Mona Ambegaonkar

Mona Ambegaonkar

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Mona Ambegaonkar Profile

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Mona Ambegaonkar Biography

Mona Ambegaonkar is a veteran actress associated with Indian television, ad world and cinema and one of the familiar and popular faces since the 1980s of Doordarshan. She also appeared in several nostalgic ads of 1980s, shown on Doordarshan and known for her ‘mother’ tag. Dhadkan, 'Sanjivani', 'Just Mohabbat', Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak, Kya Baat Hai and CID are some of her popular television series in the recent times. Her role as doctor in Star Plus’ in the medical drama Dhadkan was well appreciated. Dr. Anjalika Deshmukh in C.I.D is also a popular role on small screen.

 

Most recently she was seen in Pyar ka Panchanama – 2. She portrayed the role of Mrs Rastogi (Antagonist's mother) in Rani Mukherji starrer ‘Mardani’. Gandhi: My father, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Mrityudand, Baharon Ke Manzil and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani are some of her Bollywood movies in supporting roles. She made her film debut in the year 1990 with the Bollywood movie - 'Zakhmi Zameen', where she played lead role opposite Roopesh Kothari. Later she appeared in 8 Marathi movies of which 'Bindhaast' is her most popular role. She won a Critics’ award for her role as a cop in 'Bindhaast'.

 

She was born on March 5, in a Marathi-speaking family in Mumbai. She has been associated with theatre since her younger days and appeared in numerous television ads in the golden days of Doordarshan – the media through each she became popular. She has worked with Nadira Babbar's Theatre group and Makrand Deshpande's theatre group Ansh more than 10 years. Mona has co-scripted and acted in several of his plays, Ashwa Vishwa and Radha Niwas being a few instances. She worked with Bharat Dhabolkar for the play Got to be Aishwarya. The poised dusky actress has been a single mother to her daughter born in December 2005, allegedly a love child with Dayananad Shetty ('Daya' from CID). Though a single earner and financially weak, Mona still managed to raise her daughter.

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Updated: December 11, 2015

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