Shobhna Samarth

Shobhna Samarth whose birth name was Saroj Shilotri was a Marathi actress and director. She was born on Nov 7, 1916, in Bombay. She was the daughter of the actress Rattan Bai Rattan Bai was a beautiful and flawless actor and >> Read More... , who acted in the Marathi movie Frontiers of Freedom. After the death of her father, she and her mother moved to her maternal uncle’s place. Her maternal uncle was the father of Nalini Jaywant This actress belongs to the black and white era an >> Read More... , who later became a well-known actress. Her uncle had strongly opposed the idea of her becoming an actress. Shobhna, however, after a lot of struggles, began her career in 1935 and gradually moved on to the lead roles in the 1950s. Her first Hindi movie was ‘Nigahen Nafrat’ or ‘ Orphans of Society’ in the year 1935 along with Master Vinayak Master Vinayak was a successful Marathi film direc >> Read More... and B Pendharkar. In spite of the film not being a success, she got a lot of critical appreciation.

They later made it in both Urdu and Marathi. She got married a few months after her fist movie, to Kumarsen Samarth Kumarsen Samarth was a film director from India. H >> Read More... . He was her distant relative who had studied cinematography in Germany. Her first daughter, Nutan was born on June 1936. After which she gave birth to Tanuja, Chatura and finally a boy, who she had wished for, Jaideep. She is also the grandmother of Kajol, Tanuja, and Monish Behl. She did some great roles which included 50 films, among which were Do Deewane with Motilal and Yakub, Kokila starring along with Motilal and Sabita Devi Sabita Devi is an Indian-Actress. She is born in t >> Read More... . A mong her other important roles were Pati Patni with Wasti and Yakub, Sadhana along with Premadeeb. She also directed two movies, namely Humari Beti in the year 1950 and Chhabili in he year 1960.

But the most important movie in her career was Ram Raiya where she had played the role of Sita and Prem Adeeb had played the role of Ram. The character remained etched in people’s minds even years after the movie. She also won a special award at the 42nd Filmfare Awards 1996. She was famous for her lifestyle and disregard for convention. Also, her relationship with the famous Motilal had been a widespread controversy all over. She finally died on February 9th, 2000 when cancer defeated her.