Purnima talwalkar biography

Purnima Talwalkar, also known as Purnima Bhave, is a Marathi stage, film and television actress. She was born on 22nd December 1978. She is the elder sister of actress Pallavi Vaidya. She is the daughter-in-law of Smita Talwalkar, an actor and director.

She has done Marathi television serials such as Avantika, Don Ghadicha Dav and Kalat Naklat and Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi. Her role in Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi as baby Atya is one of her most memorable roles.

She has appeared in the stage plays Wah Guru!, Nava Gadi Nava Rajya, Olakh Na Palakh. Pyaar to Hona Hi Tha, Mehbooba, and Goshta Eka Japtichi are those movies in which Purnima has worked. In Pyaar to Hona Hi Tha, she played the role of Ajay Devgan's sister.

Talwalkar Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Indian film producer, actress and director

Smita Talwalkar (5 September 1954 – 6 August 2014) was a Marathi film actress, producer and director. She won two National Film Awards as producer of the films Kalat Nakalat (1989) and Tu Tithe Mee (1998).

Career

Born as Smita Govilkar on 5 September 1954, Talwalkar was a television newsreader for 17 years before entering acting. Her initial successful films as an actress include Tu Saubhagyavati Ho and Gadbad Ghotala, both of 1986. Gadbad Ghotala was a comedy romance film with ensemble caste of various notable actors. She stepped into the role of a film producer with her first film Kalat Nakalat under the banner of Asmita Chitra in 1989. The drama dealt with delicate topic of families and children where one of the parents is involved in the extra-marital affair. Directed by Kanchan Nayak, the film was adjudged as the Best Marathi Feature Film at the 37th National Film Awards.

In 1991, Talwalkar played the role of Minal, a childhood friend of a mentally challenged boy in Chaukat Raja. The lead role of the boy was played by Dilip Prabhavalkar, for which he won Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor. Directed by Sanjay Surkar, the film was also produced by Talwalkar. Surkar-Talwalkar pair would create many notable films in future like Tu Tithe Mee (1998), Saatchya Aat Gharat (2004) and Anandache Jhaad (2006). After her role as a producer, Talwalkar made her directorial debut in 1993 with the comedy-drama film Sawat Mazhi Ladki. The film received the Maharashtra State Film Award.

The Surkar-Talwalkar pair reprised their roles of director and producer respect