Awards
Shashikala has received eight nominations for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and won the award twice:
- 1962: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, for a role in Aarti
- 1963: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, for a role in Gumrah
- She received several awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards - for Aarti in 1963, for Gumrah in 1964, for Rahgir in 1970.
- Shashikala Jawalkar received the Padma Shri award (the fourth greatest civilian award) in the year 2007 for her contribution to Indian Cinema. When she received the award, she said, "I have been recognized for this award very late, and indeed, I should have got this award long back." She also received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the V. Shantaram Awards in 2009.
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