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Sandhya Shantaram is a Actor Indian born on 27 september 1938
Sandhya is an Indian film actress. She is best known for her appearances in various Hindi and Marathi films directed by her husband V. Shantaram, in 1950s-1960s, most notably Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1958) and Navrang (1959).
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Kareeb (1998)
Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bobby Deol, Neha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Johnny Lever, Sushma Seth, Saurabh Shukla
Rating64%
Birju (Bobby Deol) is a young man from an upper-middle-class family in Himachal Pradesh. His father insists on him being responsible, while Birju is interested in petty theft, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. Birju sees Neha for the first time and falls in love with Neha that very moment. Neha also starts liking Birju but hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress Neha and Neha accepts that she loves Birju and can't live without him.
Pinjra (1972)
, 2h55Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Sandhya Shantaram, Nilu Phule, Ganpat Patil
Rating84%
The film is a loose adaptation of the first major German sound film "Der Blaue Engel".
Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Sandhya Shantaram, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Iftekhar, Raja Paranjape, Dina Pathak, Siddharth Ray
Roles Alaknanda 'Alka' Verma
Rating72%
Alaknanda lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Dr. Verma. She is fond of dancing and singing to such an extent that she refuses to marry the groom her dad has chosen for, runs away to Laitpur, enlists in the song and dance troupe that Rajkumar Kailash runs in his palatial house called 'Lalit Mahal'. Both Kailash and Alaknanda meet and fall in love, but Kailash's mom wants him to get married to Rajkumari Rupmati. Then when Alaknanda is performing, she meets with an accident, is hospitalized with a fractured leg that may never heal. Afraid to show her face to Kailash, who still insists on marrying her, she uses her crutches to escape from the hospital, ends up with a gang of bandits, is rescued by Kailash and brought home - where circumstances will again put her on the stage to perform a dance.
Girl From Sahyadri (1966)
, 2h31Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Sandhya Shantaram
Roles Rani
Rating54%
Rani (Sandhya) and her family are poor but she is not allowed to work when offered a job in a theatrical company, as it is against the custom of her family to have girls working. However she takes on the job when the village temple needs money for repairs. The stage-owner starts drinking and makes inappropriate advances to Rani. When she snubs him he stops the work on the temple restoration. Rani is separated from her family but finally reunites with them and has the temple completed.
Sehra (1963)
, 2h31Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sandhya Shantaram, Lalita Pawar, Manmohan Krishna Chadha, Mumtaz, Jeetendra
Roles Angara
Rating62%
Sherpal (Ulhas) and Tailab (Manmohan Krishan) are chiefs of two opposing clans who regularly meet at an annual competition that highlights their combative strengths in fields of weaponry. Sherpal's daughter Angara (Sandhya) is a tomboy who has been taught all that is required for the competition. She defeats Vikram (Prashant) who is from the clan of Taibal. The two fall in love, but cannot marry due to the old feud. Angara’s mother (Lalita Pawar) is after her to behave like a girl and dress accordingly. She finally gives in to her mother's demands. When her father dies, Mangal (M. Rajan) appears claiming to be her bethrothed, chosen by her father. When things start taking a violent turn she agrees to marry him. Mangal then treats her badly after marriage. Angara suffers the humiliation and even carries a heavy weight across the desert, a punishment meted out to her by Mangal. As she trudges through the desert she comes across a dying Vikram, who asks for water. She attempts to give him water against her husband's wishes, and is shot by Mangal. Angara and Vikram die together.
Chitti Tammudu (1962)
Directed by K. B. Tilak
Themes Films about children
Actors Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, Rajasulochana, Kongara Jaggaiah, Devika, Suryakantam, Ramana Reddy
Stree (1961)
Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Fantasy
Actors V. Shantaram, Sandhya Shantaram, Rajshree, Bhagwan Dada, Indira, Mumtaz
Rating70%
Velugu Needalu (1961)
Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Genres Drama
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Kongara Jaggaiah, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
Rating73%
Venkat Ramaiah (SV Rangarao) and Kanaka Durga (Suryakantham) adopted Suguna (Savithri). When they have their own child Varalakshmi, Kanaka Durga's affection towards Suguna diminishes. Vengalappa (Relangi) adopts suguna. She becomes a doctor and loves Chandram (ANR). Chandram develops Tuberculosis and forces Suguna to marry doctor Raghunath (Jaggayya). Dr. Raghunath expires in an accident. Chandram is cured of TB and returns. Suguna decides to dedicate her life to social work. She convinces Chandram to marry Varalakshmi. Kanaka Durga creates problems in the relations. Suguna corrects them.
Navrang (1959)
Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Mahipal Singh, Sandhya Shantaram, Kaadhal Sandhya, Agha, Jeetendra
Roles Jamuna / Mohini
Rating67%
Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna on everything. But Jamuna does not agree that Diwakar lives out of sheer poetry in a fantasy world and the real world less and less responsible. Diwakar goes so far that he is a fantasy woman in his wife's body creates what he calls Mohini.
Ranadheera Kanteerava (1959)
, 2h21Genres Biography
Actors Rajkumar, Leelavathi, K. S. Ashwath, Sandhya Shantaram, Udaykumar, T. N. Balakrishna
Rating77%
Maragatham (1959)
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini Ramachandran, Sandhya Shantaram, S. Balaiah, T. S. Durairaj, J. P. Chandrababu
Roles Karpagavalli
Maragatham narrated the happenings of a rich zamindari family in which the maharaja is murdered and the crime foisted on his innocent brother (Balachandar) and his lovely wife (Sandhya, Jayalalitha's mother). The wife waits for her husband who had escaped from prison. She pines for her daughter (Padmini) who is believed dead. Not knowing Padmini is her daughter, Sandhya saves her life in a boat accident and the girl comes to live with her. Noted comedian of Tamil cinema of yesteryear T. S. Durairaj plays the interesting role of the villain planning the murder, but the real killer is Balaiah. The prince (Ganesan) falls in love with his sister's daughter without knowing who she is!). Ultimately as it always happens in movies, the truth is revealed, the killers are exposed, the parted couples and the young lovers are united, and all's well that ends well.
Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958)
, 3h24Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Padmini Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Chittor V. Nagaiah, G. Varalakshmi, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, '''S. D. Subbulakshmi
Roles Mandodari
Rating69%
Two Eyes Twelve Hands (1957)
, 2h23Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors V. Shantaram, Sandhya Shantaram, Phaldut Sharma, Sunil Dutt
Roles Champa
Rating83%
The film portrays a young jail warden, Adinath, who rehabilitates six dangerous prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue.
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955)
, 2h23Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Gopi Krishna, Sandhya Shantaram, Bhagwan Dada, Madan Puri, Manorama, Nana Palsikar
Roles Neela
Rating69%
Classical dance guru Mangal stumbles on a dance performance in a lavish haveli by Neela. He orders his talented son Girdhar to demonstrate to the audience the true method of classical dance. Entranced by Girdhar's skill, Neela begs Mangal to admit her as a pupil. He finally agrees on two conditions: she must devote her life to art and she must partner Girdhar in the Tandav portion of an upcoming dance competition. As the two practice together, she begins to fall in love with Girdhar. Manilal, a wealthy and jealous man who hopes to have Neera for himself, warns Mangal that the two are falling in love, but he ignores him. When Mangal goes away for some time to buy new costumes for the pair, they confess their love to each other and neglect their dancing in favor of idyllic walks and boat rides. Mangal returns and discovers that the two are in love. Enraged that Girdhar's dancing has suffered and believing that he will now never win the title of Bharat Natarajan, he renounces his son and resolves to leave him. Dismayed that she has endangered Girdhar's career, Neela pretends that she has betrayed him with Manilal and he returns to his father and his art. The devastated Neela tries to drown herself in the river, but is rescued by a kindly sadhu. She decides to follow the example of the minstrel Meerabai and devotes her life to Krishna, but is alarmed when Girdhar appears declaring that he can not forget her. She pretends not to know him and he is enraged; his father takes him away. She becomes ill and the sadhu and her servant Bindiya take her to the temple where the dance competition is being held. Hoping to sabotage his chances, Manilal has bribed Girdhar's new partner to drop out of the competition. Neela takes her place in the Tandav dance and Mangal realizes that she spurned Girdhar to help him win the competition. He then convinces his son to give her a second chance. With the help of Neela, Girdhar wins the competition and Mangal gives the couple his blessing to marry.
Malaikallan (1954)
, 3h6Genres Drama, Action
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, M. G. Chakrapani, T. S. Durairaj, Sandhya Shantaram
Rating73%
Vijayapuram is a beautiful hillside hamlet appears serene and restful to a casual passerby. But the happenings there are far from tranquil. Dacoities, burglaries and even kidnappings seem to be commonplace occurrences. One established perpetuator of at least some of the crimes is Kaathavarayan, his secret accomplices being some well-known public figures like the rich young wastrel Veerarajan and the Kuttipatti Zamindar.