Lalita Pawar was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema.
13 Facts About Lalita Pawar
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Lalita Pawar holds a Guinness world record of longest acting career spanning over 70 years.
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Lalita Pawar featured in hit films such as Netaji Palkar, made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures' Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat's Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films' Gora Kumbhar.
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Lalita Pawar was born as Amba Laxman Rao Sagun on 18 April 1916, into an orthodox family in Yeola in Nashik.
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Lalita Pawar's father Laxman Rao Shagun was a rich silk and cotton piecegoods merchant.
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Lalita Pawar started her acting career at age nine in the film Raja Harishchandra, and later went on to play lead roles in the silent era and 1940s films, in a career that lasted until the end of her life, spanning seven decades.
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Lalita Pawar co-produced and acted in a silent film Kailash, and later produced another film Duniya Kya Hai in 1938, a talkie.
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Lalita Pawar was known particularly for playing maternal figures, especially wicked matriarchs or mothers-in-law.
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Lalita Pawar notably played the strict but kind Mrs L D'Sa in Anari with Raj Kapoor.
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Lalita Pawar was honored by the Government of India as the first lady of Indian cinema in 1961.
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Lalita Pawar later married film producer Rajprakash Gupta, of Ambika studios, Bombay.
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Lalita Pawar continued to live with her grandson Sanjay Pawar and her husband in Juhu.
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Lalita Pawar died on 24 February 1998 in Aundh, Pune, where she had been staying for a while.