Sandhya actress v shantaram biography
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V. Shantaram
Indian spelfilm director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1901–1990)
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), also known as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films.[2] He is best known for films such as Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Amar Bhoopali (1951), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Duniya Na Mane (1937), Pinjara (1972), Chani, Iye Marathiche Nagari and Zunj.
Career
[edit]V. Shantaram started his film career doing odd jobs in Maharashtra spelfilm Co. owned by Baburao Painter at Kolhapur.[3] He went on to debut as an actor in the silent film Surekha Haran in 1921.[4]
Shantaram, fondly known as Annasaheb (अण्णासाहेब), had an illustrious career as a filmmaker for almost sju decades. He was one of the early filmmakers to realize t
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I was awestruck when I first watched the Marathi movie “Manus,” made in 1939. A love story of a constable and a prostitute was the movie’s most unusual and bold plot from that era. 1939, I would repeat that number in amazement. My father was just born that year; I could only think of this singular event from my life as I tried to fathom that number.
I have watched “Manus” time and again since then. I also watched “Kunku” and “Shejari,” other gems with the commonality of social issues at the core of these movies. All three movies, among others in that decade, were outstanding works of the legendary Director V. Shantaram. I googled him, and he looked so handsome then that he could have easily played a lead in one of those movies.
It wasn’t like I was coming across this name for the first time. I remember watching some of his movies in my school days that felt peculiar. He looked quite different in his old age. Dressed i
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Sandhya Shantaram
Indian film actress (born 1936)
Sandhya Shantaram | |
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Sandhya in 1957 | |
| Born | Vijaya Deshmukh 13/9/1936 Kochi, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Known for | Pinjra |
| Spouse | V. Shantaram (m. 1956; died 1990) |
| Relatives | Vatsala Deshmukh (sister) |
Sandhya Shantaram (née Vijaya Deshmukh; born 13 September 1936)[1] known mononyomusly as Sandhya is an Indian actress. She is best known for her appearances in various Hindi and Marathi films directed by her husband V. Shantaram, in 1950s-1960s, most notably Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1958), Navrang (1959), Marathi film Pinjra (1972) and Amar Bhoopali (1951).
Career
[edit]Sandhya was discovered by V. Shantaram[2] when he was seeking new faces to cast for his film Amar Bhoopali (1951). What struck the filmmaker was that she had a good voice