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Shobhna Samarth

1916 - 2000

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Shobhana Samarth (17 November 1916 – 9 February 2000) was an Indian director, actress and producer, who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Hindi film industry and continued in lead roles into the 1950s. She started in Marathi cinema. Her first Hindi film, Nigahen Nafrat, was released in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shobhna Samarth has received more than 1,146,328 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shobhna Samarth is the 6,687th most popular actor (up from 8,329th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from India (up from 843rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shobhna Samarths by language

Over the past year Shobhna Samarth has had the most page views in the with 209,460 views, followed by Hindi (17,522), and Marathi (2,428). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Telugu (290.65%), Hindi (170.07%), and Egyptian Arabic (123.24%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shobhna Samarth ranks 6,687 out of 13,578. Before her are Alison Brie, Bud Luckey, Robin Sachs, Judy Parfitt, Ralph Ineson, and Rip Taylor. After her are Peggy Rea, Christian Camargo, Payman Maadi, Eriq Ebouaney, Isabel Lucas, and Paolo Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Shobhna Samarth ranks 275. Before her are Virginia Gregg, Robert Marshak, Paul Felix Schmidt, George Montgomery, Spark Matsunaga, and Richard K. Guy. After her are Jeannette Campbell, Marie Wilson, Roderick Chisholm, Peter Geach, Rupert Davies, and Lalita Pawar. Among people deceased in 2000, Shobhna Samarth ranks 313. Before her are Gloria Talbott, Paul Bartel, Ann Doran, George Montgomery, Elmo Zumwalt, and Charles Hartshorne. After her are Beah Richards, Alfredo Sánchez, Clifford Truesdell, Marceline Day, Helmut Berthold, and Diógenes Domínguez.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shobhna Samarth ranks 801 out of 1,861. Before her are Pinarayi Vijayan (1945), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Rukhmabai (1864), Tarsem Singh (1961), Johnny Lever (1957), and Sharat Saxena (1950). After her are Kapil Dev (1959), R. K. Laxman (1921), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), R. D. Burman (1939), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), and Shyamala Gopalan (1938).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Shobhna Samarth ranks 127. Before her are Arjun Kapoor (1985), Michael Bates (1920), Asrani (1940), Amol Palekar (1944), Johnny Lever (1957), and Sharat Saxena (1950). After her are Karisma Kapoor (1974), Boman Irani (1959), Anjali Devi (1927), Manorama (1937), Smita Patil (1955), and Lalita Pawar (1916).

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Television and Movie Roles

Chhalia
The tragic-comic story of Chhalia, a naive, simple-minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life; and falls in love with a young woman named Shanti, only to find out that she is married but separated from her husband, Kewal, and adopted son, Anwar. He puts all he can in an effort to locate Kewal and re-unite the family.
Jan 1o 19605 / 10
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Mrs. Verma
The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous film director and his relationship with an aspiring actress.
Feb 1o 19596.8 / 10
Do Chor
The Bombay police is baffled at a series of robberies being committed in homes of prominent people, with the thief leaving a swastika and stealing only one set of jewellery instead of everything in the safe. Their investigation takes them to bring in a notorious burglar, Tony, who denies having anything to do with these robberies.
Mar 24o 19721 / 10