Bhakti Barve

Bhakti was an Indian actress to have worked in Gujarati, Marathi as well as Hindi plays, films and television shows. She was born on 10 September 1948 in the Maharashtan city of Sangli. The acting bug bit her early in childhood itself and she became a part of Sudha Karmarkar's Little Theatre for children. Next, she became an announcer on AIR followed by the newsreader for Mumbai’s Doordarshan. In the good old days of Doordarshan, Bhakti worked as the presenter for Saptahiki and also played the role of Bahinabai Choudhary in ‘Bahinabai’ (a telefilm).

Apart from this, her other projects with DD were ‘ Rishtey Rishtey is a Hindi television network channel broa >> Read More... ’, ‘Jannet Talkies’ and ‘Gharkil’. The break in her career came with plays such as Ajab Nyaya Vartulacha ('Strange Justice of the Circle') and “Tee Phul Rani” (Flower Queen) (1975). Her best works in the theater industry include "Hands-Up!" (1982) and "Ranga Mazha Vega La" (1991). Moving on to films, she is best known for her portrayal of Shobha Sen Shobha Sen also known by the name Sova Sen has her >> Read More... in Kundan Shah’s 1983 hit comedy film tiled ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’.

Other than this, she has also acted in the National Award-winning film based on Mahasweta Devi's Bengali novel titled ‘Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa’, alongside veteran actors like Jaya Bachchan Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian >> Read More... and Anupam Kher Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and >> Read More... . Bhakti was wholeheartedly dedicated to theater and was strongly associated with groups like Theatre Unit, Indian National Theatre, and Rangayan. She was given her share of recognition in the form of the Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar and Abhinay Puraskar.

In 1990, she became the proud recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, bestowed upon her by the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama of India. She was married to the late actor ‘ Shafi Inamdar He was the top most actors in the Bollywood who ha >> Read More... ’. On 12 February 2001, at the age of sixty-two, she died in a car accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. A posthumous award was dedicated to her in the same year by the jury at the Indian Telly Awards.