With seventy years in the film businesses, Lalita Pawar’s long career began as a child in the silent era and continued into leading lady roles, but she is best remembered for her years as a character actor.Lalita was born Amba Laxman Rao Sagun, the daughter of a wealthy silk merchant. While visiting a film studio, young Lalita requested being photographed so she could see herself on film. The director was so impressed with her screen presence that he asked for her to take a role in his next movie.In 1942, while filming a scene which required her character to be slapped, she was struck too hard across the face. The accident compounded with a severe reaction to the medication administered, damaged her eye and left her with a noticeable permanent squint. This event marked the end of her leading lady status.In her late twenties, she began taking on character roles. She eventually became known and praised for portraying overly-domineering matriarchs. She won the Filmfare Award for her supporting role in Anari (1959), and was nominated a further three times in the best supporting actress category.
Lalita Pawar
Movies
Anand
Dr Bhaskar Bannerjee is not happy with his profession as he cant save the lives of people dying of illness due to poverty.His Dr friend Kulkarni charges huge for imaginary illness of rich and uses that money to people who cant afford treatment.Things change when Anand a cancer patients enters…
Gharana
Businessman Rai Bahadur Ramdas lives a wealthy lifestyle in a mansion along with his wife, Shanta; two sons: Kailash and Kamal; Kailash’s wife, Sita; and widowed Gauri, the wife of his late son and mother of two children, Gappu and Pappu. Kamal runs the business and ensures that everyone is…
Manzil
Ajay Chandra, a hard working and ambitious young man, who dreams of bigger things than a small job. He has dreams of starting his own business. One day he meets Aruna at a friends wedding and slowly fall in love. Aruna is daughter of a very successful lawyer. Ajay uses…
Suraj
Vikram Singh is the Maharaja of Pratap Nagar and is very impressed with his Senapati Sangram Singh for years of loyal service. He decides to make him a Maharaja and agrees to marry his daughter, Anuradha, with his son, Pratap. Years later, Vikram sends his now grown-up Anuradha to visit…
Tapasya
Tapasya – meaning penance is the story of Indu, eldest child of Prof Chandrakant Sinha takes on the responsibility of rearing her younger siblings, Vinod, Madhu and the youngest sister. Indu is the breadwinner of the family and acts as both father and mother to the children. The family doctor,…
Boond Jo Ban Gayi Moti
Satyaprakash takes up a job as a Teacher with a Government-run school in a village. He has a younger brother, Mahesh, who is pursuing studies in the city, and he has undertaken to let the latter complete his studies and establish himself. He is romantically pursued by a Tangewali, Shefali,…
Nastik
Shankar (Amitabh Bachchan) grows up as a Nastik (athiest) because his father got murdered by Tiger and his mother and sister got torched in their house and blamed God for doing nothing. After his father, mother and sister got killed, he decided to bring justice himself and the child Shankar…
Naukar
Widower Amar is well-off financially, and lives in a house with his daughter, and servant Dayal. His sister and brother-in-law want him to marry again, so that his daughter can have the love and care of a woman. Amar reluctantly agrees. Together they set out to check out two sisters,…
Purana Mandir
Suman lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Thakur Ranvir Singh, and an unmarried aunt, Damyanti, in a palatial house in Bombay. They are direct descendants of Raja Hariman Singh of Bijapur. When Ranvir finds out that Suman is in love with a middle-class male, Sanjay, he expresses…
Fun Facts
Started acting as a nine year old in the era of silent movies.
Acted in more than 600 Hindi and Marathi films
Had a squint in her left eye as a result of an accident during the shooting of a film in 1942
Played many roles as a wicked mother-in -law
Has a son ,producer Jai Pawar and a daughter in law.
Grandson Manoj Pawar had signed Harry Baweja's film "Shola"" with Sunil Shetty in 1995. The film got shelved.
Grandson Manoj Pawar . He was also best friends with Salman Khan.
Grandson Manoj Pawar signed Aashik Awaara with Saif Ali Khan. His role was later scrapped from the film."