Madhav Shinde was a film director predominantly working in Marathi film industry. He was born on 3 October 1917 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.He died on 19 August 1988 at the age of 71years in Kolhapur after a brief illness.[ citation needed ]
He is best known for the films Gruhdevta (1957), [1] Kanyadan (1960) [2] and Manasala Pankh Astat (1961) [3] for which he won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi.