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Shobhana Samarth (née Saroj Shilotri; 17 November 1916 – 9 February 2000) was an Indian director, actress and producer, who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Hindi film industry and continued in lead roles into the 1950s.
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Back in those times, the industry wasn’t known by the name of Bollywood. It was still Hindi cinema industry in the making. Shobhna Samarth entered the industry in its initial phase where a woman’s role in a film was either performed by a sex worker or men who dressed up as women. Moreover, this profession was not highly paid or respected, neither w...
She married Kumarsen Samarth and the couple had four children; three daughters – Nutan, Tanuja, Chatura and a son – Jaideep. Nutan and Tanuja joined the profession of acting, whereas Chatura became an artist. Nutan and Shobhna had a strained relationship for over two decades. The duo reconciled towards the last days of Nutan’s life when she was dia...
After acting as a lead actress in more than 50 films, she eventually became a producer and set up Shobhna Films. She directed two movies: Hamari Beti (1950) and Chhabili (1960) in which she launched her daughters Nutan and Tanuja. Dwelling in times when cinema was a budding industry which was largely not accepting of female presence, Shobhna Samart...
Shobhana Samarth (17 November 1916 – 9 February 2000) was an Indian film actress, director and producer who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Hindi film industry, and continued in lead roles into the 1950s.
Feb 9, 2000 · Shobhna successfully launched both her daughters in film industry. Her elder daughter Nutan debuted big screen as a child artist with Shobhna’s debut movie as a director, Hamari beti. The movie was released in 1950, directed by Shobhna.
Shobhna Samarth was an Indian actress, director and producer of Marathi films. She started her film career in the early days of Indian film industry. Although her career started with Marathi cinema, she also did a number of Hindi films. Her first Hindi film, ‘Nigahen Nafrat’ was released in 1935. Shobhna Samarth is best remembered ...
Shobhana Samarth (née Saroj Shilotri; 17 November 1916 – 9 February 2000) was an Indian director, actress and producer, who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Hindi film industry and continued in lead roles into the 1950s.
Oct 29, 1999 · Today, even though Shobhana chooses to live alone in her cottage in Lonavala -- with her three dogs and a domestic help -- she is in touch with the film industry through her grandchildren.
