In 2019, she received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) at the 50th International Film Festival of India for her work in Mai Ghat : Crime No 103/2015.

Her journey from a lower-middle-class Kaikadi[6] Nomadic Tribe (backward class) in Kolhapur to the big screen in Mumbai and in world cinema has been one of sheer grit and determination.

Guest-directed by Anant Mahadevan, the episode featured Jadhav as a young bride who is discriminated for her dark complexion by her in-laws.

Mother of a teenager, Yashoda wishes that her son should get a good education and not fall into the traditional job of her family, of running the local crematorium.

This role of a poor mother fighting the social norms laid on them for their lower caste status got Jadhav various appreciations.