SHOBHNA SAMARTH – Film Actress
Shobhna Samarth - (c.
1915 – 9 February 2000)
was born as Saroj Shilotri to banker P.S. Shilotri and his wife, Rattan Bai.
She began her career in
the early days of talkie movies in the Indian film industry, and continued in
lead roles into the 1950s. She started in Marathi
cinema. Her first Hindi film, Nigahen
Nafrat was released in 1935. She is best remembered for her portrayal of
Sita in Ram Rajya
(1943).
She
was married to director and cinematographer Kumarsen Samarth from Vile Parle (E),
Mumbai. They had three daughters and a son. Eventually the couple parted
amicably and Shobhana became linked to actor Motilal.
Two
of her daughters, Nutan
and Tanuja,
also became actresses. Shobhana produced their debut films. Another daughter,
Chatura, is an artist, and her daughter Reshma, who is married, currently lives
in St. Louis, MO. Chatura never acted in films neither her daughter Reshma.
Nutan's
son Mohnish Behl
is also an actor as are Tanuja's daughters Kajol & Tanisha
Mukherjee. Kajol is married to actor Ajay Devgan.
She and daughter Nutan were estranged for more than two decades but reconciled
in the year 1983 before Nutan's death from cancer in February 1991.
At
her own death from cancer in 2000, Shobhna had seven granddaughters, one
grandson, three great-granddaughters, and two great-grandsons.She was Lux's
first heroine
Samarth
won a Filmfare
Special Award in 1996.
Her
movies include:
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