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Shanta Apte (1916–1964) was an Indian actress-singer who worked in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Renowned for her roles in films like Duniya Na Mane /Kunku (1937) and Amar Jyoti (1936) under the Prabhat Films banner, she was active in Indian cinema from 1932 to 1958.
Shanta Apte was born in 1916 in Dudhni, Bombay Presidency, British India. She was an actress, known for Kunku (1937) , Wahan (1937) and Rajput Ramani (1936) . She died on 24 February 1964 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
Oct 10, 2014 · Shanta Apte Biography. Shanta Apte was a singer-actress of Indian cinema in the 1930s and 1940s. She acted in Hindi and Marathi films and has also done a Tamil film – Savithri (1941), where the legendary singer and Indian Nightingale M. S. Subbulakshmi also worked. For the movie, Duniya Na Mane (1937) she sang an English song.
Credited as one of the great singing stars of the pre-playback era, along with Kanan Devi, Shanta Apte was born on 23 November, 1916. She worked in both Marathi and Hindi cinema, and is memorable for her roles in films such as Duniya Na Mane/ Kunku (1937) and Amar Jyoti (1936). Active in cinema from 1932 to 1958, she brought spontaneity and zest into the hitherto melancholic style of song renditions in films. Apte was considered ‘a woman of rare mettle’, whether it was...
Feb 24, 2020 · Here is a unique English song sung by Shanta Apte in the same film, which is actually the poem ‘Song of Life’ by Longfellow. 7. Kanha sab ko mohe mangal roop tumhara from Gopal Krishna (1938), lyrics SL Srivastava, music Master Krishnarao. This is an extremely melodious song, but rarely heard on the radio.
May 21, 2022 · Born Shanta Apte 1916 Dudhni, Maharashtra, British India Died 1964 (aged 47–48) Andheri, Bombay, Maharashtra, India Cause of death Heart attack Occupation Singer-actress
Jul 1, 2020 · In 1939, at the height of her stardom, the actress Shanta Apte went on a spectacular hunger strike in protest against her employers at Prabhat Studios in Poona, India. The following year, Apte wrote a harsh polemic against the extractive nature of the film industry. In Jaau Mi Cinemaat? (Should I Join the Movies?, 1940), she highlighted the durational depletion of the human body that is specific to acting work. This article interrogates these two unprecedented cultural events—a strike and ...
