Arundhati Devi

Born: None

Arundhati Devi was one of the finest Bengali actors, film directors and writers. In 1967, she was honoured with the National Film Award for ‘Best Film Based on High Literary Work’ for the 1967 Bengali hit ‘Chhuti’. Arundhati made her cinematic debut in ‘Mahaprasthaner Pathey’ (1952) which was later remade in Hindi titled ‘Yatrik’. In 1957 she met famed film director Tapan Sinha at the Berlinale and they eventually got married. Her first film as a director, ‘Chhuti’, also won a ‘Certificate of Merit’ at the 1967 National Awards. However, her most famous directorial work is ‘Padi Pishir Barmi Baksho’, based on a popular children's novel by Leela Majumdar.


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Jhinder Bondi

as uncredited
Released: 1961-03-01

Gauri Shankar Roy looks much like the king of Jhind. When the actual king, Shakar Singh, goes...

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Harmonium

as Bimala
Released: 1976-06-04

A child princess gets a harmonium from her father. Through fate and manager she is orphan, then...

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Pushpadhanu

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-25

The movie Pushpadhanu is based on human relations and sentiments.

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Chheley Kaar

as uncredited
Released: 1954-07-24

Jogin, a poor school teacher, had brought up an orphan Tomato as his nephew. But now suffering...

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The Judge

as Sarama
Released: 1959-01-18

The plot revolves with series of flashbacks which reveals a judge's past and hidden secretes....

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Hungry Stones

as uncredited
Released: 1960-04-01

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is...

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Chalachal

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-08

Sarama develops a close bond with her sickly classmate, Abinash, but fate takes her to Bipin and...

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A Burnt House

as Madhuri
Released: 1964-01-01

Madhuri cannot bear a child yet her husband Shatadal is fond of children. They decide to part...

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