Cinemaazi celebrates Jayshree Gadkar on her birth anniversary
21 Feb 1942
Jayshree Gadkar was a noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress with a career spanning four decades, starting as a film tamasha dancer, to a lead actress, and then a director. She acted in about 250 films with a rich repertoire of mythologicals.
Jayshree Gadkar's first role was that of a group dancer in V. Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje in 1955 which had Sandhya as the leading lady. Her hits include Aaliya Bhogasi, Ghat Padli Thaka Thaka, Sangtye Aika, Avghachi Sansar, Mohityanchi Manjula, Saadhi Mansa, and Manini.
She turned to movie direction with the release of Saasar Maher and Ashi Asavi Saasu. She also acted in Ramayana as the mother of Rama (Kaushalya) along with her husband who was the father of Rama (Dasharath).
Jayashree was born on February 21, 1942 in the Karwar district of Karnataka, India. She died on August 29, 2008 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
She also published an autobiography, Ashi Mi Jayshri.
Jayshree Gadkar's first role was that of a group dancer in V. Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje in 1955 which had Sandhya as the leading lady. Her hits include Aaliya Bhogasi, Ghat Padli Thaka Thaka, Sangtye Aika, Avghachi Sansar, Mohityanchi Manjula, Saadhi Mansa, and Manini.
She turned to movie direction with the release of Saasar Maher and Ashi Asavi Saasu. She also acted in Ramayana as the mother of Rama (Kaushalya) along with her husband who was the father of Rama (Dasharath).
Jayashree was born on February 21, 1942 in the Karwar district of Karnataka, India. She died on August 29, 2008 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
She also published an autobiography, Ashi Mi Jayshri.
