Jayshree Gadkar (21 February 1942 – 29 August 2008) was a noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress and a star of Marathi cinema from the 1950s up to the 1980s.
Jayashree was born
into a Konkani-speaking family at Kanasgiri (Sadashivgad) near Karwar
in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. She got
married to Bal Dhuri, a theatre actor best known for his portrayal of
Dasharatha in Ramanand Sagar's TV serial, Ramayana (where Jayashree
herself played his wife, Kaushalya). She also published an
autobiography, Ashi Mi Jayshri.
She began her career
as a child dance artist. She entered films as a tamasha dancer in
movies. Her first role was that of a group dancer in V. Shantaram's
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje in 1955 which featured Sandhya as the
leading lady. Later, well known Marathi film Director Dinkar D patil
cast her in a small role with dance in his Marathi film "Disat
Tasa Nasat" opposite Raja Gosavi. This was followed by Sangtye
Aika, a tamasha-based movie which was the first in which she played a
leading role. This helped her gain fame and recognition and she
started doing heroine roles. She eventually became one of the most
successful and prolific heriones in the history of the Marathi film
industry.
Jayshree acted in about 250 films over a period of four decades.
Jayshree Gadkar's Filmography with
Super Star Rajesh Khanna :
- 1967 - Baharon Ke Sapne - Sundari
- 1984 - Naya Kadam - as Ramu's Mother
- 1985 - Masterji - Masterji's mother-in-law
- 1987 - Nazarana - as Parvati
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