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Chunibala Devi (c. 1872–1955) was an Indian character actress best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, where she played the old grandmother, Indir Thakrun, to Apu and Durga.
Feb 5, 2021 · Chunibala Devi won an award for Best Actress at the Manila Film Festival, but didn’t live to see Pather Panchali’s remarkable journey. She broke her hip and died shortly before...
Apr 3, 2016 · Chunibala Devi was a film and theatre artist associated with Bengali cinema and stage. She is best known for playing the old aunt, Indira Thakrun, to Apu and Durga in the first installment of Satyajith Ray’s Apu Trilogy - Pather Panchali.
Chunibala Devi was an Indian character actress best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, where she played the old grandmother, Indir Thakrun, to Apu and Durga.
Khalid Mohamed writes on the uncanny story of Chunibala Devi, who at the age of 80 portrayed the tetchy yet lovable village grandma brilliantly in Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (The Song of the Road).
Chunibala Devi is the first Indian to win the Best Actress / Actor award in an international film festival, The Manila Film Festival, for her role in Indir Thakrun of Pather Panchali. She died in Kolkata, West Bengal, at the age of 83 due to influenza in 1955, before the release of Pather Panchali.
At 82, Chunibala Devi filmed her death scene and without a thought for her age or frail bones, squatted on the ground, then, toppled over as instructed. It was a perfect take. As she went down, Ray sprinted towards her and seconds after her head hit the ground, he was cradling it in his lap.
Chunibala Devi was born in 1872. She was an actress, known for Pather Panchali (1955), Rikta (1939) and Bigraha (1930). She died in 1955 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neorealism, this naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us to both little Apu and, just as essentially, the women who will help shape him: his independent older sister, Durga; his harried mother, Sarbajaya, who, with her husband aw...
Chunibala Devi 1872 — 1955 • 83 y.o. (152) Actress Actress
