Veteran actor Sandhya Shantaram dies at 94; Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis condoles the demise

Veteran actor Sandhya Shantaram, spouse of late filmmaker V Shantaram, has died as a result of age-related illnesses, her household mentioned on Saturday (October 4). She was 94.

Sandhya Shantaram was the third spouse of the legendary filmmaker and steadily starred as the main woman in movies equivalent to Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955), and Pinjra (1972).

Kiran Shantaram, V Shantaram’s son from his second marriage with Jayashree, mentioned the veteran actor breathed her final on Friday evening. “She passed away last night at 10 pm at Rajkamal Studio, where she had been living. She had been unwell for the past four to five years, and was suffering from fever and cough recently,” Kiran Shantaram informed PTI.

Mahipal and Sandhya in a nonetheless from V Shantaram’s Hindi movie “Navrang”

“We would often tell her that she would be with us till she turned 100. The saddest part was that she did not have children of her own with my father, but she treated me and my sisters like her own. She was very sweet, a wonderful cook, and would lovingly feed us,” he mentioned.

The final rites had been held on Saturday morning at Shivaji Park crematorium.

A well-liked actor of the Fifties and 60s, Sandhya Shantaram labored predominantly in Hindi and Marathi movies. Some of her most notable movies additionally embrace Sehra, Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli, and Amar Bhoopali.

Sandhya and V Shantaram in a nonetheless from ‘Stree’ (1961)
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday condoled the actor’s demise, saying her passing has brought about an incredible loss to the movie world.

“The news of the passing of veteran actress Sandhya Shantaram is extremely heartbreaking. Her roles in many Marathi films such as Pinjra and Navrang became immensely popular. She also made her mark in the Hindi film industry,” Fadnavis mentioned in a submit on X.

Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar expressed grief, calling it an incredible loss to Indian cinema. In a submit on X, Shelar mentioned the information of the passing of the famous actor was extraordinarily saddening