Savita Prabhune

Savita Prabhune is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Marathi and Hindi television, theatre and cinema. With a career spanning nearly four decades, she is celebrated for her nuanced portrayals of strong, self-respecting women in Marathi films and for her impactful supporting roles on Hindi television. She has received several accolades, including two Maharashtra State Film Award, an Indian Telly Award, and a Natya Darpan Award. An alumna of the NSD, she began her career in experimental and commercial Marathi theatre before transitioning to films in the mid-1980s. She earned early recognition for her performances in Lek Chalali Sasarla, Gadbad Ghotala, Dhakti Suun and Mamla Porincha, eventually becoming a prominent leading actress in Marathi cinema with critically and commercially successful films like Kalat Nakalat, for which she received the Maharashtra State Best Actress Award in 1989. By the mid-1990s, Prabhune had established herself on Indian television, with early appearances in serials such as Phoolwanti and Itihaas. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savita_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)