Veteran actress Sandhya Shantaram, wife of legendary film-maker V Shantaram, died on Friday evening in Mumbai. She was 87. Her funeral was held at Shivaji Park crematorium on Saturday morning.

Acclaimed for her dancing skills besides acting in 50s, 60s and 70s, the actress who was known by her first name all her life, did some memorable Hindi films like Do Aankhe Baraah Haat in 1957, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje in 1955 and Navrang in 1959. She was discovered by V Shantaram and later became his third wife. The movie Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.

She had debuted in the Marathi movie, Amar Bhoopali in 1951 in which she played the role of vocalist who was wooed by poet Honaji Bala. In Teen Batti Char Raasta , released in 1953, she played

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