Chhaya Devi

Chhaya Devi
Born(1914-06-03)3 June 1914[1]
Bhagalpur, Bihar and Orissa, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bihar, India)
Died25 April 2001(2001-04-25) (aged 86)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationActress
Years active1936–1993[2]

Chhaya Devi (Bengali: ছায়া দেবী; 3 June 1914 – 25 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema.[3] She appeared in hundreds of films for over five decades.[2]

Her first lead role was in Debaki Bose's Bengali film Sonar Sansar (1936). She rose to hall of fame for her role as Rani Lakshmi in Debaki Bose's Vidyapati (1937).[4] Some of her notable films are such as Nirjan Saikate (1963), Hatey Bazarey (1967) and Apanjan (1968) by Tapan Sinha, Saptapadi (1961), Uttar Falguni (1963), Antony Firingee (1967), in Bengali, Alaap (1977) in Hindi, which also starred Amitabh Bachchan.

  1. ^ a b "বাংলা ছবির আইকনিক 'মা' ছায়াদেবী, বাস্তবে তাঁকে আগলে রেখেছিলেন মানসকন্যা তনুশ্রী-দেবশ্রী". TheWall. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "'ছায়া'পথের নক্ষত্রলোকে". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Chhaya Devi movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Vidyapati (1937) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.