नटश्रेष्ठ जयशंकर दानवे (Jaishankar Danve)

 Jaishankar Danve is an actor and director, known for Jai Bhawani (1947), Jhala Mahar Pandarinath (1970) and Lakhat Ashi Dekhni (1971).A celebrated Marathi and Hindi artist, Danve was a film/stage actor and an acclaimed theatre director. Born in Pune, Jaishankar Danve started as a stage artist in Marathi and Urdu Theatre and then worked as an assistant director with Bhalji Pendharkar in Jayprabha Studios, Kolhapur in the 1930s. Danve worked in a significant number of films and plays during his illustrious career of more than five decades.He played important parts in Hindi and Urdu cinema during the 30s and 40s in films like Sach Hai (1939), and shared screen space with the legendary father-son duo of Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor in Valmiki (1946).Other famous films in which Danve starred include Pendharkar’s celebrated features like Sasurvas (1946), Meeth Bhakar (1949), Mohityanchi Manjula (1963) and Maratha Tituka Melavava (1964)

Filmography:

Film (Diector) Year 

 Alakh Niranjan(Bhalji Pendharkar) 1940

 Amhi Jato Amuchya Gava (Kamalakar Torne) 1968

 Andhala Marto Dola (Dinesh) 1973

 Bahirji Naik (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1943

 Bhav Tethe Dev (Prabhakar Pendharkar) 1961

 Chhatrapati Shivaji (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1952

 Devayani (Pandurang Talegiri) 1940

 Dhananjay (Raja Thakur) 1966

 Dhanya Te Santaji Dhanaji (Dinkar D. Patil) 1968

 Dongarchi Maina (Anant Mane) 1969

 Ek Mati Anek Nati (Krishna Patil) 1968

 Fakira (Kumar Chandrashekhar) 1963

 Gavachi Izzat (Madhukar Bavdekar) 1962

 Gorakhnath (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1940

 Jai Bhawani (Jaishankar Danve) 1947

 Javai Mazha Bhala (Neelkanth Magdum) 1962

 Jhala Mahar Pandharinath (Kamalakar Torne) 1970

 Kiti Hasaal (Vasant Joglekar) 1942

 Kortachi Pairi (Dinkar D. Patil) 1970

 Lakhat Ashi Dekhani (Kamalakar Torne) 1971

 Majhi Aai (Dinkar D. Patil) 1961

 Majhi Ladki(R.G. Torney) 1939

 Maratha Tituka Melavava (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1964

 Mohityanchi Manjula (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1963

 Naikinichi Sajja (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1957

 Narad Naradi (R.G. Torney) 1941

 Navardev (R.G. Torney) 1941

 Patlacha Por (Dinkar D. Patil) 1951

 Preet Tujhi Majhi (Dinesh) 1975

 Raigadacha Rajbandi (Raja Thakur) 1965

 Raja Gopichand (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1938

 Rangu Bajarla Jate (Shivkant Pawar) 1969

 Sakhya Sajana (Govind Kulkarni) 1972

 Sasurvas (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1946

 Shilanganache Sone (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1949

 Shiva Ramoshi (K.P. Bhave) 1951

 Subhadra Haran (Datta Dharmadhikari) 1963

 Sunbai (Madhav Shinde) 1962

 Suranga Mhantyat Mala (Dinkar D. Patil) 1967

 Swarajyacha Shiledar (Master Vithal) 1951

 Thoratanchi Kamala (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1941

 Varadakshina (Dinkar D. Patil) 1962

Kanhopatra (Bhalji Pendharkar) 1937