
V. Shantaram is a film director, film producer, screenwriter born in Kolhapur (India).
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), also known as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He is best known for films such as Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Amar Bhoopali (1951), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Duniya Na Mane (1937), Pinjara (1972), Chani, Iye Marathiche Nagari and Zunj.
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| Born | 18 November 1901, Kolhapur |
| Profession | film director, film producer, screenwriter |
| Nationality | India |
| Educated at | Private High School Kolhapur |
| Spouse | Sandhya Shantaram, Jayashree, Vimala |
| Children | Kiran Shantaram, Rajshree, Madhura Jasraj, Charusheela Ray |
| Awards | Filmfare Award for Best Director, Padma Vibhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Capricorn |
| Nakshatra | Shravana (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Sagittarius |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Bhat)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 18 of them (12%) have the Moon in Capricorn, like V. Shantaram, and 10 (7%) share the Shravana Nakshatra — the most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities.
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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V. Shantaram was born on 18 November 1901 in Kolhapur. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Bhat)), so this chart is reliable.
V. Shantaram's Moon sign (Rashi) is Capricorn and the Nakshatra is Shravana, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
V. Shantaram's Ascendant is Sagittarius, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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