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3 unusual facts about Bhakti Barve


Bhakti Barve

She also had a short stint as announcer on All India Radio, Mumbai and later as a news reader on Mumbai Doordarshan (India's National broadcaster), and presenter of Saptahiki.

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She shot to fame with her performance in plays like the Marathi drama Ajab nyaya vartulacha ('Strange Justice of the Circle') in 1973, C. T. Khanolkar's adaptation of Brecht`s Caucasian Chalk Circle, Mohan Rakesh`s Adhe-adhure, “Tee Phul Rani” (Flower Queen) (1975), P.L. Deshpande's noted adaptation of GB Shaw's Pygmalion and in Jay Lerner's My Fair Lady.

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She acted in many TV serials and dramas, besides Hindi films, Kundan Shah's Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and Govind Nihlani's Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998).



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