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Arundhati Devi
Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
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’…
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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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1990
Death of a Doctor
Movie Costume Design
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1976
Harmonium
Movie Bimala
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1972
Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha
Movie Director
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1967
A Vacation
Movie Writer
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1964
A Burnt House
Movie Madhuri
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1961
The Prisoner of Jhind
Movie
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1960
The Hungry Stones
Movie
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1959
Pushpadhanu
Movie
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1959
Sashibabur Sansar
Movie
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1959
The Judge
Movie Sarama
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1958
Kalamati
Movie
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1958
Manmoyee Girls' School
Movie
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1956
Nabajanma
Movie
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1956
Chalachal
Movie
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1956
Trijama
Movie Producer
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1954
The Boy in the Middle
Movie
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1954
Chheley Kaar
Movie
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Yatrik
Movie Rani
