Meenakshi Shirodkar

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Meenakshi Shirodkar (born Ratan Pednekar; 11 October 1916 – 3 June 1997), was an Indian actress who mainly worked in Marathi films, Marathi theatre and television. She made her debut in 1938 and continued to act in films until the early 1970s. Her appearance in a swimsuit in the Marathi film Brahmachari (1938) with Master Vinayak stunned the traditional audience. She is the paternal grandmother of two Bollywood actresses, Namrata Shirodkar and Shilpa Shirodkar.

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