| Salma El-Sharkawy |
Indian actress and theater director, and one of the pioneers of the experimental theater movement.In the 1970s, she appeared in over seventy-three Bollywood productions. She was born and raised in Mumbai, where she attended Siddhartha College in Fort, Mumbai, where she eventually earned an education degree. She started out as a teacher at Chabildas Boys' High School in Dadar, Mumbai, before becoming interested in theater when playwright Vijay Tendulkar asked her to write plays for her students.After winning state-level competitions for plays like Madhlya Bhintee, she started her acting career with the Rangayan group, which was created by Vijay Tendulkar and others. She founded the theater group Awishkar after the dissolution of the Rangayan group. She became famous for her role in Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1971).
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