Madhav Shinde was a film director predominantly working in Marathi film industry. He was born on 3 October 1917 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.He died on 19 August 1988 at the age of 71years in Kolhapur after a brief illness.
He is best known for the films Gruhdevta (1957),[1] Kanyadan (1960)[2] and Manasala Pankh Astat (1961)[3] for which he won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. He was associated with a film production company named 'Surel Chitra'.[4] Most of his films had Vasant Prabhu as Music Composer, P Savlaram as lyricist, and Lata Mangeshkar as the main singer. Vasant Desai and Meena Mangeshkar also composed music for his films.
Selected filmography
- wadal (1953)
- Kanchanga (1954)
- Gruhdevta (1957)
- Kanyadan (1960)
- Manasala Pankh Astat (1961)
- Bayakocha Bhau
- Shikaleli Bayako (1967)
- Dharma Kanya (1969)
- Sansar (1981)
References
- "5th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "8th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- "9th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- "Films produced by Surel Chitra". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 24 June 2026.