In this Dec. 22, 2009 file picture, veteran actor Sandhya Shantaram throughout a operate, in Mumbai. Shantaram handed away on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: –

Veteran actor Sandhya Shantaram, spouse of late filmmaker V Shantaram, has died resulting from age-related illnesses, her household mentioned on Saturday (October 4). She was 94.

Sandhya Shantaram was the third spouse of the legendary filmmaker and ceaselessly starred because the main girl in movies resembling Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955), and Pinjra (1972).

Kiran Shantaram, V Shantaram’s son from his second marriage with Jayashree, mentioned the veteran actor breathed her final on Friday evening. “She handed away final evening at 10 pm at Rajkamal Studio, the place she had been dwelling. She had been unwell for the previous 4 to 5 years, and was affected by fever and cough just lately,” Kiran Shantaram informed PTI.

Mahipal and Sandhya in a nonetheless from V Shantaram’s Hindi movie “Navrang”

“We would usually inform her that she could be with us until she turned 100. The saddest half was that she didn’t have kids of her personal with my father, however she handled me and my sisters like her personal. She was very candy, a beautiful prepare dinner, and would lovingly feed us,” he mentioned.

The final rites have been held on Saturday morning at Shivaji Park crematorium.

A well-liked actor of the Nineteen Fifties and 60s, Sandhya Shantaram labored predominantly in Hindi and Marathi movies. Some of her most notable movies additionally embody Sehra, Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli, and Amar Bhoopali.

Sandhya and V Shantaram in a nonetheless from ‘Stree’ (1961) | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday condoled the actor’s demise, saying her passing has precipitated an awesome loss to the movie world.

“The information of the passing of veteran actress Sandhya Shantaram is extraordinarily heartbreaking. Her roles in lots of Marathi movies resembling Pinjra and Navrang grew to become immensely widespread. She additionally made her mark within the Hindi movie trade,” Fadnavis mentioned in a submit on X.

ज्येष्ठ अभिनेत्री संध्या शांताराम यांच्या निधनाचे वृत्त अतिशय दुःखद आहे.
पिंजरा, नवरंग अशा अनेक मराठी चित्रपटांमध्ये त्यांच्या भूमिका गाजल्या. हिंदी सिनेसृष्टीही त्यांनी गाजवली. विशेषतः ‘दो आंखें बारह हाथ’ यातील त्यांची भूमिका प्रचंड गाजली होती. जितका कसदार अभिनय, तितकेच दमदार… pic.twitter.com/jCTIfTFBRf

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) October 4, 2025

Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar expressed grief, calling it an awesome loss to Indian cinema. In a submit on X, Shelar mentioned the information of the passing of the famous actor was extraordinarily saddening

भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजली !

‘पिंजरा’ चित्रपटातील प्रसिद्ध अभिनेत्री संध्या शांताराम जी यांच्या निधनाची बातमी अत्यंत दुःखद आहे.

मराठी व हिंदी चित्रपटसृष्टीत त्यांनी आपल्या अप्रतिम अभिनय आणि नृत्यकौशल्याने प्रेक्षकांच्या मानावर एक वेगळी छाप पाडली. ‘झनक झनक पायल बाजे’, ‘दो आंखें बारह… pic.twitter.com/Gsdq5KuXP9

— Adv. Ashish Shelar – ॲड. आशिष शेलार (@ShelarAshish) October 4, 2025

प्रसिद्ध अभिनेत्री संध्या शांताराम यांच्या पार्थिवाचे दर्शन घेतले. त्यांच्या आत्म्यास चिरशांती लाभो, हीच ईश्वर चरणी प्रार्थना. pic.twitter.com/rPQ5IdNO7b

— Adv. Ashish Shelar – ॲड. आशिष शेलार (@ShelarAshish) October 4, 2025

Published – October 05, 2025 01:11 pm IST

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