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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Pranna Shangloo<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India<br />
| occupation = Actress (television, theatre, radio)<br />
| years_active = 1970s–1990s<br />
| known_for = The first Kashmiri television actress<br />
| spouse = Kidar Nath<br />
| children = 2<br />
| education = [[Women's College Srinagar]]<br />
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'''Pranna Shangloo''' (born 1952) is an Indian former television, theatre, and [[radio actress]], regarded as one of the earliest female television performers from the [[Kashmir Valley]]. She is also the first [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] television actress and is known for her contributions to theatre and broadcasting during the initial years of Kashmiri media.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Shangloo was born in 1952 into a [[Kashmiri Pandit]] family in [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web | last=Life | first=Kashmir | title=Looking Back at Life | website=Kashmir Life - Latest News &amp; Breaking News from Kashmir | date=2026-04-05 | url=https://kashmirlife.net/looking-back-at-life-issue21-vol06-62859/ | access-date=2026-04-16}}</ref> She received her early education at Vasant School in the Kral Khud area of [[Habba Kadal]] and later graduated in arts from [[Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar|Women's College, Srinagar]].<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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From an early age, she was interest in acting and participated in school and college performances, eventually deciding to pursue acting as a career.<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
=== Theatre and radio ===<br />
Shangloo began her acting career in 1970s, performing in various stage productions in Kashmir and outside. Her early prominence came with the play ''Araam Haram Hai'', which gained critical appreciation and helped establish her career as an actress.<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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She later worked with Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (now [[AIR Srinagar]]) where she appeared in popular programs such as ''Zoon Dab''. Her theatre background influenced her acting style, which she described as more natural due to live performance experience.<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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=== Television and film ===<br />
Following her success in theatre and radio, Shangloo moved to television, becoming one of the first women from Kashmir to appear on the medium. She worked in various television productions and also acted in feature films, including, ''Heera Lal Panna Lal'', ''Baed Baav'', ''Jyoti Baney Jawala''.<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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In [[Heeralaal Pannalaal (film)|''Heera Lal Panna Lal'']], she portrayed former [[Indian Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]]. She also appeared in the television serial ''Katha Sagar'', alongside actors such as [[Om Puri]] and [[Naseeruddin Shah]].<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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Her performances earned recognition from prominent figures, including political leaders such as [[Mirza Afzal Beg|Afzal Beigh]] and [[Farooq Abdullah]].<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
During the early years of her career, acting particularly for women in television, was [[Social stigma|socially stigmatized]] in Kashmir. Shangloo faced resistance after marriage, as her in-laws initially opposed her profession, though her husband supported her decision to continue acting.<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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She continued her work through the turbulent 1990s in Kashmir, remaining in the Valley while many [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus|Kashmiri Pandits migrated]].<ref name="KashmirLife"/><br />
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In the 1990s, during the period of [[insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]], Shangloo stopped her acting career and focused on family responsibilities. Following the marriage of her daughter, she and her husband, Kidar Nath, an employee in a [[semi-government]] department, sold their residential house in Srinagar and relocated to rented accommodation in Chadoora, [[Budgam district]].<ref name="TheWeek">{{cite web | last=Bhat | first=Tariq | title=Home alone | website=The Week | date=2021-03-07 | url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2021/02/25/home-alone.html | access-date=2026-04-16}}</ref><br />
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After Nath's death in 2009 and the subsequent departure of their son from Kashmir in 2010, Shangloo experienced a decline in her financial circumstances. In the years that followed, she has lived in her daughter's house and faced ongoing health challenges.<ref name="TheWeek"/><br />
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