Madhu Kambikar

She was born in Malegaon, a village in Beed district, 28 July 1953 in the Kolhati community.[7] She dropped out of school and used to follow her father himself a performing artist to shows. She herself became a performer at a very young age. She is the aunt of the late Kishor Shantabai Kale.[8]

On 27 November 2016, she collapsed on stage during a lavani-tamasha performance at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga and became unconscicous, she has been hospitalised and her condition was reported to be serious but that she was responding to treatment.[9]

She acted in about a dozen folk plays, notable amongst them being;[1][10][11]

• Dadu Indurikar's "Gadhavacha lagna"
• Shankar Patil's "Bhangadishivay pudhari nahi"
• Ashok Paranjape's "Ude ga Ambe ude"
• Vasant Sabnis' "Viccha mazi puri kara"
• Atmaram Sawant's "Mujra ghya sarkar"
• Ashok Patole/ Suyog's "Kashi me rahu tashich"
• Her own "Sakhi mazi lavani" directed by Upendra Limaye

She has acted in 22–25 contemporary plays, amongst them are:[12][1]

• Tumcha amcha sem asta
• Vastraharan
• Putrakameshti
• Paying guest
• Ajab nyaya vartulacha

She has acted in over a hundred films, amongst them are:[1][3][13][2][14][15][10][16][17][18]

• Shapit
• Mukta
• Doghi
• Sangharsh jeevanacha
• Dombari
• Ek hota vidushak
• Zapatlela
• Zapatlela 2
• Debu
• Yeu ka gharat
• Mala gheun chala
• Satichi punyayi
• Laxmi
• Raghu maina
• Chal re Lakshya Mumbai la
• Rikshavali
• Mazi chakuli
• Raosaheb
• Mumbaicha dabewala
• Balagandharva
• Bin kamacha navara
• Aaj zale mukta me

• Hansa Wadkar Special Award for Best Actress[19]
• Natvarya Keshavrao Date Puraskar[20]
• Chairperson of the 2013 Mahila Lokakala Sammelan, Nagpur[21]
• Lokashahir Patthe Bapurao Puraskar[22]
• Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Lavani Kalavant Puraskar 2007
• Zee Chitra Gaurav Life Time Achievement Award 2018