MUMBAI: Popular Marathi actress and lavani exponent
Madhu Kambikar passed away in Pune at age 73 on Monday.
She had become a household name in the 1970s-80s with films and songs like Shaapit (Disa zateel disa yeteel) and Hyoch Navra Pahije (Aala thandicha mahina).
Kambikar had suffered a paralytic stroke during a dance show in Matunga in 2016 and was bedridden since that time.
Born in Beed on July 28, 1953, Madhu Kambikar acquired a taste for performing arts from watching her artiste father.
Over the decades she gained a reputation as an all-rounder, emotive performer and consummate dancer, with occasional shades of wit and comedy across cinema, TV, stage and folk art.
Her plays include Gadhavacha Lagna, Vichha Majhi Puri Kara, Vastraharan and her own Sakhi Majhi Lavani.
She graduated to playing mother to Laxmikant Berde in Ek Hota Vidushak and Zapatlela, and to Nana Patekar, who was older than her, in Yeshwant and Hum Dono.
Other films are Shola Aur Shabnam, Goshta Chhoti Dongara-evdhi, Paij Lagnachi, and two with Dada Kondke namely Yeu Ka Gharat and Mala Gheun Chala.
Kambikar won the Maharashtra State Film Award, Filmfare Marathi and Zee Chitra Gaurav among others.
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Devendra Fadnavis condoled her demise on X saying, "The news of the passing of veteran actress Madhu Kambikar ji is extremely heartbreaking. She had portrayed many important roles in films, folk and commercial theatre and television serials. Her roles in films like Hech Majha Maaher, Raghu Mainaa, Ek Hota Vidushak, Zapatlela, Debu and Yeu Ka Gharat will remain etched in the memory of audiences forever."
