Vibhavari Deshpande

Vibhawari Deshpande is an Indian actress, writer and director who works in Marathi theatre and Marathi cinema.

Career

Writer and director Deshpande started her career with acting and off-screen works in college drama. She also attended various courses organised by National School of Drama, Delhi and workshops conducted by noted theatre personality Satyadev Dubey. While working for drama, she mainly worked off-screen in writing department. She has also written dialogues for the Marathi TV serial Agnihotra that aired on Star Pravaha.

Deshpande is active in theater with an Indo-German group "Grips" that produces plays for children. Along with acting and writing scripts, she has also directed a Kannada play Gumma Banda Gumma. She also received the Best Actress award by MICTA for her role of Saraswati. In 2010, she played the role of Dwarka, wife of Guna, in the film Natarang. Based on the novel of same name by Anand Yadav, Dwarka's character was of a wife who dislikes her husband's involvement in Tamasha. In 2011, Deshpande portrayed another historic role of wife of one of the greatest Marathi singers and stage actors, Bal Gandharva. Her role in the film supported the lead title role of Bal Gandharva, who enacted female roles in theater when women did not act.

Filmography +Films Year Title Role Notes 2004 Shwaas Receptionist 2004 Saatchya Aat Gharat Ketaki 2007 Dum Kaata Ananya's mother Hindi film 2008 Mumbai Meri Jaan Archana Kadam Hindi film 2009 Harishchandrachi Factory Saraswati Phalke, Dadasaheb Phalke's wife 2010 Natarang Dwaraka Kagalkar 2011 Balgandharva Laxmi, Balgandharva's wife 2011 Deool Poetya's sister-in-law 2012 Chintoo Chintoo's mother 2012 Tuhya Dharma Koncha Bhulabai 2013 Postcard Lisa Khamble 2017 Tumhari Sulu Constable 2017 Tikli and Laxmi Bomb Laxmi 2024 Phullwanti Avanti Devi

+Plays Title Language Role Ref. MH-12 Mukkam Post Pune Marathi Actress Gumma Banda Gumma Kannada Director Gayab Geet Marathi Director

Personal life

Born Vibhawari Dixit and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra, India, Deshpande did her schooling at Garware High School, Pune. She did her graduation from Fergusson College in Arts and Mass Communication. Her father, Upendra Dixit runs the book store International Book Service set up by her grandfather in Pune in 1931 and her mother Maneesha Dixit was a scholar, writer and theater critic. Her grandmother Muktabai Dixit was also a famous writer and playwright in Marathi.