Mukta Barve is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Marathi films, television and theatre. She has received several awards, including seven Maharashtra State Film Awards, two Filmfare Marathi Awards, six Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards, two Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar and seven Zee Natya Gaurav Puraskar.
Barve started her career through Marathi stage plays and television serials. For her play Dehbhan, she earned the Zee Natya Gaurav Puraskar for Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in 2003 and Best Supporting Actress in 2005. In 2004, she made her film debut with Chakwa, for which she received the Maharashtra State Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer of the Year. The following years, she went on to win three Best Actress in a Commercial Play awards at the State Awards for Hum To Tere Aashiq Hain, Final Draft and Kabaddi Kabaddi, respectively. Her portrayal of a student who is unable to grasp the academic teaching in Final Draft won her much acclaim and even Best Actress Awards at the Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards, the Maharashtra Times Sanman and two Zee Natya Gaurav Puraskar. Barve played the role of a jogtin in the film Jogwa (2009), dealing with religious superstitions in rural India, she was awarded her first Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Actress, along with Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards, Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar and MIFTA.
In 2011, Barve received Best Actress at the Pune International Film Festival for her portrayal of a physician in Aaghaat. She started her production house in 2013 with the play Chhapa Kata, in which she even acted and won Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards and Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards for Best Play. Her role as a straightforward, middle-class insurance agent in Double Seat (2015) earned her Filmfare Marathi Awards, Maharashtra State Film Awards and Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar. The film even won her first Maharashtracha Favourite Kon for Best Actress, alongside eight nominations. She won her second Filmfare Best Actress for Smile Please and went on to win her seventh State Award for Bandishala in 2019.
In addition to these awards, Barve was honoured by the Sangeet Natak Akademi with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for achievement in Marathi theatre.
Filmfare Marathi Awards The Filmfare Marathi Awards are presented annually by The Times Group for excellence of cinematic achievements in Marathi cinema. + Year Nominated work Category Result 2016Double SeatBest ActressMumbai-Pune-Mumbai 22018Hrudayantar2019Smile Please2022YBest Actress (Critics)2025Nach Ga GhumaBest Actress
Maharashtra State Film Awards The Maharashtra State Film Awards are presented annually by the Government of Maharashtra for excellence of cinematic achievements in Marathi cinema.
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2005ChakwaBest Newcomer2006Hum To Tere Aashiq HainBest Actress in a Commercial Play2007Final DraftKabaddi Kabaddi2009JogwaBest Actress2016Double Seat2019Bandishala2025Overall Contribution V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award
Maharashtra Times Sanman
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2006Final DraftBest Actress in a Commercial Play2007Kabaddi Kabaddi2017CodemantraBest Play2023YBest Actress
Maharashtracha Favourite Kon The Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? are presented by the Marathi television channel Zee Talkies to honour excellence in Marathi cinema.
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2011Mumbai-Pune-MumbaiFavourite Actress2012Badam Rani Gulam Chor2014Mangalashtak Once More 2015Double Seat 2016Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 2017Hrudayantar2018Aamhi DoghiFavourite Supporting Actress 2019BandishalaFavourite Actress2021Double Seat
Planet Marathi Film & OTT Awards
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2023 Y Best Actress
Sakal Premier Awards
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2019 Smile PleaseBest Actress 2023 Y
Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards
The Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards are presented annually by the Archana Nevrekar Foundation to honour film, television and theatre in the Marathi film industry.
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2007Final DraftBest Actress in a Commercial Play2009JogwaBest Actress2014Chhapa KataBest PlayBest Actress2016Double SeatBest Actress2017CodemantraBest PlayBest Actress
Screen Marathi Awards
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2014Lagna Pahave KarunBest Actress
Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2009JogwaBest Actress2011Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai2016Double Seat2022Jogwa2023Y
Zee Natya Gaurav Puraskar
+ Year Nominated work Category Result 2003DehbhanMost Promising Newcomer of the Year2005Best Supporting ActressFinal DraftBest Actress in an Experimental Play2007Best Actress in a Commercial Play2008Kabaddi Kabaddi2017CodemantraBest PlaySpecial Recognition PlayBest ActressMost Natural Performance of the Year
Other awards and recognitions
Year Nominated work Award/Organisation Category Result 2009JogwaMarathi International Film and Theatre AwardsBest Actressrowspan="2" Sangeet Natak AkademiUstad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar2011Raja Paranjape Festival AwardsTarunai Sanman AwardAaghaatPune International Film FestivalBest Actress2012rowspan="2" Ad FizzSpecial Achievement Award2014IBN-Lokmat Udyachi Prerna Award (Natak and Cinema)2014 Chhapa Kata Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards Mohan Wagh Puraskar (Best Play)2016 Maharashtra OneSavitri SanmanChhapa KataLokmat Maharashtrian of the Year AwardsTheatreNilu Phule Sanman 2016Intelligent actress of the yearP.L. AwardsTarunai Sanman Puraskar2017CodemantraLokmat Maharashtrian of the YearTheatre 2018Loksatta Tarun TejankitArt/FilmPriyadarshini Academy Global AwardsSmita Patil Award for Best Actress2020Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityYuva Gaurav Puraskar2024 CharchaughiMajha Puraskar Best Actress 2025Contribution to Marathi CinemaGovernment of MaharashtraV. Shantaram Special Contribution Award
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