V. Shantaram

V. Shantaram (1901-1990) is a Bollywood Director known for the movies Maya Machhindra(1932), Amrit Manthan(1934), Chandrasena(1935)

Other Names	Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
Date Of Birth	18 November 1901
Age	(Age at Death: 88 years 11 months 12 days)
Place Of Birth	Kolhapur, Maharashtra, British India
Date Of Death	30 October 1990
Place Of Death	Mumbai, India
Daughters	Rajshree(Jayashree) , Tejasri(Jayashree) , Madhura(Vimala) , Saroj(Vimala) , Charushila(Vimala)
Wives	Jayashree(2nd) , Vimala(1st)
Mother	Kamala
Daughter In-Law	Meenaxi
Father	Rajaram
Sons	Prabhat kumar(Vimala) , Kiran Kumar(Jayashree)
Biography Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre referred to as V. Shantaram, was an Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. Vankudre was born in princely state of Kolhapur (in present day Maharashtra) into a Maharashtrian family.Marathi Jain father, Hindu mother. V. Shantaram started his film career doing odd jobs in Maharashtra Film Co. owned by Baburao Painter at Kolhapur. He went on to debut as an actor in the silent film, Surekha Haran in 1921.

Interesting Facts and Trivia

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was conferred on him in 1985. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1992.
The V. Shantaram Award was consitituted by Central Government and Maharashtra State Government.
His autobiography Shantarama was published in Hindi and Marathi.
He then married actress Jayashree, with whom he had three children Kiran, actress Rajshree and Tejasri.
He used to live at Panhala. His daughter, Saroj has maintained his house and converted it into a hotel, Valley View.

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