Shantaram Athavale

Shantaram Athavale is an Indian director who worked for the Marathi film industry. He was born on 21st January 1910 in Pune, Maharashtra. Shantaram is a multi-talented director, lyricist, poet, and author who also gave his contributions in Hindi and English language films. He worked with the famous novelist Narayan Hari Apte Bio coming soon... >> Read More... in the Prabhat Film Company to script Amrit Manthan Amrit Manthan is an epic and strange story which i >> Read More... . In this film, Shantaram worked with Apte and achieved success as a songwriter. Working as a lyricist under V. Shantaram alongside Vishram Bedekar Vishram Bedekar is a Marathi-language writer and f >> Read More... , Master Vinayak Master Vinayak was a successful Marathi film direc >> Read More... , Keshavrao Bhole, and many others Athavale would be the pioneer of the Marathi Cinemas.

As a lyricist, his movie Sant Tukaram is the Indian first film to receive international success. He also won the Certificate of Merit for Features Film in Marathi at the 3rd National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... in 1956 for the movie Shevagyachya Shenga. In the 1960s he started working in the English language for the Films Division of India. Some of his contribution as a director includes Bhagya Rekha in 1948, Main Abla Nahi Hu in 1949, Sansa Karaychay Mala in 1954, Fix it Right in 1960, Citizens and Citizens in 1962, Sankat Me Swasthya aur Safai in 1968, and many others.