Jayshree Gadkar

Jayshree Gadkar

  • Birthday: 24. February 1942
  • Birthplace: Karwar
  • Awards: Gadkar has received awards for her part in the films Manini, Vaijantha, Sawaal Majha Aika!, and Saadhi Mansa

Biography

Jayshree Gadkar (21 February 1942 – 29 August 2008) was a noted Marathi and Hindi Cinema movie actress and a star of Marathi cinema in from the 1950s up to the 1980s.

Jayashree was born in a Konkani-speaking family at Kanasgiri (Sadashivgad) near Karwar in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. She got married to Bal Dhuri, a theatre actor best known for his portrayal of Dasharatha in Ramanand Sagars TV serial, Ramayana (where Jayashree herself played his wife, Kaushalya). She also published an autobiography, Ashi Mi Jayshri.