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Shanta Apte (1916-1964) was an Indian singer-actress who worked in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Renowned for her roles in films like ''Duniya Na Mane''/Kunku (1937) and ''Amar Jyoti'' (1936) under the Prabhat Films banner, she was active in Indian cinema from 1932-58. Apte's impact on Marathi cinema "paralleled" that of Kanan Devi's in Bengali cinema. Along with Kanan Devi, Apte is cited as one of the "great singing stars" from before the playback singing era. Apte began her career in films playing the role of a young Radha in the Marathi film ''Shyamsunder'' (1932). She joined Prabhat Films acting in her first Hindi language film ''Amrit Manthan'' in (1934). She brought a change in the static style of song renditions in films with her "spontaneous gestures and eye movements". A "woman of rare mettle" she staged a hunger strike in 1939 at the Prabhat Studios gate following a disagreement regarding a clause in her contract. Cited as a "domestic guerrilla" following her roles in films like Kunku/Duniya Na mane, she became an inspirational role-model for a generation of college students. Claimed to be the highest paid female screen star in Marathi-language cinema, her "star" status with the audiences as early as 1937 was acknowledged by the cine-magazine editor Baburao Patel in December 1937 issue of ''Filmindia'', in an editorial titled "India Has No Star". She was also one of the earliest Indian cinema actor to write her autobiography ''Jau Mi Cinemat'' (Should I join Films) in Marathi.〔 ==Early Years== Born in 1916 in Dudhni, Maharashtra, India, to a Brahmin family, Apte was the daughter of a station master. Following her father's inclination towards singing, the young Apte took up it up, rendering bhajans at the local Ganesh festivals in Poona. She studied music at the Maharashtra Sangeet Vidyalaya in Pandharpur. She was introduced in films as a child artiste at the age of nine years, by the actor-director Baburao Pendharkar.〔 The "guidance" of her older brother Baburao Apte, who acted in Apte's first film ''Shyamsunder'' as Radha's husband, was stated to be a help in her rise to stardom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shanta Apte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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