Sulochana Latkar

Sulochana Latkar
Latkar in 2011
Born	Rangu Diwan[1] (1928-07-30)30 July 1928 Belgaum, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Belagavi, Karnataka, India)
Died	4 June 2023(2023-06-04) (aged 94) Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946–1988
Works	Full list
Relatives	Kashinath Ghanekar (son-in-law)
Honours	Maharashtra Bhushan (2009) Padma Shri (1999)

Sulochana Latkar (born Rangu Diwan; 30 July 1928 – 4 June 2023), better known by her screen name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema, who acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She was most known for her performances in Marathi films such as Sasurvas (1946), Meeth Bhakar (1949), Vahinichya Bangdya (1953), Dhakti Jaoo (1958) and Sangte Aika (1959) in the lead roles,^[2] as well as for the mother roles she played in Hindi cinema right from 1959 film Dil Deke Dekho to the year 1995. She and Nirupa Roy epitomized the "mother" roles right from 1959 until the early 1990s.