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Banker's Daughter Becomes Glamour Girl !
Shobhana's Silver Screen Career
By : Hyacinth
Not even my worst enemy can call me bad-tempered. I let people tread on my toes or drop things on my party dress without losing my temper, but even my sweet nature turns sour when I travel ten miles to interview someone who isn't there to be interviewed because she's catching up cn her beauty sleep.
The someone in question is Shobhana Samarth. I was to have in. terviewed her at 2-30 p.m. She appeared at 4-30 p.m. After two hours of phoning to her house and being told by a cowed servant that she was asleep and not to be disturbed. I was so mad I did everything but breathe fire.
At 4-30 p.m. there was a rustle outside the doer and Shobhana floated into the •'filmindia" office wrapped in a cloud of yellow sari, looking very pleased with herself and not at all repentant. "Hello everyone *', she cried. "I worked all night so I've only just got up and
I've dashed here without even having my daily ablution!"
Meanwhile I sat sullenly in my chair seething within and trying to ;ook like a martyr. Evidently my display of temper wasn't very impressive because I was completely ignored while. Shobhana and Mr. Baburao Patel carried on an animated conversation.
Now Shobhana is a very* lively conversationalist and soon I found myself listening with interest and then joining in. Before long Sho
— she is constant knitting sweaters for her family.
bhana and I were old friends and I had quite forgotten to be angry.
That's what Shobhana is like. She has a strange effect on people. She charms them into liking her without making any conscious effcrt. She doesn't gush or try to impress you and yet you can't help but like her.
She isn't even beautiful. She has a very lively face which lights up when she talks. She is quite light
Shobhana Samarth. the heroine of "Bharat Milap".
■skinned and has brown hair and eyes. Her forehead which is high and curved shows she is intelligent. AI:-: ge'.her :: s a v;._ ^::r:.::;-. e -r.d expressive face.
BABY WITH B\NK
Shobhana was born on 17th November 1916 in Bombay. She was an only child and as such very spoilt. Her parents cculd afford to spend money lavishly cn her because they were wealthy. Her father Dr. P. H. Shilotri MA. Ph.D.. who was one of the pioneer bankers of India started the Shilotri Bank of Bombay.
In 1926 Shobhana and her parents went abroad. Little Shobhana was the pet of everyone on board the ship but all this attention did not turn her head any more than her present success has.
She visited I^ondon, Paris, Venice, and America. In America her parents made their home in New York for nine months but during that period they visited different parts of the country.
Shobhana's young American friends plied her with questions about India. "Did she know any ra;ahs"". "Were there any tigers in the village where she lived""
Shobhana who was mischievous and even at that early age had a great sense c-f humour, took a keen delight in inventing exciting tales about her life in India so much so
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