Legendary Marathi and Hindi film actress Sandhya Shantaram is no more. She passed away today after a brief illness in Mumbai. She was 93. Wife of renowned film maker V. Shantaram, Sandhya shot into fame with music and dance based film ‘Navarang’. But, Sandhya had earlier made her debut through 1952 Marathi film ‘Amar Bhupali’, followed by her notable performances in films like ‘Teen Batti Char Raasta’, ‘Do Ankhen Barah Haath’, ‘Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje’, ‘Jal Bin Machali Nritya Bin Bijali’ & super hit Marathi film ‘Pinjara’.

Besides acting, Sandhya was a very good dancer and had undergone training under her co-starGopi Krishna, during the shooting of her film ‘Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje’, which received best Marathi feature film award at the National Awards. With her sad demise, film industry has lost a talented actress.

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V.Shantaram’s hit Super film ‘Pinjra‘ has already created a buzz among young Marathi film lovers, as they will get an opportunity to watch this film on big screen and that too with a new look, with the support of latest technology. But, it is not yet clear, in how many theatres in Maharashtra, the film will be released on 18th March 2016. Only theatre confirmed is Plaza Cinema, Mumbai, where the film was released in 1972 and celebrated Jubilee.

The promotion of the film is also going on well, with the stars of this film giving interviews to the media, expressing their reaction and experience while working in this film. Dr.Lagoo, who otherwise avoids attending functions, has also addressed a press conference in a Pune hotel, much to the surprise of many media persons. In fact, Dr.Lagoo’s personal views about this film and in particular about the film maker like V.Shantaram, will certainly help in this film’s promotion. No other Marathi films are releasing on coming Friday, which is also good for this film. One thing is sure that Marathi film lovers, would certainly love to watch this film in theatres, once again, that too with a new look.

Directed by V. Shantaram, the film’s lead stars were Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Sandhya and Neelu Phule. Set on the backdrop of Tamasha folk musical theatre of Maharashtra, the film is about a a respected school teacher, played by Dr. Lagoo, who wants to reform a village and also a Tamasha performer, played by Sandhya; but, ends up falling in love with her.

The film is known for its wonderful music of Ram Kadam and brilliant dance numbers picturised on the lead actress Sandhya, known for her dancing skills. It was also the debut film of then noted theatre actor, Dr. Shriram Lagoo. The film also introduced colour to Marathi cinema. In 1973, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi .

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The 17th edition of the V.Shantaram Awards for the best in Indian cinema, were presented at a glittering function at a suburban five-star hotel recently. The event was also a part of the felicitation to actress Sandhya who was a part of many Shantaram classics like ‘Navrang’, ‘Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje’, ‘Jal Bin Machli Nritya Bin Machli’, ‘Pinjara’, etc .

On this occasion, Sandhyaji requested the cine lovers to bless her children .
A special dance medley of Sandhyaji’s classic dance numbers from ‘Navrang’ were performed by choreographer Pony Verma and group, much to the delight of audience.

Mr. Kiran Shantaram said that the V.Shantaram awards were special, as out of 1000 films made in India in 2009, only a select few were nominated by the jury members.

The awards presented were for- Best Film-Kanjeevaram(Malayalam –Director-Priyadarshan), Best Actor-Prakash Raj(Wanted Fame)-Malayalam ‘Kanjeevaram’ –Dir-Priyadarshan, Best FemaleActor-Rani Mukherjee –(Dil Bole Hadippa), Best Supporting Actor-Female- Renuka Shahane( Rita), Best Music -Preetam (Love Aaj Kal), Best Cinem atography –Theeru(Kanjivaram), Best Editing Aarti Bajaj( Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Best Sound Recording -Anuj Mathur(Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Special Award in Direction Nandita Das(Firaaq ).

Celebrities who were spotted at the event were- Jeetendra, Randhir Kapoor,Yash and Pami Chopra , Vikas Desai, Basu Chatterjee, Jayshree.T, Imtiaz Ali, Dinesh Vijan, Upendra Limaye, Jagmohan Mundhra, Pandit Jasraj, Durga Jasraj,Sulochana, Ashok and Nivedita Saraf etc. Actor-VJ- Gaurav Kapur hosted the show in his witty comic way, while Rahul Shantaram proposed vote of thanks.

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