Sushama Shiromanee

Sushama Shiromanee is a Marathi film actress who was born and bred in Mumbai. She started acting in films while she was still at school. She accepted small roles which were offered to her and this continued until 1970 when she got her first break in the film Sampoorna Teerath Yatra which became a box office hit. This film established Sushama’s reputation as a versatile actress who took the maximum career risks by accepting unconventional roles. She continued acting in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati films for another decade and then around 1980 she registered her own production company, Shiromanee Chitra. She started writing, producing, directing, distributing and acting in films under her own company banner. Shiromanee Chitra is a reputable production banner in the Bollywood Film Industry. It is well known for Marathi films like Bhingri, Fatakadi, Mosambi Narangi, Bhannat Bhanu and Gulchhadi and Hindi films Pyar ka Karz and Kanoon. Sushama is a versatile dancer and has specialised in Bharat Natyam and Kathak. She has demonstrated her dancing abilities while singing the song Adhaar jiwala vatava; asa kuni maz bhetawa in film Kaka Mala Vachwa. She also danced with ease while singing romantic songs in Narad Lila, Daam Kari Kaam, Mahashiv Raatri, Fatakadi, Bhannat Bhanu and a number of other films. The most remarkable feature of career of Sushama Shiromanee was that most of her 1970s and 1980s hits were fueled by her own star power as much as the heroes and most of the times her role was more powerful than the hero. Though she was pitted opposite her seniors like Asis Kumar, Ashok Saraf, Jeevan, Sahu Modak, she made sure her role was as good as theirs. The characters she played stood out and gave her recognition for her performances. Sushama has worked tirelessly, selflessly and without any remuneration for Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association for nearly 27 years. During this period she has assisted a lot of Producers with their difficulties. Through the support, love and affection, of people around her she has been able to surmount tremendous barriers in accomplishing a number of difficult and daunting tasks for IMPPA and for the benefit of it’s members. In turn she has won the respect and admiration from Film personnel throughout India and abroad. She has done a lot for the Indian Cinema and has achieved a lot for the Film Industry as a whole. She has led delegations to the President of India (Ms Pratibha Patil) ; Prime Minister of Fiji (Mr.Frank Bainimarama); had the guts to question the current Prime Minister of India (Mr. Narendra Modi) when he forgot to mention the revenue generated by the Film Industry of India and the employment opportunities created by the Film Makers in his speech. Sushama also stood toe to toe alone with one of the underworld gangsters and had full justice done to her by the Police and other prominent people of India after she reported the matter to them. The gangster had also offered her bribes with instructions that she should not stand for elections for the position of President of IMPPA. This was sheer courage demonstrated by Sushama Shiromanee whose life was under threat. Sushama Shiromanee has also been involved in social, charitable and community work and either through her contacts or by herself, she has provided assistance, advise, and support to a lot of people around India without publicising her activities and without any remuneration. In her childhood Sushama learnt dancing and acting. Recognised for her talent, dancing skills and beauty, Sushama went on to become a popular leading actress in Hindi and Marathi films from the early 1970s until the late 1980s. She had been acting as a child artist and in minor roles in 1960s as well. Sushama was noted for playing unconventional parts, and her performances often received praise and accolades from the audience. Some of the roles performed by Sushama have been classic ones which in turn have been imitated by other heroines later on. In some of her Marathi films she has championed the cause of the ordinary Indian women in our society. She has played some daring roles and has set examples to the Indian females that they have freedom of speech and how they can dress up and how they can protect themselves and feel secure in society. Sushama fine-tuned her dialogue delivery with an evocative voice. In her Marathi films which she produced in the late 1970s and 1980s, she either played the major roles herself or shared equal footing with the male counterparts. Credentials 2004 - 2005 President Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA) 2008 – 2009 Hon. Gen Secretary Film Federation of India (FFI) 2007 – 2014 Chairperson of Film Makers Combine (FMC) 2010 – 2014 Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Govt. of India (Censor Board) 2004 – 2008 Vice President Film Federation of India (FFI) 2006 – 2015 Senior Vice President of IMPPA 2009 – 2015 Board of Directors Indian Motion Pictures Distributors Association (IMPDA) 2008 – Current Board of Directors Film Stage and Cultural Development Corp. Ltd. Govt. of Maharashtra 2009 – Current Advisory Script Panel of National Film Development Corporation Ltd - Govt. of India (NFDC) 2008 – Current Member - The feature film jury of national awards Govt. of India 2008 – Current Member - The feature film jury panorama awards Govt. of India Some of the films of Sushama Shiromanee either as a child artist, in a dance group, in a supporting role or as a heroine are:- Year Film 1958 Lajwanti 1961 Aas Ka Panchhi 1964 Ganga ki Lehren 1965 Waqt 1966 Teesri Manzil 1967 Anita 1967 Chimukala Pahuna 1967 Kaka Mala Vachwa 1968 Brahmachari 1968 Suhaag Raat 1969 Talaash 1970 Sampoorna Teerath Yaatra 1970 Sawan Bhadon 1971 Sampoorna Devi Darshan 1972 Daam Kari Kaam 1972 Mahashiv Raatri 1972 Narad Lila 1972 Sant Tulsidass 1976 Hum Kisi se Kam Nahin 1979 Tevda Sodun Bola 1980 Bajrangbali 1980 Bhingri 1980 Fatakadi 1981 Mosambi Narangi 1982 Bhannat Bhanu 1983 Gulchhadi 1986 Bijli 1990 Pyar ka Karz 1994 Kanoon 2008 Jai Randal Ma

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