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{{short description|Indian film director, producer, and actor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = V. Shantaram
| image = File:V. Shantaram.jpg
| caption = Shantaram in 1938
| imagesize =
|birth_name = Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1901|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[Kolhapur State]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|10|30|1901|11|18}} [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Vimalabai |1921}}
*{{marriage|Jayashree |1941|1956|end=div}}
*{{marriage|[[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] |1956}}
}}
| other names = Annasaheb
| nationality =[[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British Indian]] {{small|(1901–1947)}} [[Indian people|Indian]] {{small|(1947–1990)}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|producer|actor|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1921–1987<ref>[http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/awards/vsfgraphy.htm Dadasaheb Phalke Award filmography]. ultraindia.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207032045/http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/awards/vsfgraphy.htm |date=7 December 2009 }}</ref>
| awards = {{Awards|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]|1957|[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]}} {{Awards|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Film]]|1958|[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]}} {{Awards|[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]|1985}} {{Awards|[[Padma Vibhushan]]|1992}}
}}
'''Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre''' (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as '''V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu''', was an Indian filmmaker, film producer, and actor known for his work in [[Hindi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] films.<ref name="Tilak2006">{{cite book |author=Tilak, Shrinivas |title=Understanding Karma: In Light of Paul Ricoeur's Philosophical Anthropology and Hemeneutics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1xXDHLlNYIC&pg=PA306 |access-date=19 June 2012 |year=2006 |publisher=International Centre for Cultural Studies |isbn=978-81-87420-20-0 |pages=306}}</ref> He is most known for films such as {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]}} (1946), ''[[Amar Bhoopali]]'' (1951), ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]'' (1955), ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1957), ''[[Navrang]]'' (1959), ''[[Duniya Na Mane]]'' (1937), ''[[Pinjra (film)|Pinjara]]'' (1972), ''Chani'', ''Iye Marathiche Nagari'' and ''Zunj''.

==Career==
V. Shantaram started his film career doing odd jobs in Maharashtra Film Co. owned by [[Baburao Painter]] at [[Kolhapur]].<ref>[http://www.indiaplaza.com/Promo/vshantaram/page2.shtml Biography – The V. Shantaram Centennial Collection] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902234856/http://www.indiaplaza.com/Promo/vshantaram/page2.shtml |date=2 September 2013 }}</ref> He went on to debut as an actor in the silent film ''Surekha Haran'' in 1921.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001208/falis.htm Remembering the Pioneer] screenindia. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923154918/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001208/falis.htm |date=23 September 2009 }}</ref>

Shantaram, fondly known as ''Annasaheb (अण्णासाहेब)'', had an illustrious career as a filmmaker for almost seven decades. He was one of the early filmmakers to realize the efficacy of the film medium as an instrument of social change and used it successfully to advocate humanism on one hand and expose bigotry and injustice on the other. V. Shantaram had a very keen interest in music. It is said that he "ghost wrote" music for many of his music directors, and took a very active part in the creation of music. Some of his songs had to rehearsed several times before they were approved by V. Shantaram.
<ref>{{cite book |last=Narwekar |first=Kiran Shantaram with Sanjit |title=V. Shantaram, the legacy of the Royal Lotus |year=2003 |publisher=Rupa & Co. |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-291-0218-8}}</ref> He Was Also Praised By [[Charlie Chaplin]] for his Marathi film ''[[Manoos]]''. Chaplin reportedly liked the film to a great extent.<ref>[https://in.movies.yahoo.com/news/charlie-chaplin-saluted-v-shantaram-140157157.html Charlie Chaplin saluted V. Shantaram]. In.movies.yahoo.com (18 November 2013). Retrieved on 2018-11-20.</ref>

He directed his first film ''[[Netaji Palkar (film)|Netaji Palkar]]'', in 1927.<ref name="Lal2008">{{cite book |author=Lal, S. |title=50 Magnificent Indians Of The 20Th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkI1_n4QAxMC&pg=PT274 |access-date=20 February 2015 |date=1 January 2008 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7992-698-7 |pages=274–}}</ref> In 1929, he founded the [[Prabhat Film Company]] along with [[Vishnupant Damle]], K.R. Dhaiber, S. Fatelal and S.B. Kulkarni, which made ''[[Ayodhyecha Raja]]'', the first [[Marathi language]] film in 1932 under his direction.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm A navrang of Shantaram's films – Retrospective] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 2 May 2002. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901060422/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm |date=1 September 2010 }}</ref> He left Prabhat co. in 1942 to form "[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]" in [[Mumbai]].<ref>[http://www.prabhatfilm.com/founders.htm Founders] ''[[Prabhat Film Company]] '' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903050113/http://www.prabhatfilm.com/founders.htm |date=3 September 2013 }}</ref> In time, "Rajkamal" became one of the most sophisticated studios of the country.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2001/11/30/stories/2001113000910400.htm Well ahead of his times] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 30 November 2001. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201142316/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2001/11/30/stories/2001113000910400.htm |date=1 February 2011 }}</ref>

Shantaram introduced his daughter [[Rajshree]] (his daughter with Jayashree) and [[Jeetendra]] in the 1964 film ''[[Geet Gaya Patharon Ne]]''. That was the debut film for both of them. He also introduced his second wife Sandhya's niece [[Ranjana Deshmukh]] into the Marathi film industry through ''Chandanachi Choli Ang Ang Jaali'', directed by his son Kiran Shantaram in 1975. Ranjana dominated the Marathi silver screen in the 70s and 80s.

The [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] was conferred on him in 1985.<ref name=phalke>[http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/awards/vshantaram.htm 17th Awardee] Dada Saheb Phalke Awards, List of Awardees. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725024304/http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/awards/vshantaram.htm |date=25 July 2008 }}</ref> He was posthumously awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1992.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php Official List of Awardees] Padma Vibhushan. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044717/http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php |date=15 November 2012 }}</ref>

His autobiography ''Shantarama'' was published in Hindi and Marathi.<ref name=phalke/><ref>{{cite news |title=50 years of a Shantaram classic |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2033356.cms |access-date=8 August 2011 |newspaper=Times of India |date=28 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811020639/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2033356.cms |archive-date=11 August 2009}}</ref>

[[File:V Shantaram 2001 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Shantaram on a 2001 stamp of India]]
The V. Shantaram Award was constituted by Central Government and Maharashtra State Government. The V. Shantaram Motion Picture Scientific Research and Cultural Foundation, established in 1993, offers various awards to film-makers. The award is presented annually on 18 November.<ref name=phalke/> A postage stamp dedicated to Shantaram was released by [[India Post]] on 17 November 2001.

==Personal life==
Shantaram was born in 1901 at [[Kolhapur]] to a Marathi Jain family.<ref>{{cite book |author=Lyden, John |title=The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9OJLAZakI4C&pg=PA148 |year=2009 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-44853-6 |pages=148–}}</ref> In 1921, aged 20, he married 12-year-old Vimalabai in a match arranged by their families. He had four children with Vimalabai, Prabhat Kumar (after whom Shantaram named [[Prabhat Film Company|his movie company]]) and daughters Saroj, Madhura and Charusheela. Saroj, the eldest daughter, is married to Soli Engineer, a Parsi gentleman, and they run the Valley View Grand Resort at [[Panhala]] near [[Kolhapur]], built on Shantaram's farmhouse, which was inherited by Saroj. Shantaram's second daughter, Madhura, is the wife of [[Pandit Jasraj]] and mother of music director Shaarang Dev Pandit and of TV personality [[Durga Jasraj]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/jai-ho-jasraj/article2254030.ece Jai ho! Jasraj]. ''The Hindu''. 8 October 2007.</ref> Shantaram's third daughter, Charusheela, is the mother of Hindi and Marathi actor Sushant Ray a.k.a. [[Siddharth Ray]].

In 1941, Shantaram married the actress Jayashree (née Kamulkar), with whom he had worked together in several films, including ''Shakuntala'' (1942). He had three children with Jayashree: a son, the Marathi film director and producer [[Kiran Shantaram]],<ref name="Gavankar2011">{{cite book |author=Gavankar, Nilu N. |title=The Desai Trio and the Movie Industry of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGAyEpXtK3UC&pg=PA139 |access-date=5 May 2013 |date=26 July 2011 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=978-1-4685-9981-7 |pages=139}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=50 years of a Shantaram classic |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/50-years-of-a-Shantaram-classic/articleshow/2033356.cms |author=Mishra, Ambarish |date=28 September 2006 |access-date=22 September 2014 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> and two daughters, the actress [[Rajshree]] and Tejashree.

In 1956, just before the law was changed to prohibit polygamy for Hindus (but not for Muslims), Shantaram married another of his leading ladies, the actress [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] (née Vijaya Deshmukh), who had already starred in his films ''[[Amar Bhoopali]]'' and ''Parchaiyan'' and would go on to star in many of his future films like ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]],'' ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]],'' ''Navrang,'' ''[[Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli]]'' and ''Sehra.'' They did not have any children together, but Sandhya bonded strongly with Vimalabai and her children, and she lives with them as a respected mother.

Shantaram died on 30 October 1990 in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=bfi>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207100050/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/14188 Biography] American Film Institute.</ref> He was survived by his three wives and his seven children.

Vimalabai died in 1996 after being bedridden for four years. Jayashree died peacefully in her sleep in 2003.

Shantaram used to live at [[Panhala]] near [[Kolhapur]] in [[Maharashtra]] state. His daughter Saroj has maintained his house and has converted the rest of the property into a hotel named Valley View Grand.

===V. Shantaram worked in railway workshop Hubballi, Karnataka State===
V. Shantaram's family moved from Kholapur to Hubbbali also known as [[Hubli]] in [[Karnataka]] in 1917 facing tough time financially. Shantaram a teenager then joined as a fitter in the railway workshop at Hubballi, for a salary of 8 annas (50 paise) per day, impressed by his hard work his salary was raised to 12 annas per day.
In the evenings he worked as a door keeper at NEW Deccan Cinema Theatre at Hubballi. Though he was not paid for this job, he was allowed to watch all movies free. There he watched movies of [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], father of Indian Cinema, and developed passion for the movies. He learnt photography and sign board painting in Hubballi. He said later that the first time he touched camera he instantly connected to it.

==Filmography==
{{refbegin|colwidth=20em}}

===As actor===
*''[[Surekha Haran]]'' (1921)
* [[Sinhagad (film)|''Sinhagad'']] (1923)
* ''[[Savkari Pash]]'' (1925)
* [[Stree (1961 film)|''Stri'']] (1961)
* ''[[Parchhain]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Do Ankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1957)

===As producer===
* ''Bhakticha Mala'' (1944)
* ''Maali'' (1944)
* ''Banwasi'' (1948)
* ''Sehra'' (1963)
* ''[[Geet Gaya Patharon Ne]]'' (1964)
* '' Vanvaas '' (1967)
* ''[[Ladki Sahyadri Ki]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli]]'' (1971)
* ''Raja Rani Ko Chahiye Pasina'' (1978)
* ''[[Jhanjhaar]]'' (1987)

===As director===

====[[Maharashtra Film Company]]====
* [[Netaji Palkar (film)|''Netaji Palkar'']] (1927)

====[[Prabhat Film Company]]====
* [[Gopal Krishna (1929 film)|''Gopal Krishna'']] (1929)
* ''[[Udaykal]]'' (1930)
* [[Rani Saheba (1930 film)|''Rani Saheba'']] (1930)
* ''[[Khooni Khanjar]]'' (1930)
* [[Chandrasena (1931 film)|''Chandrasena'']] (1931)
* [[Maya Machindra#1932 Hindi/Marathi film|''Maya Machindra'']] (1932)
* [[Jalti Nishani|''Agnikankan'']] (1932)
* ''[[Ayodhyecha Raja]]'' (1932)
* [[Sinhagad (film)|''Sinhagad'']] (1933)
* [[Sairandhri (1933 film)|''Sairandhri'']] (1933)
* [[Amrit Manthan (1934 film)|''Amrit Manthan'']] (1934)
* [[Dharmatma (1935 film)|''Dharmatma'']] (1935)
* [[Chandrasena (1935 film)|''Chandrasena'']] (1935)
* ''[[Amar Jyoti]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Duniya Na Mane]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Kunku]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Manoos]]'' (1939)
* [[Aadmi (1939 film)|''Aadmi'']] (1939)
* [[Padosi (film)|''Padosi'']] (1941)

====[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]====
* [[Shakuntala (1943 film)|''Shakuntala'']] (1943)
* ''Bhagawan Das Patel'' (1997)
* {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]}} (1946)
* ''[[Lokshahir Ram Joshi]]'' (1947)
* [[Apna Desh (1949 film)|''Apna Desh'']] (1949)
* [[Dahej (film)|''Dahej'']] (1950)
* ''[[Amar Bhoopali]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Teen Batti Char Raasta]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Surang]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Subah Ka Tara]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Navrang]]'' (1959)
* [[Stree (1961 film)|''Stree'']] (1961)
* [[Sehra (film)|''Sehra'']] (1963)
* ''[[Geet Gaya Patharon Ne]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Ladki Sahyadri Ki]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Boond Jo Ban Gayee Moti]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli]]'' (1971)
* [[Pinjra (film)|''Pinjra'']] (1973)
* ''[[Jhanjhaar]]'' (1987)

{{refend}}
Source: IMDB<ref>{{cite web |title=IMDB Profile films |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788391/filmoyear |publisher=IMDB |access-date=16 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904020029/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788391/filmoyear |archive-date=4 September 2013}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==

===Recognition===

* 2017 – on 18 November 2017, [[Google]] honored Shantaram on his 116th Birthday with a [[Google Doodle]] on their Indian front page.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/doodles/v-shantarams-116th-birthday |title=V. Shantaram's 116th Birthday |website=www.google.com |language=en |access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waS_vQabXdo V. Shantaram Google Doodle | Biography of V. Shantaram]. YouTube (17 November 2017). Retrieved on 2018-11-20.</ref>
* 1952 – ''[[The Immortal Song|Amar Bhoopali]]'' (''The Immortal Song'') competed at the [[1952 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web |title=Awards for Amar Bhoopali (1951) |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331417/awards |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904013558/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331417/awards |archive-date=4 September 2013}}</ref>

===Awards ===
* [[3rd National Film Awards|1955]] – [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#All India Certificate of Merit|All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film]] – ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]''<ref name="3rdawardPDF">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf |title=3rd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=1 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232134/http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf |archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>
* 1955 – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] – ''Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje''<ref name="3rdawardPDF" />
* [[5th National Film Awards|1957]] – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]] – ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''<ref name="5thawardPDF">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf |title=5th National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103222703/http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf |archive-date=3 November 2013 |access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>
* 1957 – President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi – ''Do Aankhen Barah Haath''<ref name="5thawardPDF" />
* 1957 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]] – ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]''
* 1958 – [[8th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]], [[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]] – ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''<ref name="IMDB-Do-Aankhen">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards Awards for Do Aankhen Barah Haath] ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904014446/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards|date=4 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="berlinale 1958">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |title=Berlin Film Festival: Prize Winners |access-date=1 January 2010 |work=berlinale.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121020/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1958 – [[8th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]], [[Silver Bear]] (Special Prize) – ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''<ref name=IMDB-Do-Aankhen/><ref name="berlinale 1958" />
* 1959 - [[16th Golden Globe Awards]], [[16th_Golden_Globe_Awards#Samuel_Goldwyn_International_Film_Award|Samuel Goldwyn International Film Award]] – ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' (won)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards |title=Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1958) - Awards |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-date=4 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904014446/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>
https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/do-ankhen-barah-haath-two-eyes-twelve-hands</ref>
* 1985 – [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
* 1992 – [[Padma Vibhushan]] (posthumous)

==See also==
* [[List of Indian winners and nominees of the Golden Globe Awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Biographies==
* Shantaram, Kiran & Narwekar, Sanjit; ''V Shantaram: The Legacy of the Royal Lotus'', 2003, Rupa & Co., {{ISBN|978-81-291-0218-8}}.
* Banerjee, Shampa; ''Profiles, five film-makers from India: V. Shantaram, Raj Kapoor, Mrinal Sen, Guru Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak'' Directorate of Film Festivals, National Film Development Corp, 1985.

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0788391|name=V. Shantaram}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110201142316/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2001/11/30/stories/2001113000910400.htm 'Well ahead of his times', Article on V.Shantaram in ''The Hindu'' dated 30 November 2001]

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