Bhakti Barve

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| othername = Bhakti Barve Inamdar
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|9|10|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|2|12|1948|9|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sangli]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
|spouse = [[Shafi Inamdar]]
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'''Bhakti Barve''' (10 September 1948 – 12 February 2001) was an Indian film, theatre and television actress in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Hindi]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. She is best known for her role in [[Kundan Shah]]'s comedy ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro]]'' (1983), where she acted alongside [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Satish Shah]] and [[Ravi Baswani]].<ref>''The Oxford companion to Indian theatre'', by Ananda Lal. Oxford University Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-19-564446-8}}. page 37.</ref>

In theatre, which was her mainstay, she was associated with leading groups like Theatre Unit, Indian National Theatre, and Rangayan, and is remembered for performances in plays like ''Ti Phularani'', ''Nag Mandala'', ''Aayee Retire Hote Aahe'' and ''Hands Up''. She was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in [[Marathi theatre]] Acting in 1990 by India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama,<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist-theatre-marathi.htm Bhakti Barve Inamdar 1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170520/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist-theatre-marathi.htm |date=3 March 2016 }} [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] Official listing.</ref> apart from Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar, and Abhinay Puraskar. She was married to actor [[Shafi Inamdar]], who died in 1996.<ref name=screenindia>{{Cite web |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010216/film3.htm |title=Tee Phulrani leaves an aching void on stage and screen |publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |date=16 February 2001 |accessdate=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022114410/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010216/film3.htm |archive-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Barve was born in [[Sangli]], [[Maharashtra]]. During her school days she participated in Sudha Karmarkar's productions of children's theatre. She was married to late actor [[Shafi Inamdar]].

==Career==
Barve began her career by acting for Sudha Karmarkar's Little Theatre. She also had a short stint as announcer on [[All India Radio]], Bombay and later as a news reader on Bombay [[Doordarshan]] (India's National broadcaster), and presenter of ''Saptahiki''. While with Doordarshan, she also performed the role of Bahinabai Choudhary, the poetess-saint, in the critically acclaimed DD produced telefilm, ''Bahinabai''.

She shot to fame with her performance in plays like the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] drama ''Ajab Nyaya Vartulacha'' ('Strange Justice of the Circle') in 1973, C. T. Khanolkar's adaptation of [[Brecht]]'s [[Caucasian Chalk Circle]], [[Mohan Rakesh]]'s ''Adhe-adhure'', ''Tee Phul Rani'' (Flower Queen) (1975), [[P.L. Deshpande]]'s noted adaptation of [[G. B. Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' and in Jay Lerner's ''My Fair Lady''. She was widely appreciated in 2 super hit Marathi stage plays, ''Hands-Up!'' (1982) and ''Ranga Mazha Vegala'' (1991), both co-starring Avinash Masurekar.

She acted in many TV serials and dramas, besides Hindi films, [[Kundan Shah]]'s ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro]]'' (1983) and [[Govind Nihlani]]'s ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]'' (1998). She was also the chairperson of the ''Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Sammelan''.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981106/31051724.html Bhave award for Karmarkar] ''[[Indian Express]]'', 6 November 1998.</ref>

==Death==
Barve performed a solo act, ''Pu La Fulrani Aani Mee'', at [[Wai, Maharashtra|Wai]] on 11 February 2001. The next morning at 02:45 IST, on her way back to [[Mumbai]], her car driven by her driver rammed into the opening of Bhatan Tunnel on the [[Mumbai-Pune Expressway]] and she succumbed to her injuries.<ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k1/feb/feb28.htm TV, stage actress Bhakti Barve dies in car accident] Indiantelevision, 12 February 2001.</ref><ref name=ref>[https://archive.is/20130122183122/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20010213/ina13041.html The petite dame takes her final bow] [[Indian Express]], 13 February 2001.</ref>

==Awards==
Bhakti Barve was honoured with a posthumous award at the [[Indian Telly Awards]] in 2001 for her contribution to Indian cinema and television.<ref name="screenindia"/>

==Filmography & Theatre==
* ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]'' (1998)
* ''Jannat Talkies''
* ''[[Rishtey (TV series)|Rishtey]]'' (TV series) - [[Rishtey (TV series)#List of Episodes|Episode: 68, (Season 3)]]
* ''Gharkul''

==Theatre==
* ''Tee Phulrani''
* ''Thank You Mr. Glad''
* ''Ajab Nyay Vartulacha''
* ''Aai Retire Hotey''
* ''Rang Mazaa Veglaa''
* ''Gandhi Virudh Gandhi''
* ''Akheracha Sawaal''
* ''Double Game''
* ''Kimayagar''
* ''Damba Dweepcha Mukabla''
* ''Naag Mandal''
* ''Aadhe Adhure''
* ''Hands Up''
* ''Gandhi Viruddha Gandhi''
* ''Bebi''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0080268}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100107053314/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/filmography/7423/index.html Filmography] [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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