two back-to-back hit films, becoming one of the top performers of the year. In 2013, Barve worked in her self-produced commercial play Chhapa Kata, alongside Reema Lagoo, later Lagoo was replaced by Neena Kulkarni. Barve played Maitreyi Bhagwat, who runs a boutique to support the family, and lives a life where she has suppressed all her desires to be able to take care of her mother. For the play Chhapa Kata, Barve won the awards for Best Play at Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards (2014) and the awards for Best Play and Best Actress at Sanskruti Kaladarpan Awards (2014). Ajay Naik's directorial debut, a romantic musical love story, Lagna Pahave Karun was Barve's next film release. Co-starring Umesh Kamat, Siddharth Chandekar and Tejashree Pradhan Ketkar, Barve was cast as Aditi Tilak, a wedding planner who wants to start her own marriage bureau. Indian Nerve reviewed her performance as: "Performance wise, Mukta as a strong and determined Aditi who is scared of failing is the best character of them all. She pulled off the role very aptly." Her next appearance in 2013, was opposite Swwapnil Joshi and alongside Sai Tamhankar and Kadambari Kadam in Renu Desai's Mangalashtak Once More . She played the character Aarti Pathak, romantic, shy girl who surrenders to love. The Times of India reviewed her performance as "Mukta too excels with her comic timing and dialogue delivery". In 2014, she acted in a Konkani film, Gunaaji in the role of a shepherd alongside Upendra Limaye. In 2014, she also acted in a short film, Shot, directed by Ratnakar Matkari. 2015-present:Films and television comeback In 2015, she worked opposite Ankush Choudhary in Sameer Vidwans' Double Seat. Barve was cast as Manjiri Naik, an insurance agent and a straightforward, middle-class Maharashtrian girl. The Times of India reviewed her performance as "Mukta, who too makes a return after two years, is brilliant as ever as the strong-willed, caring and accommodative wife". For her work in the film, she bagged the awards for Best Actress at Maharashtracha Favourite Kon 2015 and at Zee Chitra Gaurav 2016. Barve also bagged the most prestigious Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress in 2016, she received a nomination for Best Actress award at Sanskruti Kala Darpan 2016 and she also bagged the award for Best Actress in a Lead Role at Marathi Filmfare Awards 2016 for her work in Double Seat. Barve's next release was Amit