National Award winner Uttara Baokar is no more

Well-known actor and theatre artist Uttara Baokar passes away. She was 79. She was under old age illness for a long time. Baokar, who studied acting at the National School of Drama (NSD), played various roles in different plays such as Padmavati in ‘Mukyhamantri’, Mena in ‘Mena Gurjari’, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, mother in playwright Girish Karnad’s ‘Tughlaq’, among others.

Baokar came into the limelight following her role in Govind Nihlani’s movie ‘Tamas’. She also acted in Sumitra Bhave’s feature films. Filmmaker Sunil Sukthankar said he worked in around eight feature films with her and his long-time collaborator Sumitra Bhave used to reckon her as an actor who could portray strong female characters.