Trivia

Got married at the age of 14.

Daughter Kanchan married Marathi actor Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar. He died 4 years after marriage.

Daughter named Kanchan.

Daughter in law Jeevan Kala Kelkar.

Grand daughter is Manisha Kelkar.

Writer & director Ram Kelkar is her son.

She was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

She was lead actress in Marathi films from 1946 to 1961.

Latkar acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi.

She and Nirupa Roy epitomized the "mother" roles right from 1959 until the early 1990s.

Her journey in films started as a negligible extra. She played inconsequential roles in director Bhalji Pendharkar's films like 'Maharathi Karna' and 'Valmiki'.

She was a well-known actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema.

In 2003, she was awarded the Chitrabhushan Award instituted by the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Baburao Painter, one of the founders of the modern Marathi cinema.

In 2009, she was awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan Award by the Government of Maharashtra.

Latkar was a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1999).