Shashikala Jawalkar-Saigal , much better known as Shashikala, is an India

India

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n actress.

Early years

Shashikala was born as one among six siblings in Solapur

Solapur

Solapur is a city in South Western Maharashtra, India governed by municipal corporation.Solapur is one of the four districts that form the region of Western Maharashtra . It is the fourth largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land area and seventh largest in terms of population...

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 in a well-to-do Marathi

Marathi language

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-speaking Jawalkar

Bhavsar

The Bhavasar are an ethnic group in India. They are from the traditional Kshatriya varna in Hinduism.-Origin and legends:The Bhavasar's legendary origin dates back to the Saurashtra. Tradition holds the community was formed by Bhavsingh and Sarsingh, two young princes from north-western India...

family. By age 5, she had aleady been dancing, singing, and acting on stage in many towns in Solapur district.

When Shashikala was in her pre-teens, through ill luck, her father became bankrupt, and he brought his family to Bombay (now Mumbai

Mumbai

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) with they thought that Shashikala, the best looking and talented among his children, could find work in movies. For some time, the family lived with friends, and barely survived, while Shashikala wandered from one studio to another looking for work. She earned in bits and pieces till she met Noor Jehan

Noor Jehan

Noorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...

, the reigning screen queen of the era.

Noor Jehan's husband, Shaukat, was making a movie Zeenat then, and included Shashikala in a qawwali scene. She received 25 rupees for her role. She struggled on, and got small roles in movies made by P. N. Arora, Amiya Chakravarti, and a few other producers. She got a role in V. Shantaram

V. Shantaram

V. Shantaram is a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is most known for his films like Dr...

's Teen Batti Char Rasta, and a few other movies.

While in her early twenties, Shashikala met and married Om Prakash Saigal, who belonged to the Kundan Lal Saigal

Kundan Lal Saigal

Kundan Lal Saigal was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centered in Calcutta during Saigal's time, but is currently centered in Mumbai.-Early life:Saigal was born at Jammu where his father Amar Chand was a tehsildar at the...

 family, and had two daughters.

Acclaimed supporting roles

In 1959 she appeared in Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy was one of the most acclaimed Indian film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema...

's Sujata. In Tarachand Barjatya

Tarachand Barjatya

Tarachand Barjatya was a well known film producer of Indian films. He has produced many successful Hindi films from the 1960s through to the 1980s. He founded Rajshri Productions which continues to produce films even today. His mainstay was family oriented films based on human valuesHe was born...

's Arati (1962), starring Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...

, Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar also fondly called Dadamoni was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema...

, and Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films.-Career:When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. His started his film career in Bengali films...

, Shashikala portrayed a negative role, eventually winning a Filmfare Award. Soon after, offers began to pour in to her for different supporting roles. She appeared in Jangalee, Anupama, Phool Aur Patthar, Ayi Milan Ki Bela, Gumrah, Waqt, and Khubsoorat.

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...

, Nutan

Nutan

Nutan Behl , better known as Nutan , was an Indian actress. She appeared in more than 70 Hindi films in a career spanning over four decades...

, Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...

, Mala Sinha

Mala Sinha

Mala Sinha is an Indian actress, who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Recognised for her acting talent and beauty, she went on to become a popular leading actress in Hindi films from the early fifties till late seventies...

, and Waheeda Rehman

Waheeda Rehman

Waheeda Rehman , is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950's, 60's and early 70's most notably C.I.D. and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa , 12 O'Clock , Kaagaz Ke Phool , Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam...

 have been among the leading actresses with whom Shashikala performed in supporting roles. While the female lead costars in the involved movies usually played roles of good-natured, modest, or pious women, Shashikala usually played either flighty and feisty bubbly women or vamps who plotted the downfall of others. Later in her acting career, she would typically play the role of a sister or mother-in-law. She performed in supporting roles in over 100 movies.

Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...

 was often the playback singer

Playback singer

A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...

 for Shashikala in her earlier career. "Sheeshe Se Pee" and "Bheegi Bheegi Faza" are two popular songs which Bhosle had sung for Shashikala.

Recent acting roles

In the past ten years, Shashikala has performed in a few television serials, including Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai for Sony

Sony

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, Apnaapan for Zee TV

Zee TV

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, and Dil Deke Dekho for Star Plus

STAR Plus

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. She has also had successful roles in Mother ‘98, Pardesi Babu

Pardesi Babu

Pardesi Babu is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Manoj Agrawal starring Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty.-Plot summary:The main character in Pardesi Babu. Raju Pardesi is a fairly poor guy who wants to marry a rich guy's daughter, Chinii...

, Baadshah

Baadshah

Baadshah is a 1999 Bollywood comedy/drama movie starring Shahrukh Khan, Twinkle Khanna and Raakhee Gulzar. It was directed by Abbas-Mustan. The film was a moderate box office success, for which Shahrukh Khan earned a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Performance in a Comic Role...

, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

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, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

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and Chori Chori

Chori Chori (2003 film)

Chori Chori is a 2003 Hindi movie directed by Milan Luthria. The film is a comedy. It stars Ajay Devgan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles. It is not related to the 1956 Hindi film of the same name.- Plot :...

.

Awards

Shashikala has received eight nominations for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award

Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award

The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

, and won the award twice:

• 1962: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...
  
  , for a role in Aarti
  Aarti (film)
  Aarti is a 1962 Indian Bollywood film directed by Phani Majumdar and produced by Tarachand Barjatya. The film stars Meena Kumari in the title role of Aarti, with Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar and Shashikala appearing in pivotal roles...
  
  
• 1963: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
  The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...
  
  , for a role in Gumrah
  Gumrah
  Gumrah is a 1963 Hindi film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Nirupa Roy, Deven Verma and Shashikala. The film's music was composed by Ravi which was a plus point...
  
  
• She received several awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
  Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
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   - for Aarti in 1963, for Gumrah in 1964, for Rahgir in 1970.
• Shashikala Jawalkar received the Padma Shri
  Padma Shri
  Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
  
   award (the fourth greatest civilian award) in the year 2007 for her contribution to Indian Cinema. When she received the award, she said, "I have been recognized for this award very late, and indeed, I should have got this award long back." She also received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the V. Shantaram Awards in 2009.

Filmography

• Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005) (as Sasikala) .... South African Witness
• Rakht (2004) (as Shasikala) .... Dhristi's Grandmother
• Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
  Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
  Mujhse Shaadi Karogi is a 2004 comedic Hindi film directed by David Dhawan. It was considered a big hit, being the third highest grossing film of the year in India. It received numerous awards and nominations.-Plot:...
  
  (2004) .... Grandma Malhotra
• Chori Chori
  Chori Chori (2003 film)
  Chori Chori is a 2003 Hindi movie directed by Milan Luthria. The film is a comedy. It stars Ajay Devgan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles. It is not related to the 1956 Hindi film of the same name.- Plot :...
  
  (2003) .... Chachi
• Jhankaar Beats
  Jhankaar Beats
  Jhankaar Beats is a 2003 Bollywood film directed by Sujoy Ghosh and released by Pritish Nandy Communications. It stars Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Shayan Munshi, Rinke Khanna and Riya Sen. In this film playback singer KK performed the song "Tu Aashiqui Hai" for which he received a...
  
  (2003) .... Shanti's mother
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham ... (2001)
• Uljhan (2001) .... Varun's grandma
• Baadshah (1999) .... Baadshah's Mother
• Mother (1999) .... Mrs. Chaudhary
• Pardesi Babu (1998) .... Mai (landlady)
• Maharaja (1998) .... Ranbir's mom
• Main Solah Baras Ki (1998)
• Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge! (1998) .... Mrs. Malhotra
• Lahoo Ke Do Rang (1997) .... Chachi
• Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya (1997)
• Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1988) .... Mrs, . Dhanraj
• Main Tere Liye (1988) .... Anjana Saxena
• Dadagiri (1987) .... Shanti B. Singh
• Mera Karam Mera Dharam (1987) .... Mrs. Taraknath
• Arjun (1985) .... Mrs. Rukhmini Malvankar
• Tawaif (1985) (as Shashi Kala) .... Bilquis Bai
• Ram Tera Desh (1984) .... Kanta Saxena
• Dard-E-Dil (1983) .... Shola
• Souten (1983) (as Shashi Kala) .... Renu Prannath Pasha
• Anokha Bandhan (1982) .... Annapurna's mom
• Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon (1982) .... Anand's Mother
• Samraat
  Samraat (film)
  Samraat is a 1982 Bollywood Hindi action thriller starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman and Amjad Khan. The story is about a sunken ship of gold and the quest to find it by all parties, good and bad....
  
  (1982) .... Ranbir's mom
• Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
  Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
  Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya is a Hindi language film directed by T. Rama Rao. Starring Kamal Haasan in a dual-role and is a remake of his Telugu Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi and Tamil Sattam En Kaiyil movies.-Cast:*Kamal Haasan .... Ratan Chander/Ajay Saxena...
  
  (1982)
• Ahista Ahista (1981) .... Subbalaxmi
• Biwi O Biwi (1981) (as Shashi Kala) .... Nirmala
• Rocky (1981) .... Sophia
• Kranti (1981) .... Charumati (Shakti's Adopted Mother)
• Jyoti (1981) .... Sunanda (Niranjan's mom)
• Khubsoorat (1980) .... Mrs. Gupta
• Phir Wohi Raat
  Phir Wohi Raat
  Phir Wohi Raat is a 1980 suspense film of horror genre starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role as a psychologist doctor opposite Kim Yashpal. Danny later on married Kim Yashpal. The music is by R.D.Burman. This is the first and the only film directed by Danny Denzongpa. It fetched 1.2 crore...
  
  (1980) .... Aunty
• Saajan Mere Main Saajan Ki (1980)
• Swayamvar (1980) .... Jwala
• Yeh Kaisa Insaf? (1980) .... Shanta Nath
• Sargam (1979) .... Savitri Pradhan
• Hamara Sansar (1978)
• Amaanat (1977) .... Sonia
• Dildaar (1977) (as Shashi Kala) .... Lata's mom
• Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye (1977) (as Sashikala) .... Ms. Saxena
• Swami (1977) .... Ghanshyam's step-mother
• Chhote Sarkar (1974)
• Naag Panchami (1972) .... Mahadevi Mansa
• Chhoti Bahu (1971) .... Paro
• Jawan Muhabat (1971) (as Shashi Kala) .... Mala Das
• Woh Din Yaad Karo (1971)
• Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1970) .... Jamuna
• Humjoli (1970) .... Shyama Rai
• Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (1970)
• Rahgir (1969)
• Shatranj (1969) .... Suzie
• Tamanna (1969)
• Neel Kamal (1968) .... Chanchal
• Teen Bahuraniyan (1968) .... Sheela Devi
• Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967) .... Sonia
• Mehrban (1967) .... Devki
• Anupama (1966) .... Anita Bakshi 'Annie'
• Daadi Maa (1966) .... Ganga
• Devar (1966)
• Do Dilon Ki Dastaan (1966)
• Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966) .... Ms. Paul
• Pati Patni (1966) .... Lali
• Phool Aur Patthar (1966) .... Rita
• Pyar Mohabbat (1966) .... Mohini
• Waqt (1965) .... Rani sahiba
• Bedaag (1965) .... Lata
• Himalay Ki God Mein (1965) (as Shashi Kala) .... Dr. Neeta Verma
• Neela Aakash (1965)
• Teesra Kaun (1965)
• Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (1964) .... Rekha
• Apne Huye Paraye (1964) .... Lata
• Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) .... Roopa
• Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (1964)
• Jahan Ara (1964) .... Karuna
• Mera Qasoor Kya Hai (1964)
• Punar Milan (1964) .... Shobhna Bakshi
• Godaan (1963)
• Gumrah (1963) .... Leela/Miss Roberts
• Hamrahi (1963) .... Hemalata 'Hema'
• Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963) .... Asha
• Aarti (1962) .... Jaswanti
• Anpadh (1962) .... Basanti
• Hariyali Aur Rasta (1962) .... Rita
• Naag Devata (1962)
• Batwara (1961)
• Junglee (1961) (as Shashi Kala) .... Mala
• Jo Huwa So Bhool Jao (1960)
• Kanoon (1960)
• Singapore (1960) .... Shobha
• Sujata (1959) .... Rama Chowdhury
• 12 O'Clock (1958) .... Neena
• Captain Kishore (1957)
• Lal Batti (1957)
• Nau Do Gyarah (1957) .... Neeta
• Arab Ka Saudagar (1956)
• Bandhan (1956)
• Bhagambhag (1956)
• Diwali Ki Raat (1956)
• Patrani (1956) .... Namunjala
• Abe Hayat (1955)
• Bahu (1955)
• Samaj (1954) (as Sashikala)
• Sangam (1954)
• Shart (1954)
• Chacha Chowdhury (1953)
• Jeewan Jyoti (1953) .... Leela
• Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953) .... Lalita (Maratha wife)
• Arzoo (1950) .... Kamla
• Raj Rani (1950)
• Bombay (1949)
• Doli (1947) (as Sashikala)
• Jugnu (1947)
• Chand (1944)
• Karodpati (1936)

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