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V Shantaram's Manoos turns 75

Press Trust of India September 9, 2014 2:29 PM IST

An effervescent Shanta Hublikar broke taboos to play the role of Maina, the prostitute who dreamt of a normal married life but remained street smart to survive and combat harsh realities of the world in which she lived. Recalling Hublikar's path breaking depiction of Maina, Damle quoted her as saying from his Prabhat archives: "I never felt that I was doing an inferior role of a prostitute. I was at peace with the character because I wanted to portray the agony of a social segment."

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