K. V. Shanthi

K.V. Shanthi

K. V. Shanthi (25 June 1937 – 21 September 2020) known by her stage name Shanthi was an Indian actress acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil movies. She was a prominent lead actress and dancer in Indian Cinema during the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in famous Hindi films like Chori Chori of 1956. Background She was born at Samkranthi, Kottayam, Kerala, and later moved to Chenn...

K. V. Shanthi (25 June 1937 – 21 September 2020) known by her stage name Shanthi was an Indian actress acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil movies. She was a prominent lead actress and dancer in Indian Cinema during the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in famous Hindi films like Chori Chori of 1956. Background She was born at Samkranthi, Kottayam, Kerala, and later moved to Chennai. She was married to Sasikumar and they had one son named Shyam Kumar. She was one of the permanent actresses of Merryland Studio's movies. She has acted in more than 50 Malayalam movies and a few movies in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. Filmography Malayalam Other Languages Chori Chori (1956) – Hindi Rajkumar (1964 film) (1964) – Hindi Penn Kulathin Pon Vilakku (1959) - Tamil Marutha Nattu Veeran (1961) – Tamil Ellam Unakkaga (1961) – Tamil Aadi Perukku (film) (1962) – Tamil B. Vittalacharya's Telugu movies References External links K. V. Shanthi at IMDb K. V. Shanthi at MSI