One day, she decided to leave her husband and two daughters, and she eloped abroad with her boyfriend. In her early 20s, she got married to Om Prakash Saigal, but soon, troubles started arising in their married life.She acted in more than 100 films including ‘Chacha Chowdhury’ (1953), ‘Sangam’ (1954), ‘Phool Aur Patthar’ (1966), ‘Anokha Bandhan’ (1982), and ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’ (2004).In 1945, Noor’s husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi was making the Hindi film ‘Zeenat,’ and he offered Shashikala a Qawwali scene in the film for which she received Rs. She then met the legendary singer and actor Noor Jehan.We lived with friends, often eating only bread and water, and I wandered from studio to studio looking for work.”

So naturally, I was to be the breadwinner for the family. At five, I was dancing, singing and acting in melas’ in many towns of Sholapur district. I had been a mela artist as a child in my hometown for years. She used to wander from one film studio to another in search of work.

She was the breadwinner of the family for which she worked as a house-help in the nearby households.

During the initial days in Mumbai, her family struggled for fulfilling their basic needs.

According to her family, she was the best-looking and most talented amongst her siblings, so they thought that if she could find some work in Hindi films, she could feed her family well.

When she was in her teenage, her father became seriously ill and bankrupt, and he brought his family to Mumbai.

She used to participate in various acting, dancing, and singing competitions by the age of 5 in her hometown.

She was born and brought up in a Marathi family.Īn old photo of Shashikala with her family (standing second from the left).

Shashikala was a veteran Indian film and television actress.

Saigal)įather- Late Anantrao Jawalkar (Cloth merchant with a shop in Solapur) Late Om Prakash Saigal (Film Director relative of the legendary Indian singer K.L. Shantaram Awards for Lifetime Achievement Award Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005) as South African Witnessġ962: Best Supporting Actress Award for Aartiġ963: Best Supporting Actress Award for Gumrahīengal Film Journalists' Association Awardsġ963: Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) for Aartiġ964: Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) for Gumrahġ970: Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) for RahgirĢ007: Padma Shri award for her contribution to Indian CinemaĢ009: V. Shashikala Jawalkar Saigal (After Marriage) DNA Indiaįilm: Zeenat (1945) cameo role in Qawalli song.

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