Pooja Pawar

Pooja Pawar is an Indian actress in Marathi cinema and television.^[1] She appeared in Marathi cinema during the late 1980s and early 1990s.^[2]

Pooja Pawar
Born	Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987 – 1999 2014 – present

Career

Born in Kolhapur, Pooja Pawar made her acting debut at the age of 16 with Sarja (1987), which went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. She is known for films such as Chikat Navra (1994), Ek Hota Vidushak (1992), Zapatlela (1993),^[3] Vishwavinayak (1994), and Topi Var Topi (1995).^[4] Zapatlela (1993) remains among the most popular films in Marathi cinema.^[5] She then took a break from acting after her marriage and returned to television.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1987	Sarja	Kastura	Debut
1989	Utawala Navra	Shanta
	Rajane Wajavila Baja	Mogra
1992	Ek Hota Vidushak	Subhadra
	Anuradha	Seema
1993	Zapatlela	Aavdi		[6]
1994	Chikat Navra	Jayu
	Majha Chakula	Maina
	Sonyachi Mumbai
	Zadpi Lido	Aarti
	Vishwavinayak	Uma
1995	Painjan	Laila
	Topi Var Topi	Sheela
1999	Rang Premacha	Baby
2014	Headline
2015	Dhangarwada
2017	Dhondi			[7]
2019	Ashi Hi Aashiqui	Amarja's Mother
	Purushottam
2022	Flicker	Jyoti Sawant

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Ref.
2014	Asmita	Asha Prabhakar Agnihotri	Zee Marathi
2017	Baapmanus	Aaisaheb Zunjarrao	Zee Yuva	[8]
2019-2020	Aai Kuthe Kay Karte	Reshma Polekar	Star Pravah
2019	Alti Palti Sumdit Kalti		Zee Marathi
2020-2021	Karbhari Laybhari	Kanchan Suryavanshi	Zee Marathi
2023–present	Kavyanjali - Sakhi Savali	Meenakshi Prabhudesai	Colors Marathi	[9]