[1] Pawar was born as Amba Laxman Rao Sagun on 18 April 1916, into an orthodox family in Yeola in Nashik.

Being a new actor, he accidentally slapped her very hard, which resulted in facial paralysis and a burst left eye vein.

[4] She also played the leading lady with the top heroes of the era like Paidi Jairaj, Trilok Kapoor, Gajanan Jagirdar etc.

Under Hrishikesh Mukherjee's direction, she gave the performance of a lifetime,[5] for which she received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Also, as the tough matriarch who falls in love in Professor (1962), and the devious hunchback Manthara in Ramanand Sagar's television series Ramayan.