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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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...

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  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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  6. 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.

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  8. Feb 2, 2016 · In this show, Annu Kapoor talks about how Satyajit Ray found Chunibala Devi, why Raj Kapoor wanted to record a teasing song with Lata Mangeshkar as soon as p...

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