Movies: Shanta Apte

Faced with extreme patriarchal laws in an ancient seaport kingdom and denied the legal custody of her infant son, a young woman becomes a pirate declaring war on the state's tyrannical minister of justice....

Valmiki is a movie directed by Bhalji Pendharkar featuring Shanta Apte, Prithviraj Kapoor....

Kodandavarma, a dictator in an ancient Aryan society, rules with a firm hand. When a collapsing statue threatens slaves, Jeevan, a young aboriginal king, saves them and falls in love with Princess Jayanti. The villainous Madhuvrat plots against Kodan...

a drama exploring themes of fate, destiny, good fortune, and the challenges and changes in a person's luck...

Neera (Apte) is trapped into marrying an old widower Kakasaheb (Date). He is a progressive lawyer with a son and daughter of Neera's age. Neera refuses to consummate the union claiming that while suffering can be borne, injustice cannot. Neera faces ...

This mythological tells of the playful child Krishna (Marathe) and his battle against the evil King Kamsa (Ganpatrao) who rules the city of Gokul. The stories, mainly from the popular 'Bhagvat' and 'Vishnu Purana', also show Krishna vanquishing Keshi...

This classic opens with a sensational low-angle circular track movement as Chandika cult followers meet in a dungeon of flickering lights and deep shadow. As the more rationalist King Krantivarma (Varde) banned human or animal sacrifices from the inc...

Apna Ghar tells the story of a middle-class family whose peace is shattered when the father, Narendra, is falsely accused of fraud, forcing him to lose everything. His strong-willed daughter, Mira, becomes unwittingly entangled in the deception. The ...

A young blind girl is the only witness to the murder of a greedy, but repentant, landlord....

Children's mythological drawn from the Vishnu Purana telling of the child Krishna (Modak). The film intercuts Krishna's rural escapades with Pendya and other childhood friends with palace intrigues in Mathura, where Kans receives a divine warning tha...

A timeless tale of fated love and reincarnation. Two cursed ascetics are reborn as Chandrapid and Mahasweta, destined to navigate trials, past lives, and celestial intrigues to finally unite in a love that transcends time and death. It's a grand dram...

Set in medieval Rajput court, mainly addresses Rajput notions of chivalry. The legendary warrior Mansingh (Phatak) is the nation's strong man but he is cordially hated even by his own people. Claiming to have been offended by Taramati (Tarkhad), he i...