). Things gets even more complicated when Suman comes forward to testify that she witnessed Sunny's car being driven from the scene of a multiple homicide. Sunny finds this out and asks Ishaan to chose between him and Suman, and Ishaan choses Suman. Things escalate out of control when Nahar is killed; and Ishaan becomes a prime suspect in the multiple-family homicide.
Genres: Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1999-12-02
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Sardari Begum
Overview: Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev. The film's lead actress Kiron Kher won the 1997 National Film Award - Special Jury Award. Rajeshwari Sachdev won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The music by Vanraj Bhatia also received wide acclaim. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, the play back singer of the film also received accolades in the category of 'Best Playback Singer'. This film focuses on the complex portrait of family relationships, generational and sexual politics as well as social mores in India.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ur
Release Date: 1996-05-23
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Ha Bharat Maza
Overview: When Sukhatme's youngest son narrowly fails his entrance exams, the family are presented with a financial and moral conundrum.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2012-05-05
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Uttarayan
Overview: 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."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2004-01-18
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Land of the Gods
Overview: After a long exile, Rahul returns to his village in the Himalayas. It causes commotion amongst the villagers, who have never forgiven him for his sins in the past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Shevri
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Rukmavati's Mansion
Overview: Federico Garcia Lorca's Spanish play The House of Bernarda Alba Indianised in it's setting and treatment of the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Crystal Clear
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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Katha Doan Ganpatraonchi
Overview: Located in a seaside village in Maharashtra during the 60s, the film unfolds over two decades. It is a tragic tale of how the best of friendships can rupture over a trivial quarrel. Once a rupture takes place, there are always people who know how to turn a quarrel to their own advantage, even if the main adversaries are completely destroyed in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Island City
Overview: A collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office 'Fun Committee Award', which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option... The second story begins with a domineering head-of-the-family, Anil, who is on life support. Seeking some relief, his family decides to buy a TV, which Anil had banned. Now every night the family plugs into a popular soap whose hero, Purshottam, is a man ideal in every way and they are smitten. Then suddenly, comes the news that Anil is better and may be home soon. Will they have to let Purshottam go?... The third one centers on Aarti whose repetitive existence is slowly making her more and more mechanical and numb. Deep inside ferments a disconnect and unease that she is unable to articulate to anyone.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-09-08
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Dithee
Overview: Dithee tells the story of a simple ironsmith and his journey of undergoing the pain of his son's death and experiencing the principle of non-duality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2019-09-05
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