Nationality Indian Name Shanta Gokhale | Role Writer Children Renuka Shahane | |
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Born 14 August 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-08-14 ) Dahanu, Thane district , India Occupation writer, translator, journalist, theatre critic Books Crowfall, Rita Welinkar Movies Ardh Satya, Haathi Ka Anda, Rita, Colors of Absence Grandchildren Shouryaman Rana, Satyendra Rana Awards National Film Award for Best Biographical Film Similar People Renuka Shahane, Ashutosh Rana, Govind Nihalani | ||
Shanta gokhale at the toto awards 2015
Shanta Gokhale (born 14 August 1939) is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic.
Contents
- Shanta gokhale at the toto awards 2015
- Shanta gokhale in conversation with jerry pinto
- Early life and education
- Career
- Works
- References
Shanta gokhale in conversation with jerry pinto
Early life and education
Born in Dahanu in Thane district of Maharashtra, her family moved to Shivaji Park neighbourhood in Mumbai in 1941 when her father joined a newspaper, Searchlight. She did her schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim. At the age of 15 she left for England where also did her B. A. (Hons) in English literature from Bristol University. Returning to India, at the age of 21, she did her M. A. (Hons) degree in English literature from University of Mumbai. Subsequently, she joined Xavier's Institute of Communication, Mumbai, where she studied Communications and Video Production.
Career
Gokhale started her career published stories in various publications in the 1970s, eventually she published novels and plays. She has been formerly Arts Editor with The Times of India Mumbai.
She has written screenplay for several films and documentaries. She wrote the screenplay for the Hindi film, Haathi Ka Anda (2002) directed by Arun Khopkar for whom she has written many documentary scripts. As an actor, she appeared in the parallel cinema classic, film, Ardh Satya (1983), directed by Govind Nihlani and a 13-part TV series directed by Amol Palekar.
Her daughter, Renuka Shahane is a film and television actress, who made her directorial debut, adapting Gokhale's novel, Rita Welingkar into Marathi film, Rita (2009), with her, Pallavi Joshi and Jackie Shroff in the cast She published a critical study of Marathi theatre, Playwright at the Centre: Marathi Drama from 1843 to the Present in 2000. As a translator she has worked on veteran actress Durga Khote's noted autobiography and published translation of several play by leading Marathi playwrights, including Mahesh Elkunchwar and Satish Alekar.