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‘The stormy petrel of the Indian screen’: Shanta Apte
A tribute to Shanta Apte on her 56th Remembrance Day (b. 23 November 1916/1918 – d. 24 February 1964)
I became aware of Shanta Apte quite late compared to her contemporary Kanan Devi about whom I was quite familiar from my very young radio listening days. Today I know that Shanta Apte was to Pune/Bombay what Kanan Devi was to Calcutta. The former was the First Lady of the Prabhat Studios while the latter was the First Lady of the New Theatres. These two great film companies in the studio era occupied the pole position in Poona/Bombay and Calcutta respectively. Kanan Devi was a bilingual actor-singer in Bengali and Hindi, and likewise Shanta Apte in Marathi-Hindi. The two studios often made bilingual films, one in Hindi and the other in their respective regional language. Shanta Apte and Kanan Devi were the top female actor-singers of the 1930s and early 40s. Yet with such uncanny symmetry, it is surprising that while AIR was very enamoured of the New Theatres, they almost completely blacked out, as far as I ca
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Shanta Apte
Indian actress, singer
Shanta Apte (1916–1964) was an Indian actress-singer who worked in Marathi and Hindi cinema.[1] 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. Apte's impact on Marathi cinema "paralleled" that of Kanan Devi in Bengali cinema.[2] Along with Kanan Devi, Apte is cited as one of the "great singing stars" from before the playback singing era.[3] Apte began her career in films playing the role of a young Radha in the Marathi film Shyamsunder (1932). She joined Prabhat Films acting in her first Hindi language film Amrit Manthan in (1934).[4]
She brought a change in the static style of song renditions in films with her "spontaneous gestures and eye movements". A "woman of rare mettle", she staged a hunger strike in 1939 at the Prabhat Studios gate following a disagreement regarding a clause in her contract.[citation needed] Cited as a "domestic guerrilla" following he
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Shanta Apte
Shanta Apte (1916-1964) is a Bollywood, Marathi Actress known for the movies Amar Jyoti(1936), Amrit Manthan(1934), Toofani Taruni(1934)
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| Other Names | Shantha Apte |
| Date Of Birth | 1916 |
| Age | (Age at Death: 47 years 1 months 24 days) |
| Place Of Birth | Dudhni, Maharashtra, India |
| Date Of Death | 24 February 1964 |
| Place Of Death | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (heart attack) |
| Biography No film star created as much sensation by her behavior as did Shanta Apte, who was aptly described as “the stormy petrel of the Indian screen.” Now a decade after her death, she seems to have created another sensation. In the Diwali issue of a local Marathi weekly a stage artiste Nayana Apte has confessed that she is the daughter of Shanta | |
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