Shanta Hublikar

Other names of Shanta Hublikar: Rajamma

DOB : 14-04-1914
Date of death: 17-07-1992
Lived For : 78 Years
Language : Marathi
Star Sign : Aries
Gender : Female

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Shanta Hublikar is a veteran Marathi and Hindi actress, known for working in films like Mera Ladka (1938), Maza Mulga (1938), and Aadmi (1939). She was born on April 14, 1914, in Adargunchi, Hubli. She had two sisters, Neelamma and Sharada. She was trained in classical music under Abdul Karim Khan Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , a music legend. When she was 15 years old, she joined the Gubbi Drama Company in Hubli, to escape from getting married. After some years, she debuted on the silver screen by playing a minor role in the 1934 film Thaksen Rajoutra. In the 1936 film Honhar, she played the role of a widow and acted as a character’s mother in the 1937 film Kanhopatra. She got her big break in V. Shantaram’s 1937 film Gangavataran. In 1938, she was awarded by the Bengali Film Journalists Association for playing the role of a courtesan in V. Shantaram’s path-breaking film Aadmi.

As she knew Tamil, she acted in some Tamil films and later shifted to work in Hindi and Marathi films. Over the years, she worked in both Marathi and Kannada films like Pahila Palna (1942), Jeevan Natak (1943) and Kul Kalank (1945). On the personal front, she married Bapusaheb Geete, a Pune-based businessman, and had a son. In 1990, she published her autobiography Kashala Udyachi Baat Kashala Udyachi Baat is a mystery thriller that st >> Read More... and sadly passed away on July 17 1992 in Pune.

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Shanta Hublikar, as Rajamma was born on 14th April 1914, in a village in Hubballi in Karnataka. She was an actress and singer from the early years of Indian cinema. She is an outstanding performer. She had brilliant acting skills. Shanta at a young age came Kolhapur to work in films. She married Bapu Saheb Gite, a businessman from Pune. She sang in Kannada, Marathi, and Hindi fluently. Her songs Ab Kis Liye Kalki Baat and its Marathi version Kashala Udyachi Baat became immensely popular and made her a star actress of her time. Shanta was a lady with grace and beauty; she, performed in many Films such as Bhedka Rajkumar, Kanhopatra, Mera Ladka, Manoos, Ghar ki Laaj, Pahila Palna, Kul Kalank, Ghar Grihastha. Jeevan Nataka, and many more. She was a famous and one of the best singers 1990’s. Her first film was Bhedi Rajkumar Thaksen Rajputra (1934) as a child actor and later became a renowned actress. Her movies and songs are even now appreciated and watched by many people. She was an outstanding lady. In 1990, she published her autobiography Kashala Udyachi Baat and sadly passed away on 17th July 1992, Pune. A legend always to remember!