Madhu Kambikar

Madhu Kambikar is an Indian performing folk art artist, theatre actor and film and TV personality, from Maharashtra.

Personal life
She was born in Malegaon, a village in Beed district, 28 July 1953 in the Kolhati community. 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.

On 27 November 2016, she fell unconscious on stage during a lavani-tamasha performance at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga and was hospitalised.

Folk and contemporary theatre
She acted in about a dozen folk plays, including: She has acted in 22–25 contemporary plays, amongst them are:
 * 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
 * Tumcha amcha sem asta
 * Vastraharan
 * Putrakameshti
 * Paying guest
 * Ajab nyaya vartulacha

Selected filmography
She has acted in over a hundred films, amongst them are:
 * Shapit
 * Mukta
 * Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film) Hindi film
 * Majha Chakula
 * 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
 * Raosaheb
 * Mumbaicha Dabewala
 * Balagandharva
 * Bin kamacha navara
 * Aaj zale mukta me
 * Aaj zale mukta me

Accolades

 * Hansa Wadkar Special Award for Best Actress
 * Filmfare Award for best actress – Marathi for Shapit
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for best actress for Shapit
 * Maharashtra State Film Award for best actress for Hech Maze Maher
 * Natvarya Keshavrao Date Puraskar
 * Chairperson of the 2013 Mahila Lokakala Sammelan, Nagpur
 * Lokashahir Patthe Bapurao Puraskar
 * Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Lavani Kalavant Puraskar 2007
 * Zee Chitra Gaurav Life Time Achievement Award 2018