Mukta Barve

Mukta Barve (Marathi: ) is an Indian film, television, and theatre actress and a producer.

One of the most popular Marathi celebrities, she has established a career in Marathi films.

She is a recipient of seven Maharashtra State Film Awards one for Best Debut and other six for Best Actress in different plays and films.

In 1998, she made her debut to Marathi television with the show Ghadlay Bighadlay.

She made her debut in Marathi theatre with Aamhala Vegle Vhayache (2021 ), a Marathi play.

She 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.

She later played small roles in TV series such as Pimpalpan (1998), Bandhan (1998), Buwa Aala (1999), Chitta Chor (1999), Me Ek Bandu (1999), Abhalmaya (1999), Shriyut Gangadhar Tipre (2001) and Indradhanush (2003).

Later, when she moved to Mumbai, she got her first commercial play, Suyog's Aamhala Vegle Vhayache in 2001.

In 2002, she debuted into Marathi films with Chakwa.

For Dehbhaan, she received the award of Most Promising Newcomer of the year at the Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2003 and award of Best Supporting Actress of the year at Alpha Gaurav Puraskar 2005 for the play Final Draft.

In 2004, she made her debut in the Marathi film industry with the film Chakwa, for which she received the Maharashtra State Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer of the year.

In her theatre career, Final Draft (2005), Dehbhaan (2005), Kabaddi Kabaddi (2008) and Chhapa Kata (2013) are some of her famous plays.

In 2005, Barve played a cameo role in Amol Palekar's bilingual film Thang and also worked in the commercial plays Dehbhaan and Final Draft.

In Final Draft she played a student who is unable to grasp what the professor teaches at the academy.

Also, 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.

Her work was appreciated in the films Thang (2006), Maati Maay (2007), Sawar Re (2007), Saas Bahu Aur Sensex (2008), Sumbaran (2009) and Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad (2009).

Barve next played cameo roles in the films Shevri (2006), Blind Game (2006) and Maati Maay (2006).

In 2006, Barve worked in the Marathi TV series Agnishikha, in which she played the title role.

Also in the same year, she did the commercial play Hum To Tere Aashiq Hain, in which she played a Muslim girl, Ruksana Saahil, who falls for a Hindu man Anil Pradhan (played by Jitendra Joshi) and marries him.

For her work in the play, she received the Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress in a Commercial Play.

Barve's next release was Sawar Re (2007), in which she played Mukta.

Barve's next commercial play was Jitendra Patil's debut play Kabaddi Kabaddi, in which she played a girl who wants to be a Kabaddi champion like her ostracised uncle, but her father (played by Vinay Apte) wants her to settle down like his other daughters in the United States.

For her work in the play Kabaddi Kabaddi, she was given the award for Best Actress in a Commercial Play at the Zee Gaurav Puraskar (2008), Maharashtra Times Awards (2007) and Maharashtra State Film Awards (2007).

The 2009 film, Jogwa became a turning point in her career, giving her back-to-back hit films: Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai (2010), Aaghaat (2009), Badam Rani Gulam Chor (2012), Lagna Pahave Karun (2013), Mangalashtak Once More (2013), Double Seat (2015) and Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 (2015).

The shows Agnihotra (2009-2010) and Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta (2012) are an important part of her television career.

Barve completed her 11 and 12th standard from Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune.

Later, she graduated from Savitribai Phule Pune University in Theatre and earned a bachelor's degree with Drama from Lalit Kala Kendra.

Barve has admitted to being socially awkward as a child, and did not have many friends.

Later, she moved to Mumbai to focus completely on her acting career and stayed at a girls hostel in Kurla.

Barve had her first acting role in the play Ghar Tighancha Hava, just after having completed school.

In 2015, she became a part of three successful films which include Highway, Double Seat and Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2.

Barve also owns a production house named Rasika Productions, under which she has produced the plays: Chhapa Kata, Lovebirds (2015) and Indira (2015), a theatre-based poetry programme, Rang Nava, in which she presents some poetry of her own and some of the others.

In 2016, she appeared in two Marathi films YZ and Ganvesh.

Currently, she is acting and producing a play named CodeMantra (2016) under the banner of Rasika Productions.

Mukta is also considered as Jessica Alba of India because of few similarities in their looks and choice of movie selection.

Mukta Barve was born in Chinchwad near Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Her father worked at a telecom company and her mother was a school teacher.

She also has a brother, Debu Barve who is a commercial artist.

In her school, she participated in many plays.

After completing her Standard 10, Barve decided to take up acting as her profession.