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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.
Devika Rani Chaudhuri, usually known as Devika Rani (30 March 1908 - 9 March 1994), was an actress in Indian films who was active during the 1930s and 1940s. Widely acknowledged as the first lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani had a successful film career that spanned 10 years.
Dec 28, 2020 · The biography of Devika Rani — rebel, superstar and abused wife — is the remarkable story of a woman who lived well before her time
#documentary #motivation #inspiration #DDnostalgiaPrasar Bharati Archives presents a series which reflects the life journey of first Indian women who played ...
Film buffs like to think they know the Devika Rani story. The London-educated Bengali actress, dominated Indian cinema the 1930s, set up Bombay Talkies with her husband Himanshu Rai, and sang...
Dec 22, 2020 · It elicited interest in England for a prolonged kissing scene featuring the real-life couple of Devika Rani and actor-producer-director Himanshu Rai, one of the pioneers of Indian cinema whom she had married in 1929, but bombed in India.
Nov 1, 2019 · ‘Devika Rani’, a gripping play produced by Lilette Dubey offers a compelling look into the tumultuous life of the ambitious, multitalented ‘first lady of Indian cinema’, who lived her life on her own terms, writes Prof. Avinash Kolhe.
Aug 25, 2019 · Devika Rani walked a path that few women in Indian cinema have managed to. As a new play on the pioneer gets ready to tour, a look back at her journey. Actor, star, producer, studio boss.
Sep 17, 2019 · B efore Madhubala, Nargis, and Meena Kumari, there was Devika Rani, a star actor and film producer, who co-founded Bombay Talkies, India’s first self-contained film studio, alongside her first husband Himanshu Rai in 1934, and later became its sole boss after Rai’s untimely death.
Feb 1, 2021 · Devika Rani’s contributions to the pioneering studio Bombay Talkies went beyond acting. She took full control of it following the death of Himansu Rai, her husband.
