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{{short description|Indian film director, producer, and actor}}
{{short description|Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1901–1990)}}
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| birth_date  = {{birth date |df=yes|1901|11|18}}
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| birth_place  = [[Kolhapur]], [[Kolhapur State]], [[British India]]
| birth_place  = [[Kolhapur]], [[Kolhapur State]], [[British India]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|10|30|1901|11|18}}<br /> [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|10|30|1901|11|18}}<br /> [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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*{{marriage|Vimalabai<br/>|1921<!--polygamy-->}}
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*{{marriage|[[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]]<br/>|1956<!--polygamy-->}}
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| other names = Annasaheb
| other names = Annasaheb, Shantaram Bapu
| nationality        =[[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British Indian]] {{small|(1901–1947)}}<br/>[[Indian people|Indian]] {{small|(1947–1990)}}
| occupation  = {{hlist|Film Director|Film Producer|Screenwriter|Actor|Editor}}
| 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>
| 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}}
| 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 <br/>[[16th Golden Globe Awards#Samuel Goldwyn International Film Award|Samuel Goldwyn International Film Award]]|1959}} {{Awards|[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]|1985}} {{Awards|[[Padma Vibhushan]]|1992}}
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'''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''.
'''Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre''' (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), also known as '''V. Shantaram''' or '''Shantaram Bapu''', was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and editor 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 best 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==
==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>
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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080714173748/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001208/falis.htm Remembering the Pioneer] screenindia.</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.
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 be 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>
<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 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>
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><ref>{{cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=Google doodle honours V Shantaram on his 116th birth anniversary |url=https://scroll.in/latest/858318/google-doodle-honours-v-shantaram-on-his-116th-birth-anniversary |website=Scroll.in |language=en |date=18 November 2017}}</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.
Shantaram introduced his daughter [[Rajshree]] and [[Jeetendra]] in the 1964 film ''[[Geet Gaya Patharon Ne]]''. He also introduced his third 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>
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>
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[[File:V Shantaram 2001 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Shantaram on a 2001 stamp of India]]
[[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.
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.
==Early life==
Shantaram was born as one of five brothers in 1901 at [[Kolhapur]] to a Marathi Jain Kasar father and a hindu mother.<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> Shantaram was  maternal cousin of famous Marathi film director [[Master Vinayak]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bollywoodirect.medium.com/remembering-master-vinayak-on-his-113th-birth-anniversary-56e740fc139f | title=Remembering Master Vinayak on his 113th birth anniversary | date=19 January 2019 }}</ref> (father of Bollywood actress [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/nanda-the-little-known-life-of-a-screen-goddess-638178 | title=Nanda: The little-known life of a screen goddess }}</ref> as well as [[Baburao Pendharkar]] and [[Bhalji Pendharkar]]. He used to live at [[Panhala]] near [[Kolhapur]] in [[Maharashtra]] state before moving to Pune and then ultimately Bombay.


==Personal life==
==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 1921, aged 20, he married 12-year-old Vimalabai in a match arranged by their families. They had four children: son Prabhat Kumar (whom Shantaram named after [[Prabhat Film Company|his movie company]]) and daughters Saroj, Madhura and Charusheela. Saroj, the eldest daughter, is married to Soli Engineer, a [[Parsi]], and they run the Grand Hotel in Mumbai and the Valley View Grand Resort at [[Panhala]] near [[Kolhapur]], built on Shantaram's farmhouse, which was inherited by Saroj. Shantaram's second daughter, author 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 former film actor [[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.
In 1941, Shantaram married actress Jayashree (née Kamulkar), with whom he had worked 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. The couple divorced in 1956.<ref>{{cite web |title="My father married the women he loved" |date= 29 October 2015 |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/my-father-married-the-women-he-loved-11023.html}}</ref>


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.
In 1956, just before the law was changed to prohibit polygamy for [[Hindu]]s, Shantaram married another of his leading ladies, the actress [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] (née Vijaya Deshmukh), who had 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.


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


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.
Vimalabai died in 2008 after being bedridden for four years. Jayashree died peacefully in her sleep in 2003. Sandhya (Vijaya Deshmukh) died in 2025.


===V. Shantaram worked in railway workshop Hubballi, Karnataka State===
===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.  
V. Shantaram's family moved from [[Kolhapur]] to Hubbbali also known as [[Hubli]] in [[Dharwar district, Bombay state]] [[Now Karnataka]] in 1917 facing a tough time financially. Shantaram, then a teenager joined the railway workshop at Hubballi as a fitter 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.
In the evenings he worked as a door keeper at NEW Deccan Cinema Theatre at Hubballi. Although he was not paid for this job, he was allowed to watch all movies screened for free. There he watched movies of [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], father of Indian Cinema, and developed a passion for the movies. He learnt photography and sign board painting in Hubballi. He later said that the first time he touched a camera, he instantly connected to it.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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===As actor===
===As actor===
*''[[Surekha Haran]]'' (1921)
*''[[Surekha Haran]]'' (1921)
* [[Sinhagad (film)|''Sinhagad'']] (1923)
* ''[[Savkari Pash]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Savkari Pash]]'' (1925)
* [[Stree (1961 film)|''Stri'']] (1961)
* [[Sinhagad (film)|''Sinhagad'']] (1933)
* ''[[Parchhain]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Parchhain]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Do Ankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Do Ankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1957)
* [[Stree (1961 film)|''Stree'']] (1961)


===As producer===
===As producer===
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====[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]====
====[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]====
* [[Shakuntala (1943 film)|''Shakuntala'']] (1943)
* [[Shakuntala (1943 film)|''Shakuntala'']] (1943)
* ''Bhagawan Das Patel'' (1997)
* {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]}} (1946)
* {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]}} (1946)
* ''[[Lokshahir Ram Joshi]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Lokshahir Ram Joshi]]'' (1947)
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===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>
* 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://doodles.google/doodle/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>
* 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 ===
===Awards ===
*[[1952 Cannes Film Festival]] – [[Vulcan Award|Vulcan Award - Technical Grand Prize]] for Direction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/amar-bhoopali|title=AMAR BHOOPALI|website=Festival de Cannes}}</ref>
* [[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>
* [[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" />
* 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" />
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* 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]], [[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" />
* 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>
* 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>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050322/awards | title=Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957) - Awards - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</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>{{cite web | url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/do-ankhen-barah-haath-two-eyes-twelve-hands | title=Do Ankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) }}</ref>
https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/do-ankhen-barah-haath-two-eyes-twelve-hands</ref>
* 1985 – [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
* 1985 – [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
* 1992 – [[Padma Vibhushan]] (posthumous)
* 1992 – [[Padma Vibhushan]] (posthumous)
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Indian winners and nominees of the Golden Globe Awards]]
* [[List of Indian winners and nominees of the Golden Globe Awards]]
* [[V. Shantaram Award]]


==References==
==References==
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* Shantaram, Kiran & Narwekar, Sanjit; ''V Shantaram: The Legacy of the Royal Lotus'', 2003, Rupa & Co., {{ISBN|978-81-291-0218-8}}.
* 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.
* 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.
* Pandit Jasraj, Madhura, ''V. Shantaram: The Man Who Changed Indian Cinema'', Hay House, 2015<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-09 |title=Madhura Pandit's biography focuses more on her father and filmmaker-actor V. Shantaram's work than his personal life |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/books/story/20150921-its-strictly-professional-v-shantaram-820415-2015-09-09 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
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V. Shantaram
Shantaram in 1938
Born
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre

(1901-11-18)18 November 1901
Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India
Died30 October 1990(1990-10-30) (aged 88)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other namesAnnasaheb, Shantaram Bapu
Occupation
  • Film Director
  • Film Producer
  • Screenwriter
  • Actor
  • Editor
Years active1921–1987[1]
Spouse(s)
Vimalabai
​
(
m. 1921)
Jayashree
​
(
m. 1941; div. 1956)
​
(
m. 1956)
AwardsBest Director
1957 Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Best Film
1958
Samuel Goldwyn International Film Award 1959
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
1985
Padma Vibhushan
1992

Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), also known as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and editor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films.[2] He is best known for films such as 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), Pinjara (1972), Chani, Iye Marathiche Nagari and Zunj.

Career[edit | edit source]

V. Shantaram started his film career doing odd jobs in Maharashtra Film Co. owned by Baburao Painter at Kolhapur.[3] He went on to debut as an actor in the silent film Surekha Haran in 1921.[4]

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 be rehearsed several times before they were approved by V. Shantaram. [5] He was praised by Charlie Chaplin for his Marathi film Manoos. Chaplin reportedly liked the film to a great extent.[6]

He directed his first film Netaji Palkar, in 1927.[7] 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.[8] He left Prabhat co. in 1942 to form "Rajkamal Kalamandir" in Mumbai.[9] In time, "Rajkamal" became one of the most sophisticated studios of the country.[10][11]

Shantaram introduced his daughter Rajshree and Jeetendra in the 1964 film Geet Gaya Patharon Ne. He also introduced his third 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.[12] He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1992.[13]

His autobiography Shantarama was published in Hindi and Marathi.[12][14]

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.[12] A postage stamp dedicated to Shantaram was released by India Post on 17 November 2001.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Shantaram was born as one of five brothers in 1901 at Kolhapur to a Marathi Jain Kasar father and a hindu mother.[15] Shantaram was maternal cousin of famous Marathi film director Master Vinayak,[16] (father of Bollywood actress Nanda)[17] as well as Baburao Pendharkar and Bhalji Pendharkar. He used to live at Panhala near Kolhapur in Maharashtra state before moving to Pune and then ultimately Bombay.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

In 1921, aged 20, he married 12-year-old Vimalabai in a match arranged by their families. They had four children: son Prabhat Kumar (whom Shantaram named after his movie company) and daughters Saroj, Madhura and Charusheela. Saroj, the eldest daughter, is married to Soli Engineer, a Parsi, and they run the Grand Hotel in Mumbai and the Valley View Grand Resort at Panhala near Kolhapur, built on Shantaram's farmhouse, which was inherited by Saroj. Shantaram's second daughter, author Madhura, is the wife of Pandit Jasraj and mother of music director Shaarang Dev Pandit and of TV personality Durga Jasraj.[18] Shantaram's third daughter, Charusheela, is the mother of former film actor Siddharth Ray.

In 1941, Shantaram married actress Jayashree (née Kamulkar), with whom he had worked in several films, including Shakuntala (1942). He had three children with Jayashree: a son, the Marathi film director and producer Kiran Shantaram,[19][20] and two daughters, the actress Rajshree and Tejashree. The couple divorced in 1956.[21]

In 1956, just before the law was changed to prohibit polygamy for Hindus, Shantaram married another of his leading ladies, the actress Sandhya (née Vijaya Deshmukh), who had 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.

Death[edit | edit source]

Shantaram died on 30 October 1990 in Mumbai.[22] He was survived by his three wives and seven children.

Vimalabai died in 2008 after being bedridden for four years. Jayashree died peacefully in her sleep in 2003. Sandhya (Vijaya Deshmukh) died in 2025.

V. Shantaram worked in railway workshop Hubballi, Karnataka State[edit | edit source]

V. Shantaram's family moved from Kolhapur to Hubbbali also known as Hubli in Dharwar district, Bombay state Now Karnataka in 1917 facing a tough time financially. Shantaram, then a teenager joined the railway workshop at Hubballi as a fitter 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. Although he was not paid for this job, he was allowed to watch all movies screened for free. There he watched movies of Dadasaheb Phalke, father of Indian Cinema, and developed a passion for the movies. He learnt photography and sign board painting in Hubballi. He later said that the first time he touched a camera, he instantly connected to it.

Filmography[edit | edit source]

As actor[edit | edit source]

As producer[edit | edit source]

As director[edit | edit source]

Maharashtra Film Company[edit | edit source]

Prabhat Film Company[edit | edit source]

Rajkamal Kalamandir[edit | edit source]

Source: IMDB[23]

Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]

Recognition[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Dadasaheb Phalke Award filmography. ultraindia.com Archived 7 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Tilak, Shrinivas (2006). Understanding Karma: In Light of Paul Ricoeur's Philosophical Anthropology and Hemeneutics. International Centre for Cultural Studies. p. 306. ISBN 978-81-87420-20-0. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Biography – The V. Shantaram Centennial Collection Archived 2 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Remembering the Pioneer screenindia.
  5. ↑ Narwekar, Kiran Shantaram with Sanjit (2003). V. Shantaram, the legacy of the Royal Lotus. New Delhi: Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-81-291-0218-8.
  6. ↑ Charlie Chaplin saluted V. Shantaram. In.movies.yahoo.com (18 November 2013). Retrieved on 2018-11-20.
  7. ↑ Lal, S. (1 January 2008). 50 Magnificent Indians Of The 20Th Century. Jaico Publishing House. pp. 274–. ISBN 978-81-7992-698-7. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  8. ↑ A navrang of Shantaram's films – Retrospective The Hindu, 2 May 2002. Archived 1 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Founders Prabhat Film Company Archived 3 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Well ahead of his times The Hindu, 30 November 2001. Archived 1 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Scroll Staff (18 November 2017). "Google doodle honours V Shantaram on his 116th birth anniversary". Scroll.in.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 17th Awardee Dada Saheb Phalke Awards, List of Awardees. Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Official List of Awardees Padma Vibhushan. Archived 15 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ "50 years of a Shantaram classic". Times of India. 28 September 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  15. ↑ Lyden, John (2009). The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film. Taylor & Francis. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-415-44853-6.
  16. ↑ "Remembering Master Vinayak on his 113th birth anniversary". 19 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Nanda: The little-known life of a screen goddess".
  18. ↑ Jai ho! Jasraj. The Hindu. 8 October 2007.
  19. ↑ Gavankar, Nilu N. (26 July 2011). The Desai Trio and the Movie Industry of India. AuthorHouse. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4685-9981-7. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  20. ↑ Mishra, Ambarish (28 September 2006). "50 years of a Shantaram classic". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  21. ↑ ""My father married the women he loved"". 29 October 2015.
  22. ↑ Biography American Film Institute.
  23. ↑ "IMDB Profile films". IMDB. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  24. ↑ "V. Shantaram's 116th Birthday". www.google.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  25. ↑ V. Shantaram Google Doodle | Biography of V. Shantaram. YouTube (17 November 2017). Retrieved on 2018-11-20.
  26. ↑ "Awards for Amar Bhoopali (1951)". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  27. ↑ "AMAR BHOOPALI". Festival de Cannes.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "3rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "5th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Awards for Do Aankhen Barah Haath Internet Movie Database. Archived 4 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Berlin Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  32. ↑ "Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957) - Awards - IMDb". IMDb.
  33. ↑ "Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1958) - Awards". IMDb. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  34. ↑ "Do Ankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands)".

Biographies[edit | edit source]

  • 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.
  • Pandit Jasraj, Madhura, V. Shantaram: The Man Who Changed Indian Cinema, Hay House, 2015[1]

External links[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Madhura Pandit's biography focuses more on her father and filmmaker-actor V. Shantaram's work than his personal life". India Today. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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