Vandana Gupte is a legendary Marathi actress who can also be seen in Hindi TV serials. She has done numerous Marathi plays and is a popular theatre personality. She is a well known actress in Marathi cinema. She made her debut with Marathi movie Lapandav (1993), in which she portrayed the role of a lawyer. In 2006, she played a role of mother-in-law in Marathi movie Matichya Chuli.
Classical singer Manik Verma and Amar Verma are her parents and she is the sister of Bharti Achrekar and Rani Verma. She has worked in many Marathi movies and has been nominated for various movie awards. She played the role of Mrs. Archrekar in cricket based Bollywood movie titled “Meerabai Not Out” and portrayed the role of Mrs. Dandekar in the movie, “It’s Breaking News”.
In Hindi Television industry, she became popular as dominating Nilambari Pandey of
Kareena Kareena
serial which aired on Zee TV during the year 2004-05. She was also seen in
Pandey Aur Pandey
on Zee TV, which was a song countdown show. In Pandey Aur Pandey she again played the character of Nilambari Pandey. In 2008-09, she played a mother-in-law in Bandhan Saat Janamon Ka which aired on Colors. She was also seen as a goan lady Maria (Preeti's mother) in Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo on SAB TV.