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Saraswati Devi, born Khorshed Minocher-Homji (1912 – 9 August 1980), was an Indian director of music and score composer who worked in Hindi cinema in the 1930s and 1940s. She is most noted for her score, Mein Ban ki Chiriyra Banke Bun Bun Bolun Re in Bombay Talkies's Achut Kanya (1936).
Saraswati Devi was a music director in Hindi cinema and composed scores for many popular Hindi films in the 1930s and 1940s. Music direction has always been a male-dominated field in India and Saraswati Devi is one of the earliest female figures in the Indian film industry.
Feb 25, 2023 · She went on to become famous as Saraswati Devi, India’s first woman film music director and worked with Bombay Talkies between 1935 and 1941.
- Aneesh Pradhan
Mar 10, 2024 · As as Bombay Talkies’s in-house composer, Saraswati Devi resisted the Saigal onslaught, creating evergreen tunes for the films featuring Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar and Leela Chitnis.
Aug 9, 2018 · Born in a Parsi family in 1912, Saraswati Devi was a trained classical singer and rose to become India’s first woman music director of Bollywood. A musical rage in the 30s and early 40s,...
Dec 11, 2021 · Saraswati Devi, at the behest of Himanshu Rai, accepted the responsibility of managing the music department of Bombay Talkies. Her first job was to compose the music of Jawani Ki Hawa...
Apr 14, 2018 · Saraswati Devi recorded four songs in Hansa Wadkar's voice including a very popular number, Pyaari ke pran Bharati ki shaan and Chandra kiran se poochha maine. Soon Bombay Talkies gave a hit film Bandhan directed by NR Acharya.
