Shanta Hublikar
{{short description|Indian actress, singer}}
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| birth_name = Rajamma
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|4|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Adargunchi, Hubballi Karnataka, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|7|17|1914|4|14|df=y}}
| death_place =Pune, Maharashtra
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| occupation = {{hlist|actress|singer}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Bapusaheb Gite|1939|1977|end=d.}}
| children = 1
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| years_active = 1934–1963
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Shanta Hublikar (14 April 1914 – 17 July 1992), was an actress and singer from early years of Indian cinema. Shanta worked in Marathi, Hindi and Kannada films from 1934 to 1963. Her songs Ab kis liye kalki baat from Aadmi{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiavideo.org/cinema/aadmi-v-shantaram-7402.php |title=Shantaram's 'Aadmi' |website=indiavideo.org}} and its Marathi version Kashala udyachi baat from Manoos{{cite news |last1=Shukla |first1=Rupali |title=V Shantaram's revolutionary film 'Manoos' completes 75 years |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/V-Shantarams-revolutionary-film-Manoos-completes-75-years/articleshow/41898152.cms |accessdate=22 February 2015 |work=The Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. |date=7 September 2014}} became immensely popular and established her as a star actress of her time.
Personal life
Born as Rajamma in Adargunchi, a village in Hubballi in Karnataka, Shanta came to Kolhapur to work in films when she was 18.{{Cite web |url=https://m.facebook.com/391149464326895/photos/a.399025396872635/935220473253122/?type=3 |title=Imprints and Images of Indian Film Music |via=Facebook}}
Shanta married to Bapusahep Gite, a business man from Poona (now Pune) in 1939. She was fluent in Kannada, Marathi and Hindi.
Career
In 1934, she first did a minor role in the film Bhedi Rajkumar/Thaksen Rajputra. Her first major role was in Kanhopatra (1937). Soon she was hired by Prabhat Film Company and cast her in Marthi-Hindi bilingual Majha Mulga/Mera Ladka in 1938 {{Cite web |url=http://www.prabhatfilm.com/films.htm |title=Prabhat Films List |website=Prabhat films.com}}
Shanta impressed V. Shantaram by her singing and acting which led to cast her in his path-breaking movie Aadmi/Manoos in Hindi and Marathi respectively. Shanta played the role of a prostitute which was a bold step in those days.{{Cite web |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/film-still-of-actress-shanta-hublikar-in-the-film-manoos-aadmi/kQF5T8E-WtxfCg?hl=en |title=Still of Shanta Hublikar |website=Arts and Culture.google.com}} Shanta became popular as a singer too.
After Aadmi's success, Shanta went on to appear in many movies including her only Kannada film Jeevana Nataka in 1942.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Autobiography
Shanta has written an autobiography in Marathi, "Kashala Udyachi Baat" published by Srividya Publications.{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.in/Kashala-Udyachi-Baat-Shanta-Hublikar/dp/B073TKS3S1 |title=Shanta Hublikar's autobiography "Kashala Udyachi Baat" |publisher=Srividya publication(Amazon.in) |date=1 January 2017}}
Book in Kannada
Noted writer A.N.Prahlada Rao, has written a book 'Shanta Hublikar' in Kannada, published by Rashtrottahana Parishat.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
Death
After husband's death in 1977, Shanta became alone, spent her last days in an old age home in Pune and died on 17 July 1992.{{Cite web |url=https://www.marathisrushti.com/profiles/shanta-hublikar/ |title=Shanta Hublikar lifestory |website=MarathiSrushti.com}}
She had also lived in Shraddhanand Mahila Ashram Vasai west in the late 1980s.
Filmography
- Bhedka Rajkumar (1934)
- Kanhopatra (1937)
- Mera Ladka (1937)
- Manoos/Aadmi (1939){{Cite web |url=https://movies.ndtv.com/regional/trailblazing-marathi-movie-i-manoos-i-completes-75-years-661428 |title=Trailblazing Marathi Movie Manoos Completes 75 Years - NDTV Movies |website=NDTVMovies.com}}
- Ghar Ki Laaj (1941)
- Pahila Palna (1942)
- Jeevana Nataka (1942)
- Malan (1942)
- Kul Kalank (1945)
- Jeevan Chaya (1946)
- Sowbhagyavathi Bhavh (1958)
- Ghar Grihasthi (1958)
- Holiday in Bombay (1963)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0399532}}
- [https://wynk.in/u/QMDCILnae Shanta Hublikar songs on Wynk.in]
- [https://gaana.com/artist/shanta-hublikar Shanta Hublikar songs on Gaana.com]
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