Shashikala family
Shashikala daughters.
Shashikala
Indian actress (1932–2021)
For other people named Shashikala, see Shashikala (given name).
Shashikala Saigal (née Jawalkar; 4 August 1932 – 4 April 2021),[1][2] better known by her first name, was an Indian film and television actress, who played supporting roles in hundreds of Bollywood films beginning in the 1940s.
Shashikala children
Early years
Shashikala Jawalkar was one of six children born in Solapur, Maharashtra[3] to a Hindu BhavsarShimpi caste Marathi speaking family. By age 5, she had already been dancing, singing and acting on stage in many towns in Solapur district.[4] When Shashikala was in her pre-teens, through ill luck, her father became bankrupt, and he brought his family to Bombay (now Mumbai), where they thought that Shashikala, the best-looking and most-talented among his children, could find work in movies.
For some time, the family lived with friends and barely survived, while Shashikala wandered from one studio to
