Shobhna Samarth
Shobhana Samarth (also Shobana or Shobhna; Marathi / Hindi: शोभना समर्थ, sobhana Samarth, born November 17, 1916 in Bombay, † February 9, 2000 in Pune, Maharashtra ) was an Indian actress of the Hindi film.
Life
About her mother, actress Rattan Bai, Shobhana Samarth came into contact with the film. She made her debut in 1935 at Kolhapur Cinetone in a film by Master Vinayak, who was shot in a Marathi and Hindi version. From 1936 to 1941 she worked for the Sagar Film Company in Bombay, and frequently appeared with actor Motilal. In her first film directed by Vijay Bhatt, Bharat Milap (1942 ), she established her screen image as an actress Sita. She took on this role several times on the side of Prem Adib as Ram, including the mythological films Ramrajya (1943) and Rambaan (1947). Your representations shaped the modern iconographic images of Ramayana pair in calendar pictures, comics, on TV, but also on agitational posters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (see Babri Mosque and Rama Janmabhoomi Temple ). Shobhana Samarth also appeared in other roles in mythological films and melodramas, but remain in the public eye behind her Sita representations. 1950 and 1960, she directed two home movies, Hamari Beti and Chhabili.
Shobhana Samarth was married to the director and cinematographer Kumar Sen Samarth. Of their four children Nutan and Tanuja were also actresses. The " family profession " is exercised by her granddaughters Kajol and Tanisha.
Shobhana Samarth died of cancer.