# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shanta-apte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:16:09.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shanta-apte"
name: "Shanta Apte"
slug: "shanta-apte"
description: "Shanta Apte (1916–1964) was an Indian actress-singer who worked in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Renowned for her roles in films like Duniya Na Mane/Kunku (1937) and Amar Jyoti (1936) under the Prabhat Films banner, she was active in Indian cinema from 1932 to 1958. Apte's impact on Marathi cinema \"paralleled\" that of Kanan Devi in Bengali cinema. Along with Kanan Devi, Apte is cited as one of the \"great singing stars\" from before the playback singing era. Apte began her career in films playing the role of a young Radha in the Marathi film Shyamsunder (1932). She joined Prabhat Films acting in her first Hindi language film Amrit Manthan in (1934)."
tagline: "Singer and actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shanta_Apte_in_Gopal_Krishna.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1916"
deathDate: "1964-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.16
  momentum:             1.264957264957265
  historical:           7.557057333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032550/"
    handle:    "nm0032550"
sources:
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    title: "شانتا آپٹے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "শান্তা আপ্তে"
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    title: "শান্তা আপ্তে"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "शांता आपटे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਸ਼ਾਂਤਾ ਆਪਟੇ"
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    title: "ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟ ᱟᱯᱴᱮ"
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    title: "சாந்தா ஆப்தே"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "శాంతా ఆప్టే"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Shanta Apte"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump