1. Mukta Barve is a recipient of seven Maharashtra State Film Awards one for Best Debut and other six for Best Actress in different plays and films.
60 Facts About Mukta Barve
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Mukta Barve made her debut in Marathi theatre with Aamhala Vegle Vhayache, a Marathi play.
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Mukta Barve's work was appreciated in the films Thang, Maati Maay, Sawar Re, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Sumbaran and Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad.
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Mukta Barve was born 17 May 1979 in Chinchwad near Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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Mukta Barve's father worked at a telecom company and her mother was a school teacher.
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Mukta Barve has a brother, Debu Barve who is a commercial artist.
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Mukta Barve completed her 11 and 12th standard from Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune.
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Mukta Barve has admitted to being socially awkward as a child, and did not have many friends.
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Mukta Barve had her first acting role in the play Ghar Tighancha Hava, just after having completed school.
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Mukta Barve made her debut in Marathi television in 1998 with the TV series Ghadlay Bighadlay, in which she played the character named Champa in rural style.
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In 2005, Mukta Barve played a cameo role in Amol Palekar's bilingual film Thang and worked in the commercial plays Dehbhaan and Final Draft.
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Also, Mukta Barve was honoured with the awards of Best Actress in the Experimental Theatre of the year at Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2005, Best Actress in Commercial Play of the year at Maharashtra Times Awards 2006 and Best Actress in Commercial Play of the year at Zee Gaurav Puraskar 2008.
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Mukta Barve next played cameo roles in the films Shevri, Blind Game and Maati Maay.
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In 2006, Mukta Barve worked in the Marathi TV series Agnishikha, in which she played the title role.
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In 2008, Mukta Barve made a special appearance in the film De Dhakka and played a cameo role of Parimal Bhosle in the Hindi film Saas Bahu Aur Sensex.
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In 2009, Mukta Barve featured in the Ashok Saraf's producer debut Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad, a comedy romance in the role of Sulakshana, who has feelings for her father's enemy's son and lies to her father that she is pregnant in order to visit the US Her next appearance was in Gajendra Ahire's film Sumbaran, in which she played a Dhangar girl named Kalyani.
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Mukta Barve played Suli, a Jogtin, a happy and innocent girl who is forced into a lifetime of servitude to the local deity, who enters a relationship with Tayappa, a forced eunuch.
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In 2009, Mukta Barve was honoured by the Sangeet Natak Akademi with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for achievement in Marathi theatre.
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In 2010, Mukta Barve starred in Satish Rajwade's romantic film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai, opposite Swwapnil Joshi.
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Mukta Barve's character was a girl based in Mumbai, going to Pune and lands up meeting Joshi's character.
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Mukta Barve next featured in Vikram Gokhale's directorial debut, Aaghaat as Dr Smita Deshmukh.
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Mukta Barve portrayed the character of Radha Desai, an artist working in an ad agency who does contract marriage with Joshi's character due to parental pressure.
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In 2012, Mukta Barve worked in Satish Rajwade's Badam Rani Gulam Chor, an adaptation of the Marathi play Makadachya Hati Champagne, alongside Upendra Limaye, Pushkar Shrotri and Anand Ingale.
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Mukta Barve played Pencil in the film, her character was named according to its characteristics.
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In 2012, Mukta Barve featured in the film, Gola Berij, an adaptation of the Marathi book with the same title.
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Mukta Barve played a cameo role of Nandini Chaubal in the film.
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In 2013, Mukta Barve visited Toronto for the show of her critically acclaimed play Final Draft, along with her co-star Girish Joshi.
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In 2013, Mukta Barve worked in two back-to-back hit films, becoming one of the top performers of the year.
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In 2013, Mukta Barve worked in her self-produced commercial play Chhapa Kata, alongside Reema Lagoo, later Lagoo was replaced by Neena Kulkarni.
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Mukta Barve played Maitreyi Bhagwat, who runs a boutique to support the family, and lives a life where she has suppressed all her desires to be able to take care of her mother.
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Co-starring Umesh Kamat, Siddharth Chandekar and Tejashree Pradhan Ketkar, Mukta Barve was cast as Aditi Tilak, a wedding planner who wants to start her own marriage bureau.
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Mukta Barve played the character Aarti Pathak, romantic, shy girl who surrenders to love.
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The Times of India reviewed her performance as "Mukta Barve too excels with her comic timing and dialogue delivery".
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Mukta Barve was cast as Manjiri Naik, an insurance agent and a straightforward, middle-class Maharashtrian girl.
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Mukta Barve bagged the most prestigious Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress in 2016, she received a nomination for Best Actress award at Sanskruti Kala Darpan 2016 and she bagged the award for Best Actress in a Lead Role at Marathi Filmfare Awards 2016 for her work in Double Seat.
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Mukta Barve's next appearance was in her self-produced commercial play Lovebirds, in which she played a character with many grey shades who is a housewife, Devika.
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In 2016, Mukta Barve appeared in Atul Jagdale's Ganvesh, co-starring Kishor Kadam, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Smita Tambe, Guru Thakur and many more in which she played a tough police inspector, Meera Patil, who is torn between following her duty to respect the khaki uniform and following her seniors' orders.
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In mid 2016, Mukta Barve featured in Sameer Vidwans' YZ, alongside Sai Tamhankar and others.
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Mukta Barve acted in the play along with some other actors of Lalit Kala Kendra, wherein she played the lead role of Champa.
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In December 2016, Mukta Barve signed for Vikram Phadnis' directorial debut film, Hrudayantar, opposite Subodh Bhave, which released on 9 July 2017 under the banner of Vikram Phadnis Productions.
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Mukta Barve is seen alongside many popular Marathi artists like Satish Rajwade, Mohan Agashe, Sandeep Pathak, Kiran Karmarkar and Vandana Gupte.
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The Times of India reviewed her performance as "Mukta Barve lends authenticity to Amala with her restrained portrayal and makes you feel for her".
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Mukta Barve was seen opposite Swapnil Joshi in December 2018 in the film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3 which is the sequel of Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2.
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Mukta Barve played the role of Urvi, an aspiring filmmaker, who wants to make films on serious topics.
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Ibrahim Afghan from The Times of India reviewed her performance in the film as "Mukta Barve, has performed sincerely and does well in her role".
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Mihir Bhanage from The Times of India wrote about her performance "Mukta Barve portrays the strong-headedness and vulnerability of Nandini with aplomb".
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Mukta Barve starred in a short film called Devi, which showcased the lives of nine women belonging to different societal backgrounds, who were forced to form a bond due to their circumstances.
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In 2022, Mukta Barve starred in the Marathi-language thriller film Y, directed by Ajit Suryakant Wadikar and written by Swapneel Sojwal and Ajit Wadikar.
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Mukta Barve starred in the Indian Marathi-language drama film Aapdi Thaapdi, written and directed by Anand Karir.
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Mukta Barve costarred Shreyas Talpade, Sandeep Pathak, Navin Prabhakar, and Khushi Hazare in the film.
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In 2012, Mukta Barve hosted Zee Gaurav Puraskar, alongside Swwapnil Joshi.
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In 2013, Mukta Barve turned producer with her own production house named after her friend Rasika Joshi.
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In 2014, Mukta Barve produced a poetry based theatre program, Rang Nava, with composer Milind Joshi, in the program, Mukta Barve recited her own written poetry.
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On 7 December 2014, the first death anniversary of Vinay Apte, Mukta Barve wrote an article reviving memories of Apte for the Marathi daily newspaper, Loksatta.
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Mukta Barve has written a poetry named "Shodh", which was published by Loksatta on 8 February 2016.
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Mukta Barve recently inaugurated a special two-day seminar Badalta Maharashtra, organised by the Marathi daily Loksatta International Women Day, 8 March 2016.
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Mukta Barve shared her thoughts about the importance of women in Maharashtra in the special segment Karti Karviti of the same seminar inaugurated by her.
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In October 2016, Mukta Barve produced a yet another Marathi play, Deepsthamb under the banner of Rasika Productions and in association with Anamika Productions.
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In 2017, Barve turned into a radio jockey with a radio show named The Mukta Barve Show, which is a women-centric show and focuses on the issues faced by women.
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The income which Mukta Barve earns from the shows of her play CodeMantra is given to the Indian army's welfare fund.