Shubha Balsavar Khote

Shubha Balsavar (née Khote) is an Indian film and television actress who has worked in several Hindi-language and a few Marathi-language films. She is also a former women's national champion in swimming and cycling.

Shubha Balsavar Khote
Khote at ITA Awards 2010
Born
Mumbai, Maharashtra
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Known forFilm & Theatre
Spouse
D.M. Balsavar
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(m. 1960)​
Children2 (including Bhavana Balsavar)
FamilyDurga Khote (aunt)
Viju Khote (brother)

Early life and education

Shubha Khote was born into a Marathi-Konkani family, the daughter of noted Marathi theatre personality Nandu Khote by his wife, a Konkani lady from Mangalore in Karnataka. The actor Viju Khote was her younger brother.[1] Veteran actress Durga Khote was the wife of Shubha's father's brother. Shubha's maternal uncle, Nayampalli, was also an actor.[2]

Shubha Khote studied at St. Teresa's High School, Charni Road and St.Columba school (Gamdevi). As a girl, she excelled at swimming and cycling, and in an era when very few women even ventured into such sports, she was women's national champion in swimming and cycling for three successive years, 1952–55. After completing school, she graduated in English Literature from Wilson College.

Shubha is married to D. M. Balsavar, who is (like Shubha's mother) from Mangalore. He was the Vice President of Marketing in Nocil, a major Indian corporate.[3] He appeared in a cameo in the Marathi movie Chimukla Pahuna (1968), which she produced and directed.[2] Their daughter, Bhavana Balsavar is also a TV actress.[4]

Career
Shubha with her daughter Bhavana Balsavar
Shubha Khote with her younger brother Viju Khote

She made her stage debut as child actor at age 4,[5] and her film debut in Seema (1955) as Putli. Her good cycling made her widely known, and led to Seema's team casting her. Since then, she has starred in a large number of Hindi and Marathi movies, stage shows, and TV serials. She mostly starred opposite Mehmood and the pair became hit in Sasural, Bharosa, Ziddi, Chhoti Behan, Sanjh Aur Savera, Love in Tokyo, Grahasthi, Humrahi and Beti Bete. She also played negative roles in Paying Guest and Ek Duuje Ke Liye. In 1962, she received two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gharana and Sasural, though she lost the award to Nirupa Roy.

She has directed comedy plays such as Hera Pheri, Hum Dono, Bachelor's Wife and Let's Do it (2000).[5][6] Her home production Bachelor's Wives (adapted from the Marathi play Gholat Ghol) had more than 40 performances in Mumbai and Aurangabad. Her TV show Zabaan Sambhalke (based on the Mind Your Language series) was a major hit.[7]

She has also worked in the Marathi teleserial Eka Lagnachi Teesri Goshta on Zee Marathi.[8]

Selected filmography

Movies

TV

Awards

References
  1. Rakhi Special: Bollywood's best brother-sister duo
  2. "Shubha Khote – Memories". cineplot.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. "I never believed I was pretty - Shubha Khote". filmfare.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. Shobha Khote with daughter Bhavna Balsaver during 'SAB Ke Anokhe Awards' The Times of India, 26 June 2012.
  5. "Inside Out". The Indian Express. 30 March 2000. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  6. "For theatre buffs". The Hindu. 15 April 2002. Archived from the original on 30 May 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  7. Pretty Funny! by V Gangadhar. Rediff.com, 5 October 1997.
  8. "Shubha Khote to make a comeback with Lage Raho Chachu - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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