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18 APR 1916-24 FEB 1998 LALITA PAWAR 


Lalita Pawar

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Lalita Pawar
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BornAmba Laxman Rao Sagun
18 April 1916
Nasik, Bombay Presidency,British India
Died24 February 1998 (aged 81)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Years active1928–1997
Awards1959: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role inAnari
1961: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - Acting
Lalita Pawar (18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998)[1] was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, where she gave hits like,Netaji Palkar (1938), made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures’ Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat’s Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films’ Gora Kumbhar. Her other memorable roles were in film, Anari (1959),Shri 420 and Mr & Mrs 55, and the role of Manthara, in Ramanand Sagar's television epic serial, Ramayan.

Biography[edit]

Born Amba Laxman Rao Sagun on 18 April 1916, into an orthodox family in Yeola in Nashik, where her father Laxman Rao Shagun was a rich silk and cotton piecegoods merchant,[2] she started her acting career at age nine in the film, Raja Harishchandra (1928), and later went on to play lead roles in silent era and 1940's films, in a career that lasted until the end of her life, spanning seven decades.
She co-produced and acted in a silent film, Kailash (1932), and later produced another film, Duniya Kya Hai in 1938, a talkie.
Lalita Pawar, playing the lead in film, Himmat-e-Marda (1935).
In 1942, as a part of a scene in the movie Jung-E-Azadi, actor Master Bhagwan was to slap her hard. Being a new actor, he accidentally slapped her very hard, which resulted in facial paralysis and a burst left eye vein. Three years of treatment later, she was left with a defective left eye; thus she had to abandon lead roles, and switch to character roles, which won her much of her fame later in life.[3]
She was known particularly for playing maternal figures, especially wicked matriarchs or mothers-in-law. She also notably played the role of the strict but kind Mrs. L. D'Sa in Anari (1959) with Raj Kapoor, under Hrishikesh Mukherjee's direction, she gave the performance of a lifetime,[4] for which she received Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; as the tough matriarch who falls in love in Professor (1962), and the devious hunchbackManthara in Ramanand Sagar's television series Ramayan. She was honored by the Government of India as the first lady of Indian cinema, in 1961.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Her first marriage was to Ganpatrao Pawar, which went sour after his affair with her younger sister. She later married film producer Rajprakash Gupta, of Ambika studios, Bombay.[6] She died on 24 February 1998 in Aundh, Pune, where she had been staying, for a while. She was survived by her husband, a son and daughter-in-law. Her death was unnoticed for two days when her family was in Mumbai for her husband's throat surgery.

Selected filmography[edit]

YearFilmCharacter
1944Ram ShastriAnandi Bai(wife of Peshava Raghoba Dada)
1950DahejMrs. Biharilal (Suraj's mother)
1951The Immortal Song
1952Daag (1952 film)Shankar(Dilip Kumar)'s Mother
1952ParchhainBadi Rani
1955Shri 420Ganga Mai
1955Mr & Mrs 55Seeta Devi, Anita's Aunt
1957Nau Do Gyarah
1959AnariMrs. L. D'Sa
1959SujataGiribala, Buaji/aunt
1961Hum Dono[7]Major's Mother
Sampoorna RamayanaManthara
1962ProfessorSita Devi Verma
1963SehraAngara's mother
1963GrahastiHarish Khanna's sister
1963Ghar Basake DekhoMrs. Shanta Mehra
1966KhandanFufi
1967Boond Jo Ban Gayee MotiShefali's mother
1968AabrooMrs. Verma
1970AnandMatron
1970PushpanjaliRani Sahiba
1970GopiLilawati devi
1974Doosri Sita
1976Aaj Ka Ye GharMrs. Shanti Dinanath
1976TapasyaMrs. Varma
1977AainaJanki
1980Yaaranamother
1980Kali GhataAmbu, House keeper
1980Phir Wohi RaatHostel Warden
1981Naseeb (1981 film)[8]Mrs. Gomes
1980Sau Din Saas Ke
1997Bhai[9]
1989Bahurani
1988Pyaasi Atma
1987Uttar Dakshin

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