{{short description|Marathi actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}} '''Jayaram Shiledar''' (1915–1992) was an actor and singer in Marathi films and on Marathi musical stage.
==Early life and family== Jayaram Shildar was born in 1915 in the city of Belgaum, in the present day Indian state of Karnataka. He had three daughters with his first wife, who died in 1940s. In 1948, he fell in love with Pramila Jadhav, his leading lady on the musical stage. The two married in 1950. After marriage, Pramila adopted the name Jayamala Shiledar, who was a noted singer in her own right. The couple had two daughters, Lata (also known as Dipti Bhogle after her marriage) and the more famous younger daughter, Keerti. Both daughters had successful careers as actresses on Marathi stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/pune/--/articleshow/21716805.cms |title=जयमाला शिलेदार काळाच्या पडद्याआड-पुणे-महाराष्ट्र-Maharashtra Times |publisher=Maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com |date=9 August 2013 |accessdate=2013-08-15 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191236/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/pune/--/articleshow/21716805.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref> Keerti (1952–2022) presided over the 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Sammelan (All India Marathi drama convention).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/culture/i-will-try-to-restore-traditional-glory-of-marathi-musicals-kirti-shiledar/article_221576|title=I will try to restore traditional glory of Marathi musicals: Kirti Shiledar|work=The Afternoon Despatch & Courier |access-date=2018-07-05|archive-date=2018-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706022812/http://www.afternoondc.in/culture/i-will-try-to-restore-traditional-glory-of-marathi-musicals-kirti-shiledar/article_221576|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/veteran-marathi-theatre-artist-kirti-shiledar-passes-away-at-70-7737349/ | title=Veteran Marathi theatre artist Kirti Shiledar passes away at 70 | newspaper=The Indian Express | date=23 January 2022 | accessdate=29 June 2025 }}</ref>
==Career== Jayaram Shiledar was the leading man in many Marathi films of the late 1940s. He played the lead in the popular Marathi film on Peshwa era Lavani artist and poet, Ram Joshi. The film was produced by V. Shantaram and called Lokshahir Ram Joshi.<ref name="Wadkar2014">{{cite book|author=Hansa Wadkar|title=You Ask, I Tell: An autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrKPDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|date=1 April 2014|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=978-93-83074-68-6|pages=5–}}</ref> The film popularized inclusion of Marathi folk dance called Lavani in films. His other Marathi language films include Meethbhakar and Jivacha sakha, both released in 1940s.<ref> Mujawar, I., 1969. Maharashtra birthplace of Indian film industry. Maharashtra Information Centre, Government of Maharashtra, New Delhi.</ref> <ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA176|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=307, 314}}</ref>
Jayaram Shiledar and Jayamala Shiledar formed a drama company called Marathi Rangbhoomi in 1949.<ref name="Kosambi2017">{{cite book|author=Meera Kosambi|title=Gender, Culture, and Performance: Marathi Theatre and Cinema before Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ey8rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA263|date=5 July 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-56590-5|pages=263–}}</ref> The company produced 25 musicals (Sangeet Natak) on Marathi stage in the following decades.<ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrating Jayaram Shiledar, the legend of Marathi Sangeet |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Celebrating-Jayaram-Shiledar-the-legend-of-Marathi-Sangeet-Natak/articleshow/50059806.cms |work=Times of India |issue=6 December 2015 |publisher=the Times Group |date=2015}}</ref> Notable dramas produced by their company include ''Ekhadyacha Nashib'', ''Mumbaichi'' ''Manasa'', ''Anant Phandi'', ''Abhogi'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrating Jayaram Shiledar, the legend of Marathi Sangeet Natak|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Celebrating-Jayaram-Shiledar-the-legend-of-Marathi-Sangeet-Natak/articleshow/50059806.cms|accessdate=26 October 2017|agency=timesofindia.indiatimes.com › City|issue=6 Dec|publisher=Times of India|date=6 Dec 2015}}</ref> and ''Swarsamradni''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhogle |first1=Dipti |title=Swarasamrajni' from the meeting |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/editorial/samwad/sangeet-swarsamradni/articleshow/63436962.cms |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=Maharashtra times |issue=25 March 2018 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co.|date=2018}}</ref>
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