16 Facts About Shanta Gokhale

Shanta Gokhale was born on 14 August 1939 and is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic.

Shanta Gokhale is best known for her works Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi.

Shanta Gokhale did her schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim.

Shanta Gokhale has previously worked as a part-time teacher at Elphinstone College, and as a public relations executive at Glaxo Laboratories.

Shanta Gokhale initially published stories, in both English and Marathi, in various publications, and eventually in the 1970s, she started publishing novels.

Shanta Gokhale published her first book, Rita Welinkar, in Marathi.

Shanta Gokhale wrote the book while she still worked at Glaxo, formulating the ideas during her bus journeys and writing during her lunch breaks.

Shanta Gokhale planned to release her memoirs with the tentative title of Here's Looking at You, Body in 2018.

Shanta Gokhale has written screenplays for several films and documentaries.

Shanta Gokhale wrote the screenplay for the Hindi film, Haathi Ka Anda directed by Arun Khopkar for whom she has written many documentary scripts.

Shanta Gokhale wrote the screenplay for the 2011 Marathi film, Ti Ani Itar, adapted from Manjula Padmanabhan's 1986 play, Lights Out.

Shanta Gokhale has formerly been Arts Editor with The Times of India, Mumbai, and Sub-Editor at Femina.

Shanta Gokhale has previously been a columnist for newspapers like The Sunday Times of India and The Independent, for tabloids like Mid-Day and Mumbai Mirror and for websites like Scroll.

Shanta Gokhale would attend his theatre rehearsals and observe him directing plays, some of which were written by fresh new writers like Girish Karnad.

Shanta Gokhale has edited The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Mumbai.

Shanta Gokhale has edited the book, The Scenes We Made, about the theatre scene Between the mid-70s and early 90s at the Chabildas School in Dadar, Mumbai.