Veteran Bollywood actress Shashikala isn’t any extra. She was 88. The actress handed away in her Mumbai residence on Sunday, though official affirmation from her household is awaited. Mourning the loss of life of the actress, many Bollywood celebrities together with Lata Mangeshkar, Farhan Akhtar, Rohit Roy, Adnan Sami and Naved Jafri took to their social media accounts and paid their tribute.
Lata Mangeshkar referred to as Shashikala a gifted artiste who did full justice to each character she performed.
“I’m saddened after studying concerning the demise of the gifted actor Shashikala. She performed each form of function with equal elan.
Could she relaxation in peace. My condolences to her household,” she mentioned.
“RIP Shashikala-ji. Condolences to the household,” actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar wrote on Twitter.
Naved Jafri took to his Instagram and shared an image of the late actress. He captioned the image, “Our pricey Shashikala Ji isn’t any extra. She was an important artist. Could the almighty give the household energy and endurance to bear this irreplaceable loss. Deepest condolences. #ShashiKala #RIPShashikala.”
Tv actor Rohit Bose Roy additionally took to Twitter to pay his condolence. He wrote, “Shashikala ji… RIP.”
Singer Adnan Sani tweeted, “Saddened to be taught that legendary actress Shashikala ji has handed away… She was an excellent & versatile actress. Could she relaxation in peace…Folded arms.”
Union minister Jitendra Singh and Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar additionally paid wealthy tributes to the late star.
Singh shared a line from the tune “Kyun Mujhe Itni Khushi”, which featured Shashikala and Deven Verma, from the 1966 movie “Anupama”.
“#Shashikala no extra. She was among the many final from that Golden Age style of Bollywood. RIP,” the minister mentioned.
Pawar mentioned he was “saddened” to listen to concerning the demise of the veteran actor.
“She made a major mark on the Indian movie business together with her hard-earned and well-deserved profession. Condolences to her household and pals. RIP,” the NCP chief mentioned in a tweet.
Born in Solapur, Maharashtra, Shashikala Jawalkar began appearing on stage on the age of 5 in her hometown. After her father went bankrupt, she moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) together with her household and began to search for work in motion pictures.
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She made her first big-screen look within the 1945 film “Zeenat”, directed by legendary actor Noor Jehan’s husband Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. Higher identified by her first title, Shashikala starred in over 100 movies in her profession spanning round six a long time. She went on to play small elements in numerous movies for nearly a decade after which acquired a chance to characteristic in V Shantaram’s “Teen Batti Char Raasta” (1953) and “Daku”, the 1955 movie starring Shammi Kapoor.
Her profession breakthrough got here in 1959 when she appeared in Bimal Roy’s “Sujata”, one of many early motion pictures in Hindi cinema to discover the problem of casteism.
Primarily based on a Bengali quick story of the identical title by Subodh Ghosh, “Sujata” noticed Shashikala play the actual daughter of the Brahmin household that adopts Nutan’s protagonist, an orphan from a low caste.
Shashikala then appeared in Tarachand Barjatya’s “Aarti” (1962), starring Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, and Pradeep Kumar within the lead.
The movie proved to be a stepping stone for Shashikala as she went on to change into one of many go-to actors for filmmakers to painting unfavourable elements.
She then appeared in supporting roles in classics like “Gumrah” (1963), “Waqt” (1965), “Anupama” (1966) and “Phool Aur Patthar” (1966) and returned to taking part in a vamp within the Shammi Kapoor-Sadhana-starrer “Chhote Sarkar” (1974).
Later in her profession, she switched to character roles showing in 1980’s “Khubsoorat”, fronted by Rekha, Sunny Deol-led “Arjun” (1985), “Khamosh Nigahen” (1986), “Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani” (1988), “Sach” (1989), Govinda’s “Pardesi Babu” (1998), Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Baadshah” (1999), Karan Johar‘s directorial “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham”, musical hit “Jhankaar Beats” (2003) and “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi” (2004) and “Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav” in 2005.
Shashikala switched to tv within the 2000s and went on to play pivotal elements in serials “Apnaapan”, “Dil Deke Dekho” and “Son Pari”. She acquired Padma Shri, the nation’s fourth-highest civilian award, in 2007 for her contribution to the Indian cinema.
In her early 20s, she married Om Prakash Saigal, who belonged to the KL Saigal household, and had two daughters, one among whom later handed away as a consequence of most cancers.
-with PTI inputs
