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The female lead Devika Rani, the grand niece of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was professionally associated with Rai even before the two married in 1929. Impressed by her talent, Rai decided to cast her in the film alongside him.
Devika Rani Chaudhuri (30 March 1908 – 9 March 1994), usually known as Devika Rani, was an Indian actress who was active in Hindi films during the 1930s and 1940s. She was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, and was also awarded the Padma Shri.
Ahead of her time, Devika Rani, in her 1933 film, Karma, featured a long on-screen kiss with her co-star and husband, Himanshu Rai.
The kiss - from the 1933 film Karma - featuring real-life couple Devika Rani and Himanshu Rai - has long been written about as the first-ever Bollywood film to have a lip lock and...
Oct 11, 2022 · Karma (1933) created a stir as the leading lady, Devika Rani, who plays a princess, had shared a two-minute lip-lock with her hero Himanshu Rai. It also raises the curtain on the inner workings of the early days of the movie business in Bombay, and how it grew in pre-Independence India.
With Devika Rani, Himanshu Rai, Abraham Sofaer, Sudharani. The simple plot has the maharani (Devika Rani) fall in love with the neighbouring prince (Rai) despite her father's disapproval. It is presented as an Orientalist fantasy with a, by Indian standards, scandalously prolonged kiss.
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Dec 28, 2020 · It opens interestingly with the Indo-British-German film Karma opening at a theatre at Hyde Park, London, in 1933. The film starred Rai and Devika Rani in her debut role.
