Jayshree Gadkar

Born: 21 February 1942

Died: 29 August 2008

She was a noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress and a star of Marathi cinema from the 1950s up to the 1980s.
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 heroines in the history of the Marathi film industry.