Rajshree

For 1960s South Indian actress, see Rajasree. For the 1990s actress, see Rajashree (actress). For other uses, see Rajashree (disambiguation).

Rajashree Shantaram (born 8 October 1944), known mononymously as Rajshree, is an Indian actress. She is best known for her work in the movies Janwar and Brahmachari.

Rajshree
Rajshree in 1966
Born	Rajashree Shantaram (1944-10-08) 8 October 1944 (age 80) Bombay, British Raj
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1954 1961–1973
Spouse	Greg Chapman ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	V. Shantaram (father), Jayashree (mother)

Personal life

Rajshree is the daughter of acclaimed Indian filmmaker V. Shantaram and actress Jayshree, his second wife. Her brother Kiran Shantaram was a former Sheriff of Mumbai. She is of Marathi descent. Her father's side practiced Jainism.

While shooting with Raj Kapoor in America for the film Around the World, she met American student Greg Chapman. The two married three years later, on 28 November 1967 in an Indian ceremony that lasted five days. She went with her husband to permanently live in America.^[1] They have one daughter and live in Los Angeles.^[2][3]

She has been living in America for the last 30 years running a very successful custom clothing business with her husband, while still maintaining her interest in films. She was an assistant director on Hack-O-Lantern, Tainted Love and Monsoon and has done narration on a children's video titled "Ashok By Another Name".

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1954	Subah Ka Tara	Sogi, Mohan's sister
1961	Stree
1963	Grahasti	Kiran Khanna
1963	Ghar Basake Dekho	Sharda Mehra
1964	Shehnai	Preeti
1964	Ji Chahta Hai
1964	Geet Gaya Patharon Ne	Vidya
1965	Do Dil	Bijli
1965	Janwar	Sapna
1966	Sagaai	Sheel
1966	Mohabbat Zindagi Hai	Neeta
1967	Dil Ne Pukara	Asha
1967	Gunahon Ka Devta
1967	Around the World	Rita
1968	Suhaag Raat
1968	Brahmachari	Sheetal Chaudhary
1973	Naina	Ravi's First Wife