Rattan Bai (15 July 18901 January 1986) was an Indian actress and singer. She was the mother of actress

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, grandmother of actresses

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, great-grandmother of actors

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Biography

Rattan Bai was a singer who wrote

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s, composed and sang them as well. She published the lyrics of her bhajans to distribute among friends who would sing with her during

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celebrations at her home in

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. Rattanbai acted in only one

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film called ''Swarajyachya Seemewar'', as Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mother.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bai, Rattan 20th-century Indian actresses 1890 births 1986 deaths Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian singers Indian women classical singers Indian courtesans