![]() Khote recalls with a giggle, "When Kamathsaab arrived, I was in tomboy outfit, with hair flying all round. Well-known director Amiya Chakraborty sent his distributor friend, Kamath, to invite Khote for a screen test. As Khote made her name in sports, her photographs began appearing in the newspapers and magazines. It was fun, but I just took it casually," she says. He taught that one can learn hard work, sincerity and team spirit from sports."īoth at school and college, Khote made occasional appearances on stage. Many of his friends spent time there exercising. "Father had built a gymnasium in the house itself. "My family was sports-minded," recalls Khote. She took to swimming and cycling, excelled in both games and set up a new record for the one mile in cycling. Life in college was quite exciting to Khote and her brother Viju, another well-known stage, TV and screen actor. I used to play with them, run around, climb trees and was an acknowledged tomboy." She studied at St Teresa's Convent, Girgaum, and graduated in English Literature from Wilson College. "Ours was a big, joint family and most of my cousins were boys. "I had a happy, carefree childhood," she says. ![]() The huge family home at Bombay's Chowpatty was always full of guests. Durga Khote, a famous movie personality of the yesteryear, was her aunt. Her father, Nandu Khote, was a star on stage and in the silent movies. It was only natural that Shobha Khote strayed into show business.
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