2:09 . Both of them went on to become well-settled in life. His father ‘Nandu Khote’ was a stage actor in silent films. His son Durga Khote also had some rather improbable, distinguished relatives with no connection to films. Durga Khote (aunt) Shubha Khote (sister) Bhavana Balsavar (niece) Viju Khote (17 December 1941 – 30 September 2019) was an Indian actor. It will take just a few seconds of your time. In 1954, she famously performed the role of Lady Macbeth in V.V. Two of Nandu's children are also active in the film industry. Because the advertising market is broken too.If you think we deserve your support, do join us in this endeavour to strengthen fair, free, courageous, and questioning journalism, please click on the link below. Bollywood Gallery HD 91,326 views. But she suffered the loss of her son Harin, who predeceased her and died in his 40s.

So, to provide for her family, she started working in films. Durgaji, thus raised her two sons, Bakul and Harin, single-handedly. The first opportunity came when her sister Shalini, who was a friend of producer J.B.H. Copyright © 2020 Printline Media Pvt.
Shs thus felt impelled to make a living any which way she could, and the opening in films happened entirely by chance. "I had a happy, carefree childhood," she says.

His sister ‘Shubha Khote’ is a well known Bollywood and Indian TV actress. He had multiple organ failure,” actor Bhavana Balsavar, his niece, told PTI. At ThePrint, we invest in quality journalists. She needed to look majestic and dignified and still like a queen, while doing the work of a maid-servant,” he said. He was known for his role as Kalia in the movie Sholay. The fact that she came from a modern and English-educated family meant that, even as a widow, she was able to act in films, which was derided as a disreputable profession in those days. There are many reasons why the media’s economics is broken. Watch Queue Queue. His actor sister Shubha Khote and her actor daughter Bhavana Balsavar attended the funeral. His friends and family members attended his funeral at Marine Lines, Mumbai on Monday afternoon. Durga Khote was born on January 13, 1905 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. Vittal Bapurao Khote or popularly known as Viju Khotey was born on Monday, 17 December 1941 (age 77 years at the time of death) in Bombay Presidency, British India.

She also ranks among the top ten actresses in mother roles in Khote was born as Vita Lad, to a family which hailed from By the age of 26, Durga Khote was a widowed mother with two young sons; Bakul and Harin.

She was the inspiration for several generations of Indian actresses, including veterans such as the late During later years, she played several important character roles, such as the mother of the protagonist. Her portrayal of She went on to play other widely appreciated character roles in later movies, such as the role of the grandmother of the heroine in She acted in over 200 films in her career. He was the nephew of actor Durga Khote from his father, Nandu Khote’s side. The socialite and politician Sharda Mukherjee (nee Sharada Pandit), who herself served as governor of the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, and who was the wife of Subroto Mukherjee, India's first Chief of the Air Staff, was Durga Khote's first cousin (her mother's sister's daughter). Durga Khote was born as Vita Laud to an elite Maharashtrian family in the Bombay Presidency on 14 January 1905. Durga Khote debuted in a minor role in the obscure 1931 silent film Durga Khote remained active in the theatre circuit for many years, especially the Marathi theatre in Mumbai. See pics