Born on April 4, 1963, in Mumbai, Alka Kubal began her acting career in the early 1980s. She made her debut in the Marathi film industry with the movie "Shikshaa" in 1985. Her breakthrough performance in "Sakubai" (1990) catapulted her to fame, and she went on to star in numerous hit films throughout the 1990s and 2000s.