V.SHANTARAM , WORLD FAMOUS INDIAN DIRECTOR BORN 1901 OCTOBER 30
V.SHANTARAM , WORLD FAMOUS INDIAN DIRECTOR BORN 1901 OCTOBER 30 Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor.[2] He is most known for films such as Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Amar Bhoopali (1951), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Duniya Na Mane (1937), Pinjra (1972), Chani, Iye Marathiche Nagari and Zunj. He directed his first film Netaji Palkar, in 1927.[3] In 1929, he founded the Prabhat Film Company along with Vishnupant Damle, K.R. Dhaiber, S. Fatelal and S.B. Kulkarni, which made Ayodhyecha Raja, the first Marathi language film in 1932 under his direction.[4] He left Prabhat co. in 1942 to form "Rajkamal Kalamandir" in Mumbai.[5] In time, "Rajkamal" became one of the most sophisticated studios of the country.[6] He was praised by Charlie Chaplin for his Marathi film Manoos. ...