Uttara Kelkar is a renowned playback singer and has obtained training in classical music from Pandit Phiroz Dastur of Kirana Gharana and for light music from Mr. Shrikant Thakre and Yashwant Deo. She has till date sung in about 425 films from 10-12 languages and has lent her voice for about 650 cassettes and CDs. She has an illustrious career as a playback singer in Marathi films and her prominent films are Gondhalat gondhal, Ashi hi banvaa banvi, Maherchi saadi, Dhoom dhadaka, Navra maza navsacha etc. She also has sung in many Hindi films such as Tarzan, dance dance etc. 　　She has been awarded as best playback singer twice by Government of Maharashtra. She also has been conferred with many awards such as Soor Singar Tansen award, Maharashtra Ratna award, Ram Kadam award, Umed award, Kokan Bhushan award etc.