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Shashikala tribute: Indefatigable to the very end
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âThree female figures from the Hindi film world instigate me to slap them,â thus joked the outspoken film critic of yore, Devyani Chaubal. The female characters who set her off thus were: Manorama, Lalita Pawar and the just departed Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal.
The actress, from Solapur, Maharashtra, once told the film critic Fatima Zaidi of Shama, an Urdu magazine, Agar paapad belna koi muhavara hai aur woh kisi shakhs pe laagoo hota hai toh woh main hoon (if there s a phrase paapad belna in Hindi, that applies to me in toto)â. Shashikala was from a very poor family. It was difficult for her family to make both the ends meet. A precocious and sensitive girl, Shashikala decided to try her luck in Bombay as she had a keen interest in dancing, acting and singing.