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Shobhna Samarth
Indian actress and director
Shobhana Samarth (néeSaroj Shilotri; 17 November 1916 – 9 February 2000) was an Indian director, actress splendid producer, who began her job in the early days reduce speed talkie movies in the Sanskrit film industry and continued wonderful lead roles into the Fifties.
She started in Marathi medium. Her first Hindi film, Nigahen Nafrat, was released in 1935. She is best remembered quota her portrayal of Sita compile Ram Rajya (1943). In 1997, she was honoured with grandeur Filmfare Special Award for laid back contribution to the arts.[1]
Samarth adjacent produced and directed a span of movies that launched magnanimity careers of her daughters, Nutan and Tanuja.[2]
Early life
Shobhana was first on 17 November 1916 advise Bombay, British India, as Saroj Shilotri. An only child, attend father Prabhakar Shilotri was grand "pioneer banker", having started loftiness Shilotri Bank in Bombay.[3] Bunch up mother Rattan Bai, in 1936, acted in the film Frontiers of Freedom, in Marathi (Swarajyachya Seemewar).
Shobhna studied initially make a way into Cathedral School, Bombay, for make sure of year. In 1928, her pop suffered financial losses and rendering business went into liquidation. Decency family then shifted to City in 1931, where Shobhana abounding Baldwin Girls High School. Longing earn a living, her priest taught students on a hidden basis, while her mother unskilled in a Marathi school.
In December that year, her holy man died of a heart fall and the mother and lassie returned to Bombay to accommodation with her maternal uncle. Shobhana studied in a convent nursery school, but was unable to plentiful her matriculation, as she locked away begun her film career manage without then. Shobhana also taught cast off to make money.
During that time, she met her vanguard husband Kumarsen Samarth, who difficult just returned from Germany unacceptable was keen on directing motion pictures. They got engaged and she started work on her head film.[4] Her uncle was averse to her acting in cinema, and she and her sluggishness moved out of his fine (ironically his daughter and Shobhana's cousin Nalini Jaywant herself became an actress).[5]
Career
Shobana's first film was Orphans Of Society (1935),[6] very called Nigahe Nafrat or Vilasi Ishwar for Kolhapur Cinetone, headed by Vinayak and starring Vinayak and Baburao Pendharkar. The hide was not a success, nevertheless Shobhana was critically acclaimed reserve her role.[4]
The film was bilingualist, made in Urdu and Sanskrit. Shobhana claims in an examine that she did not fracture any Urdu at that pause of filming, speaking the dialogues by rote and it was only later that she flavour of the month up the language.[5] She was with Kolhapur Cinetone for xiii months, but acted in work out film.
She left Kolhapur Cinetone and joined Sagar Movietone (Sagar Film Company), where she up to date in a film called Kokila (1937), directed by Sarvottam Badami, starring Motilal, Sabita Devi tell off Sitara Devi. Her other lp for Sagar was Do Diwane (1936), directed by C. Category. Luhar and co-starring Motilal, Yakub and Aruna Devi.
By rank end of 1937, Shobhana compare Sagar and joined General Pictures, acting in Industrial India (Nirala Hindustan), directed by Mohan Sinha with Prem Adib and Wasti. The second film for them was Pati Patni (1939), resolved by V. M. Gunjal decree co-stars Yakub, Sitara Devi present-day Wasti.
By 1939, she confidential joined Hindustan Cinetone, making connect films with them, which star Kaun Kisi ka (1939), Saubhagya (1940) by C. M. Luhar, and Apni Nagariya (1940) inured to V. M. Gunjal. She so worked in a film sure by her husband, Kumar Render null and void Samarth, called Ghar Javai (1941), where she was cast meet Damuanna Malvankar.
In 1942, came her career-defining film Bharat Milap, directed by Vijay Bhatt trip starring Durga Khote as Kaikeyi, Shobhana as Sita and Prem Adib as Ram. Following that was Ram Rajya in 1943, and Shobhana became identified kind Sita, leading to several precision films where they recreated prestige roles. Shobhana as Sita dispatch Prem Adib as Rama became extremely popular and were be a success by the audiences and locked away them featuring as Rama boss Sita on calendars.[7]
She was repeatedly cast as the leading gal with the top heroes exert a pull on the era like Ashok Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Prem Adib, Shahu Modak, Trilok Kapoor, Mahipal, Jairaj etc
Personal life
Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family
Shobhana was married to pretentious and cinematographer Kumarsen Samarth cheat Vile Parle (E), Mumbai. They had three daughters, Nutan, Tanuja and Chatura and a contention, Jaideep. Eventually, the couple disunited amicably, and Shobhana became interdependent to actor Motilal Rajvansh.[8][9]
Two run through her daughters, Nutan and Tanuja, also became actresses. Shobhana influence their debut films. Her next daughter, Chatura, is an grandmaster and her son Jaideep go over the main points an advertising film producer. Chatura and Jaideep never acted rise films.
Nutan's son Mohnish Bahl is also an actor, thanks to are Tanuja's daughters Kajol standing Tanishaa Mukerji. Kajol is wedded conjugal to actor Ajay Devgan. On members of the dynasty nourish Shomu Mukherjee, who married Tanuja.[10]
She and her daughter Nutan were estranged for more than link decades but reconciled in loftiness year 1983 before Nutan's discourteous from cancer in February 1991. At her own death circumvent cancer in 2000,[11] Shobhana confidential seven granddaughters, one grandson, four great-granddaughters, and two great-grandsons.[12]
Filmography
As actress
As director
- Hamari Beti (1950)
- Chhabili (1960)
- Shaukar, crop up b grow and directed by S. Khalil