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{{Short description|Indian actress (1942–2008)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jayshree Gadkar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|02|21}}
| birth_place = [[Karwar]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] ({{small|now in [[Karnataka]], [[India]]}})
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|08|29|1942|02|21}}
| death_place = Mumbai
| nationality = [[India]]n
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| spouse = [[Bal Dhuri]]
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| occupation = Actor
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'''Jayshree Gadkar''' (21 February 1942 – 29 August 2008)<ref name="hindu0829"/> was a noted [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] and Hindi<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Films |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1978}}</ref> movie actress<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2013">{{cite book |author1=K. Moti Gokulsing |author2=Wimal Dissanayake |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwGgF-rDucEC&pg=PT134 |access-date=8 June 2013 |date=17 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77291-7 |pages=134–}}</ref><ref name="Mujawar1969">{{cite book |author=Isak Mujawar |title=Maharashtra: birthplace of Indian film industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RH9YAAAAMAAJ |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1969 |publisher=Chief Information Officer, Maharashtra Information Centre}}</ref> and a star of [[Marathi cinema]] from the 1950s up to the 1980s.

==Personal life==
Jayshree was born into a [[Konkani language|Konkani]]-speaking family at Kanasgiri ([[Sadashivgad]]) near [[Karwar]] in the [[Uttara Kannada]] district of [[Karnataka]], India.<ref name="Sathyan1985">{{cite book |author=B. N. Sri Sathyan |title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Uttara Kannada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIwBAAAAMAAJ |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1985 |publisher=Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press}}</ref> She married [[Bal Dhuri]], a theatre actor best known for his portrayal of [[Dashratha]] in [[Ramanand Sagar]]'s TV serial, ''[[Ramayana (TV series)|Ramayana]]'' (where Jayashree herself played his wife, [[Kaushalya]]). She also published an autobiography, Ashi Mi Jayshri.<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O31jAAAAMAAJ |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1987 |publisher=Sähitya Akademi.}}</ref>

==Career==
She began her career as a child dance artist. She entered films as a [[tamasha]] dancer in movies. Her first role was that of a group dancer in [[V. Shantaram]]'s ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]'' in 1955, which featured [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] as the leading lady. Later, well known Marathi film Director [[Dinkar D Patil]] cast her in a small role with dance in his Marathi film ''Disat Tasa Nasat'', opposite [[Raja Gosavi]]. This was followed by ''[[Sangtye Aika]],'' a tamasha-based movie which was the first in which she played a leading role. This helped her gain fame and recognition and she started doing heroine roles. She eventually became one of the most successful and prolific heriones in the history of the Marathi film industry.

Jayshree acted in about 250 films over a period of four decades. Her filmography was varied and included a rich repertoire of tamasha stories as also mythologicals in addition to socials and love stories. Her films include:
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* Sangoo Kashi Me<ref name="Cowie1977" />
* Chandoba Chandoba Bhaaglas Ka
* Gharkul
* Avghachi Sansar
* Gath Padli Thaka Thaka
* Aaliya Bhogasi
* Soon Ladaki Ya Gharchi<ref>{{cite book |title=Collections |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&q=jayashree+gadkar |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1991 |publisher=Update Video Publication}}</ref>
* Jiwhala<ref>{{cite book |title=Film World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSYjLI4rl5AC&q=jayashree+gadkar |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1969 |publisher=T.M. Ramachandran}}</ref>
* Thamb Laxmi Kunku Lawate<ref name="Cowie1977" />
* 1954 Subah Ka Tara
* 1955 Savitri<ref>{{cite book |title=India today international |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lV8pAQAAIAAJ&q=jayashree+gadkar |access-date=8 June 2013 |date=October 1999 |publisher=Living Media India Limited}}</ref>
* 1959 Sangte Aika<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2013" />
* 1959 Madari
* 1960 Police Detective<ref name="Pinto2006" />
* 1960 Pancharati
* 1960 Bindya
* 1960 Avaghachi Sansar
* 1961 Sasural
* 1961 Saranga
* 1961 Manini<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1994">{{cite book |author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author2=Paul Willemen |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOtkAAAAMAAJ&q=jayashree+gadkar |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1994 |publisher=British Film Institute |isbn=978-0-85170-455-5}}</ref>
* 1962 Baap Majha Brahmachari
* 1962 Sukh Aale Mazhya Daari
* 1962 Private Secretary
* 1963 Subhadra Haran
* 1963 Padada
* 1963 Mohityanchi Manjula
* 1963 Mere Arman Mere Sapne
* 1964 Mahasati Anusuya
* 1964 [[Sawaal Majha Aika!|Sawal Maza Aika]]
* 1965 Malhari Martand
* 1965 Aai Kuna Mhanu Mee
* 1965 Saadhi Mansa (1965)<ref name="Banerjee1993">{{cite book |author=Shampa Banerjee |title=Bhārata Kā 24vāṃ Antarrāshṭrīya Philma Samāroha '93, Naī Dillī, Janavarī 10-20, 1993 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RN1kAAAAMAAJ&q=jayashree+gadkar |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1993 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting}}</ref>
* 1965 Gopal - Krishna
* 1965 Aai Kuna Mhanu Mee
* 1966 Patlachi Soon
* 1967 Suranga Mhantyat Mala<ref name="Cowie1977">{{cite book |author=Peter Cowie |title=World Filmography: 1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jp7ayTLX1D8C&pg=PA281 |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1977 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |isbn=978-0-498-01565-6 |pages=281–}}</ref>
* 1967 Lav-Kush
* 1967 Baharon Ke Sapne
* 1968 Ek Gaav Bara Bhangadi
* 1968 Har Har Gange
* 1968 Balram Shri Krishna
* 1970 Dagabaaz
* 1970 [[Bhagwan Parshuram]]<ref name="Pinto2006" />
* 1971 अशीच एक रात्र होती
* 1971 Lakhat Ashi Dekhani
* 1971 Tulsi Vivah
* 1971 Shri Krishna Leela
* 1971 Shree Krishnarjun Yuddh<ref name="Pinto2006" />
* 1971 Kasa Kai Patil Bara Hai Ka
* 1972 Naag Panchami
* 1972 Hari Darshan
* 1973 Mahasati Savitri
* 1973 Aai Ude Ga Ambabai
* 1974 Kisan Aur Bhagwan
* 1974 [[Har Har Mahadev]]
* 1974 Dawat
* 1974 Bhagat Dhanna Jatt
* 1974 Balak Dhruv
* 1975 Ek Gaon Ki Kahani
* 1976 Bajrangbali
* 1977 Mahima Shree Ram Ki
* 1977 Gayatri Mahima
* 1978 Adventures of Aladdin
* 1979 Har Har Gange<ref name="Pinto2006">{{cite book |author=Jerry Pinto |title=Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ng_vVIcq5yQC&pg=PA240 |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-303124-6 |pages=240–}}</ref>
* 1980 Kadaklakshmi
* 1981 ''[[Sansani: The Sensation]]''
* 1981 Soon Mazi Laxmi
* 1981 ''[[Jiyo To Aise Jiyo]]''
* 1982 Aavhan
* 1983 Sati Naag Kanya
* 1983 Sampoorna Mahabharat
* 1984 Sulagte Armaan
* 1984 Sindoor Ka Daan
* 1984 Shravan Kumar
* 1984/II Maya Bazaar
* 1984 Naya Kadam
* 1985 [[Masterji]]
* 1986 Veer Bhimsen
* 1986 Patton Ki Bazi
* 1986 Krishna-Krishna
* 1986 Bijli
* 1986 Ramayan (TV series)
* 1987 Sher Shivaji
* 1987 Purnasatya
* 1987 ''[[Khooni Darinda]]''
* 1987 Nazrana
* 1987 Bhatak Bhavani
* 1988 [[Mar Mitenge]]
* 1989 [[Eeshwar (1989 film)|Eeshwar]]
* 1989 [[Kanoon Apna Apna]]
* 1990 [[Amiri Garibi]]
* 1991 Bombay to Mauritius
* 1992 Maalmasala
* 1997 Lav Kush
* 2000 Saubhagyadan
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In later years, Jayshree turned film director. Her directorial efforts include ''Saasar Maher'' and ''Ashi Asavi Saasu.'' She also acted in [[Ramanand Sagar]]'s TV Series [[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayana]], as [[Kaushalya]] (mother of [[Rama]]) along with her husband [[Bal Dhuri]], who was [[Dasharath]] (father of [[Rama]]). Her home is adorned with the photo of both in Ramayana costume. Her Autobiography Ashi Me Jayshree was published in 1986.<ref name="Jayshree1986">{{cite book |author=Gadkar Jayshree |title=Ashi Me Jayshree |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rC5LMwEACAAJ |access-date=8 June 2013 |year=1986 |publisher=Rohan, Pune}}</ref>

==Awards==
Gadkar has received awards for her part in the films ''Manini'', ''Vaijantha'', ''[[Sawaal Majha Aika!]]'' and ''Saadhi Mansa''.<ref name="hindu0829">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200808291121.htm |title=Actress Jayshree Gadkar passes away |date=29 August 2008 |work=The Hindu |access-date=29 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004810/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200808291121.htm |archive-date=13 December 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bal Dhuri]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name| id=1024354| name = Jayshree Gadkar }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131017134258/http://www.marathicharolya.in/marathiworld/categories.php?cat_id=207 Jayshree Gadkar in Marathi Movie]
*[http://in.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/29jay.htm Remembering Jayshree Gadkar]
*[http://www.marathimirchi.com/marathi/search.php?search_keywords=jayashree Some more pictures from Marathi movies]

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