Trivedi's road drama film, Highway, alongside many actors where she played a sex worker. Her next appearance was in her self-produced commercial play Lovebirds, in which she played a character with many grey shades who is a housewife, Devika. Her final release of 2015 was opposite Swwapnil Joshi in Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2, the sequel of the hit film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai, in which she reprised her role from the first part, Gauri Deshpande a bad tempered and confused girl to be dealt with. For her work in Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2, Barve received positive reviews from the critics as well as the viewers. For her work in the film, she earned a nomination for the award of Best Actress in a Lead Role at Marathi Filmfare Awards 2016. In 2016, she was honoured with the Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year Award in Theatre category for her work in Marathi theatre. In July 2016, she was honoured with the Chaturastra Abhinetri Award at Nilu Phule Sanman 2016. In 2016, Barve appeared in Atul Jagdale's Ganvesh, co-starring Kishor Kadam, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Smita Tambe, Guru Thakur and many more in which she played a tough police inspector, Meera Patil, who is torn between following her duty to respect the khaki uniform and following her seniors' orders. The Times of India wrote of her performance in Ganvesh, "Barve (who is an absolute pleasure to watch) delivers her usual balanced performance. In 2016, she acted in and produced a play titled Codemantra, an engaging courtroom drama set up against the background of the Indian Army under the banner of Rasika Productions. In this play, Barve played Ahilya Deshmukh, a military law expert. Through this play, Barve won many honours which include Most Natural Performer of the Year and Special Recognition Play at Zee Natya Gaurav 2017, Best Play at Maharashtra Times Sanman Awards 2017 and Best Play and Best Actress at Sanskruti Kaladarpan Awards 2017. In mid 2016, Barve featured in Sameer Vidwans' YZ, alongside Sai Tamhankar and others. The Times of India wrote of her performance in the film as " In a small role too, Mukta drives the point home with her expressions." In November 2016, she was honoured with the Tarunai Sanman Puraskar at Pulotsav 2016. In 2017, Barve, under her own production house, produced five shows of the iconic play Sakharam Binder, specially for her backstage people. Barve also acted in the play along with some