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<p>Fixed missing spaces found by <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Typo_Team/moss" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Typo Team/moss">Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss</a> – you can help!</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian Bengali actress}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = Miss Shefali<br /> | image = <br /> | alt = <br /> | caption = <br /> | birth_name = <br /> | birth_date = 1944<br /> | birth_place = <br /> | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|02|06|1944|01|30|df=y}}<br /> | nationality = [[India]]n<br /> | other_names = Arati Das<br /> | known_for = <br /> | occupation = [[Actress]], [[Dancer]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Arati Das&#039;&#039;&#039; (1944 – 6 February 2020&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url= https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/veteran-dancer-arati-das-better-known-as-miss-shefali-dies-at-76-2175980 |title= Veteran Dancer Arati Das, Better Known As Miss Shefali, Dies At 76|date=6 February 2020 |website=ndtv|language=en|access-date= 2019-02-06}}&lt;/ref&gt;), known professionally as &#039;&#039;&#039;Miss Shefali&#039;&#039;&#039;, was an Indian Bengali actress and dancer who was recognized for her work in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]. She had worked with film director [[Satyajit Ray]] in classics like [[Pratidwandi]] and [[Seemabaddha]]. She is known as the Queen of Cabaret.<br /> <br /> ==Early Life and background ==<br /> Arati Das was the youngest of three sisters hailing from a refugee family of East Bengal (now in Bangladesh). She started performing cabaret at the age of 11 at Firpo&#039;s hotel and later in the Grand Hotel to earn for her family and then there was no looking back.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/priyanka-dasgupta-blog/of-love-lust-and-miss-shefali-why-did-rays-bengal-find-it-difficult-to-accept-its-queen-of-cabaret/|title= Of love, lust and Miss Shefali: Why did Ray’s Bengal find it difficult to accept its Queen of Cabaret?|website= timesofindia |accessdate= 11 February 2020}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Career==<br /> <br /> Arati Das had made her film debut in &#039;&#039;Chowringhee&#039;&#039;, in which she acts with actors like Supriya Devi, Uttam Kumar, Utpal Dutt, and Biswajit. Besides films, she also acted in several stage plays and theater. Her plays include &#039;&#039;Samrat O Sundari&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Saheb Bibi Golam&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;Ashlil&#039;&#039;. She was also a writer. Her autobiography &#039;&#039;Sandhya Rater Shefali&#039;&#039; (Shefali of the Evenings and Nights) was published recently.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url= https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bengals-cabaret-queen-miss-shefali-dead/1727664|title= Bengal&#039;&#039;s cabaret queen Miss Shefali dead |website=outlookindia|accessdate= 6 February 2020}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Personal life==<br /> <br /> An American National named Robin once wanted to marry her but for her family she decided to stay in India as unmarried. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/ask-me-anything-you-want-shefali/cid/1742983|title=Ask me anything you want Shefali|website=telegraphindia|accessdate= 11 February 2020}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Selected filmography==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=15em|<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Jayadeb]]&#039;&#039; (1962) Oriya film<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Bhoot Bungla]]&#039;&#039; (1965) Hindi film<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[ Mere Huzoor]]&#039;&#039; (1968)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Baharon Ki Manzil (1968 film)| Baharoon Ki Manzil]]&#039;&#039;(1968) as Rosi<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Chowringhee (film) | Chowringee]]&#039;&#039; (1968)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Ustad 420]]&#039;&#039; (1969)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Raaton Ka Raja]]&#039;&#039; (1970)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Veer Ghatothkach]]&#039;&#039; (1970)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Pratidwandi]]&#039;&#039; (1970)as Latika<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Heer Raanjha | Heer Ranjha]]&#039;&#039;(1970)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Aag Aur Daag]]&#039;&#039; (1970) as Lily <br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Brahma Bishnu Mahesh]]&#039;&#039; (1971)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Seemabaddha]]&#039;&#039; (1971)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Company Limited]]&#039;&#039; (1971)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Lal Pathar]]&#039;&#039; (1971)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]&#039;&#039; (1971) as a gypsy dancer<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Shor]]&#039;&#039;(1972)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Samrat O Sundari]]&#039;&#039;<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Ashlil]]&#039;&#039;<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Call Girl (1974 film)|Call Girl]]&#039;&#039; (1975)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Madhosh (1974 film)|Madhosh]]&#039;&#039; (1975)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Ponga Pandit]]&#039;&#039; (1975)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Apne Dushman]]&#039;&#039; (1975)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Gumrah (1976 film)|Gumrah]]&#039;&#039; (1976)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Aloor Thikana]]&#039;&#039; (1976)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Bullet (1976 film)|Bullet]]&#039;&#039; (1976)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]&#039;&#039; (1977)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Hatyara]]&#039;&#039; (1977)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Saheb bibi Golam]]&#039;&#039;<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Ram Balram]]&#039;&#039; (1980)<br /> # &#039;&#039;[[Pennam Calcutta]]&#039;&#039; (1992)<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{IMDb name|id= 2175980 }}<br /> {{Authority control}} <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Shefali, Miss}}<br /> [[Category:Indian female dancers]]<br /> [[Category:1944 births]]<br /> [[Category:2020 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Actresses in Bengali cinema]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br /> {{India-actor-stub}}</div>

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