V. Shantaram

V. Shantaram ( Marathi . व्ही शांताराम VHI Śāntārām. , Bourgeois: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre , Marathi शांताराम राजाराम वणकुद्रे Śāntārām Rajaram Vaṇkudre * 18th November 1901 in Kolhapur , Kolhapur , † the thirtieth October 1990 in Bombay , Maharashtra ) was an Indian film director and actors.

Life

Shantaram had no schooling, and as a teenager he did various odd jobs, going from a job on the railroad to jobs in film. At Baburao Painter he learned the film trade in the 1920s, initially in the role of actor. In 1927 he made his directorial debut with Netaji Palkar at Painters Maharashtra Film Company .

In 1929 he founded the Prabhat Film Company with four partners and made films with mythological and historical subjects in the 1930s. It originated among other Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) and Amar Jyoti (1936), both with Durga Khote in the lead role.

After that Shantaram made two notable films without the popular happy ending, each in a Hindi and a Marathi version. Duniya Na Mane / Kunku (1937) is the story of a young woman who is reluctant to marry a much older man. At the end of the film the man kills himself and she is apparently free, but as a widow in a traditional Hindu society she is even worse off. In Aadmi / Manoos (1939) a love story develops between a prostitute and a police officer. However, the woman does not succeed in switching to a normal life and so the end is the beginning again.

His first color film, the dance epic Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), was a box-office success and Shantaram received the Filmfare Award / Best Director . Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957) has received international prizes . He received the Silver Bear at the 1958 Berlinale .

V. Shantaram often worked with his younger brother, cameraman V. Avadhoot . He received the 1985 Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian film .

Filmography

Film director

(M) = Marathi / (H) = Hindi / (Tam) = Tamil / (Tel) = Telugu

• 1927: Netaji Palkar
• 1929: Gopal Krishna
• 1930: Khooni Khanjar
• 1930: Rani Saheba
• 1930: Udaykal
• 1931: Chandrasena
• 1932: Ayodhyecha Raja (M) / Ayodhya Ka Raja (H)
• 1932: Jalti Nishani (H) / Agnikankan (M)
• 1932: Maya Machhindra (M) / (H)
• 1933: Sairandhri (M) / (H)
• 1933: Sinhagad (M)
• 1934: Amrite manthan (M) / (H)
• 1935: Chandrasena (M) / (H) / (Tam)
• 1935: Dharmatma (M) / (H)
• 1936: Amar Jyoti (H)
• 1937: Kunku (M) / Duniya Na Mane (H)
• 1939: Manoos (M) / Aadmi (H)
• 1941: Shejari (M) / Padosi (H)
• 1943: Shakuntala (H)
• 1944: Parbat Pe Apna Dera (H)
• 1946: Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (H)
• 1947: Lokshahir Ramjoshi (M) / Matwala Shayar Ramjoshi (H)
• 1949: Apna Desh (M) / Nam Naadu (Tel)
• 1950: Dahej (H)
• 1952: Amar Bhoopali (M)
• 1952: Parchain (H)
• 1953: Surang (H)
• 1953: Teen Batti Char Raasta (H)
• 1954: Subah Ka Tara (H)
• 1955: Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (H)
• 1957: Two Eyes - Twelve Hands (Do Aankhen Barah Haath) (H)
• 1959: Navrang (H)
• 1961: Stree (H)
• 1963: Sehra (H)
• 1964: Geet Gaaya Pattharone (H)
• 1965: Iye Marathyachi Nagari (M) / Ladki Sahyadri Ki (H)
• 1967: Boond Jo Ban Gaye Moti (H)
• 1971: Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli (H)
• 1972: Pinjra (M) / (H)
• 1977: Chaani (M) / (H)
• 1986: Jhanjhar (H)

actor

• 1921: Surekha Haran
• 1923: Sinhagad
• 1923: Shri Krishnavatar
• 1924: Sati Padmini
• 1925: Shahala Shah
• 1925: Savkari Pash
• 1925: Rana Hamir
• 1925: Maya Bazaar
• 1926: Gaja Gauri
• 1926: Bhakta Prahlad
• 1927: Muraliwala
• 1927: Sati Savitri
• 1928: Maharathi Karna
• 1929: Baji Prabhu Deshpande
• 1929: Nisha Sundari
• 1930: Rani Saheba
• 1930: Udaykal
• 1944: Parbat Pe Apna Dera
• 1946: Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani
• 1957: Two Eyes - Twelve Hands (Do Aankhen Barah Haath)
• 1961: Stree

Web links

• V. Shantaram in the Internet Movie Database (English)