
Person
Arundhati Devi
Acting · 1924–1990 · Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
Biography
Arundhati Devi was one of the finest Bengali actors, film directors and writers. In 1967, she was honoured with the National Film Award for ‘Best Film Based on High Literary Work’ for the 1967 Bengali hit ‘Chhuti’. Arundhati made her cinematic debut in ‘Mahaprasthaner Pathey’ (1952) which was later remade in Hindi titled ‘Yatrik’. In 1957 she met famed film director Tapan Sinha at the Berlinale and they eventually got married. Her first film as a director, ‘Chhuti’, also won a ‘Certificate of Merit’ at the 1967 National Awards. However, her most famous directorial work is ‘Padi Pishir Barmi Baksho’, based on a popular children's novel by Leela Majumdar.
Known for

Chheley Kaar
1954

Manmoyee Girls' School
1958

A Vacation
Writer

Death of a Doctor
Costume Design

Pushpadhanu
1959

A Burnt House
Madhuri

Kalamati
1958

The Hungry Stones
1960

Nabajanma
1956

Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha
Director
Filmography
- 1990Death of a DoctorCostume Design
- 1976HarmoniumBimala
- 1972Padi Pishir Barmi BakshaDirector
- 1967A VacationWriter
- 1964A Burnt HouseMadhuri
- 1961The Prisoner of Jhind
- 1960The Hungry Stones
- 1959Pushpadhanu
- 1959Sashibabur Sansar
- 1959The JudgeSarama
- 1958Kalamati
- 1958Manmoyee Girls' School
- 1956Nabajanma
- 1956Chalachal
- 1956TrijamaProducer
- 1954The Boy in the Middle
- 1954Chheley Kaar
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