Coming from a family with deep roots in theatre and cinema, Shubha Khote was bound to end up in the movies. Her father Nandu Khote was a a noted theatre and silent movie actor and her aunt, Durga Khote, was a prominent movie actress. During her college days, she was very good at sport, mainly swimming and cycling. Her photos were featured in newspapers and magazines, where she was spotted by director Amiya Chakravarty. Shubha Khote has been a very popular actress though she played character roles, almost always with a comic streak. Also she was one of the few supporting actresses to have songs, both solos and duets, picturized on her.. that were not item numbers.
FiveSongs – Solos picturized on Shubha Khote
| #1 | Song: Baat Baat Mein Rootho Singer: Lata Mangeshkar Year: 1955 Movie: Seema Director: Amiya Chakravarty Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri Composers: Shankar Jaikishen |
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| This was Shubha Khote’s debut movie, which starred stalwarts Nutan & Balraj Sahni. Here she tries to convince Nutan to be less grumpy and take life as it comes. She also does a few balancing acts with cups & saucers, & plates to lighten the mood.
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| #2 | Song: Jane Kahe Jiya Mora Singer: Lata Mangeshkar Year: 1963 Movie: Godaan Director: Trilok Jaitley Lyrics: Anjaan Composer: Pandit Ravi Shanker |
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| Godaan, based on Munshi Premchand’s novel of the same name, was one of the few movies in which the music score was by the sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. The simple tune & Shubha Khote’s effervescent smile, linger long after you’ve heard the song.
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| #3 | Song: Tu Pyar Kare Ya Singer: Lata Mangeshkar Year: 1957 Movie: Dekh Kabira Roya Director: Amiya Chakravarty Lyricist: Rajinder Krishan Composer: Madan Mohan |
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| This was a movie where she played the romantic lead, one amongst the three in the story. Its probably the only movie where three songs picturized on the three heroines appear back to back.
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| #4 | Song: Tadpaoge Tadpalo Singer: Lata Mangeshkar Year: 1959 Movie: Barkha Director: R. Krishnan & S. Panju Lyricist: Rajinder Krishan Composer: Chitragupt |
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| In Barkha, Shubha Khote played second lead to Nanda. This song has her trying to woo the hero, Anand Kumar, and failing at it, despite the beautiful song.
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| #5 | Song: Salaam-e-Hasrat Qubool Singer: Sudha Malhotra Year: 1960 Movie: Babar Director: Hemen Gupta Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi Composer: Roshan |
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| Azra played the lead in this movie with Shubha Khote as her cousin/friend. Sudha Malhotra sings this Roshan number, penned by Sahir Ludhianvi.
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