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Shashikala

1932 - 2021

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Shashikala Saigal (née Jawalkar; 4 August 1932 – 4 April 2021), better known by her first name, was an Indian film and television actress, who played supporting roles in hundreds of Bollywood films beginning in the 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shashikala has received more than 1,288,387 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shashikala is the 8,534th most popular actor (up from 9,247th in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from India (down from 928th in 2019) and the 164th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shashikala ranks 8,534 out of 13,578. Before her are Anthony Ruivivar, Zahn McClarnon, Nadira, Amber Benson, Cleavon Little, and Mía Maestro. After her are Jasmin Tabatabai, Timothy Busfield, Lea Salonga, Stuart Erwin, Seamus Dever, and Mel Winkler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Shashikala ranks 546. Before her are Jack Smith, Kurt Schmid, Aladár Kovácsi, Charlie Rich, Bob McGrath, and Nadira. After her are Jacqueline Beer, Dennis Skinner, Bob Houbregs, Vic Crowe, Charles Adkins, and Johnny Kerr. Among people deceased in 2021, Shashikala ranks 647. Before her are Ian St John, Gert Blomé, Zizinho, Tuomo Ylipulli, Antonio de la Torre, and Vladimir Vysotsky. After her are Aleksandr Timoshinin, Richard Lerner, Paul Westphal, Mo Hayder, Aleksandr Klepikov, and Tommy Troelsen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shashikala ranks 962 out of 1,861. Before her are Usha Uthup (1947), Bipasha Basu (1979), Dipali Barthakur (1941), Ameesha Patel (1975), Geetanjali Shree (1957), and Leo Amery (1873). After her are Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), Akshaye Khanna (1975), Sharda Sinha (1952), Devi Shetty (1953), Tariq Anwar (1945), and Arbaaz Khan (1967).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Shashikala ranks 164. Before her are Silk Smitha (1960), Brahmanandam (1956), Nimmi (1933), Anushka Sharma (1988), Bipasha Basu (1979), and Ameesha Patel (1975). After her are Akshaye Khanna (1975), Arbaaz Khan (1967), Malaika Arora (1973), Lakshmi (1952), Raveena Tandon (1974), and Ranbir Kapoor (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Sahira Siddiqui
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Dec 14th 20017.7 / 10
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Sameer's Grandmother
Sameer, fast at losing his temper is re-located to Goa where he falls in love with Rani. But Sameer's new roommate Sunny, has some plans of his own.
Jul 30th 20046.4 / 10
Baadshah
Badhshah's Mother
A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.
Aug 27th 19996.5 / 10