She started writing poetry at the age of 3.[2] She joined Lalit Kala Kendra of Pune University after her 12th and got a
Bachelor of Arts degree.[3][4] She graduated from Lalit Kala Kendra in 2003.[5] Manaswini and some of her friends and alumni of Lalit Kala Kendra have started a theatre group called Lalit Mumbai.[6]
Career
Ravindra wrote her first play Cigarettes when she was 20.[5] In 2006, she won the
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in Playwriting, given by
Sangeet Natak Akademi.[7][8] In the same year, she attended the Royal Court Theatre workshop at Vasind.[9] In 2007, she wrote the play Alvida.[10] In 2010, she was also part of Pratibimb, the first ever contemporary Marathi
theatre festival, organised by NCPA at
Mumbai. She is also credited to have directed the play, Ekmekaat in 2009.[11][12] In 2014, her play Lakh Lakh Chanderi was staged at Pratibimb Marathi Theatre Festival.,[13] she won the
Sahitya Akademi Award in the youth category, for Blogchya Arshapalyad (a collection of short stories).[14]
In 2017, she also spoke at Jawab Do, an event organised by
Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti.[15] She also won the first position for best writing in the Maharashtra State Marathi Professional Drama Competition, in 2017, for her play Amar Photo Studio.[16] She is also an executive committee member of Screenwriters Association, Mumbai.[17] She was nominated for
Filmfare Awards (Marathi) for best screenplay, for the movie Ti Saddhya Kay Karte in 2018.[18]
She is married to director
Satish Manwar.[6] Her parents were social activists. Her mother, Lata Pratibha Madhukar, is an activist with
Narmada Bachao Andolan[24] whereas her father, Ravindra, is a campaigner against
female foeticide.[3][25] She uses her parents' name instead of her surname.[21] She and her mother were jointly awarded the Prerna Puraskar in 2014 by
DD Sahyadri on their
Mother's Day special.[24]