Arundhati Devi

Arundhati Devi
Arundhati Devi
Born	29 April 1924; Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India; (now in Bangladesh)
Died	16 October 1990 (aged 66); Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupations	Actress; director; writer; singer;
Years active	1940 – 1982
Notable work	Bicharak; Jatugriha;
Spouses	Prabhat Mukherjee (m. 1940; div. 1955); Tapan Sinha (m. 1957);
Children	2, including Anindya Sinha

Arundhati Devi (née Guha Thakurata; also known as Arundhati Mukherjee or Mukhopadhyay; 29 April 1924 – 16 October 1990) was an Indian actress, director, writer and singer who is predominantly known for her work in Bengali cinema.^[2]

Arundhati Devi was a student of Visva-Bharati University where she was trained in Rabindra Sangeet by Sailajaranjan Majumdar. She began her career as a Rabindra Sangeet singer at All India Radio in 1940.^[3] As an actress, Arundhati Devi made her film debut in Kartik Chattopadhyay's Bengali film Mahaprasthaner Pathe (1952) which also had a Hindi version titled Yatrik.^[4] She later collaborated with directors such as Devaki Kumar Bose in Nabajanma (1956), Asit Sen in Chalachal (1956) and Panchatapa (1957), Prabhat Mukhopadhyay in Maa (1956), Mamata (1957), Bicharak (1959) and Akashpatal (1960), and Tapan Sinha in Kalamati (1958), Jhinder Bondi (1961), and Jatugriha (1964). In 1963, she was conferred with BFJA Award for Best Actress for her role in the National Award winning Bengali film Bhagini Nivedita (1962) directed by Bijoy Bose. In 1967, she was conferred with the National Film Award for Best Film Based On High Literary Work for her directorial debut Chutti at the 14th National Film Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Arundhati was born in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, in British India (now Bangladesh).

Personal life

At a time when women were marginalized and society looked down upon women from the movies, Maa came across as a strong personality. She was just 35 when she left her abusive husband and moved out with her 14-year-old daughter and me. I was just nine months old then. She built a house for herself and staged a comeback to the movies.

— Anindya Sinha^[5]

Arundhati Devi married Indian director Prabhat Mukherjee in 1940. She gave birth to her daughter Anuradha Ghosh in 1941 and son Anindya Sinha in 1954.^[3] They separated in 1955.^[5]

In 1957, she married Tapan Sinha whom she was acquainted with, at the Berlin International. Tapan Sinha adopted Anindya Sinha.^[3] She died on 16 October 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

As actress

1976 Harmonium
1965 Surer Agun
1964 Jatugriha as Madhuri
1963 Nyayadanda
1962 Shiulibari
1962 Bhagini Nivedita as Sister Nivedita
1961 Jhinder Bondi
1960 Khudita Pashan
1960 Indradhanu
1960 Akash-Patal
1959 Bicharak (she became a Producer)
1959 Shashi Babur Sansar
1959 Pushpadhanu
1958 Kala Mati
1958 Shikar
1958 Manmoyee Girls' School as Niharika
1957 Panchatapa
1956 Chalachal
1956 Nabajanma
1955 Dashyumohan as Chapala alias Miss Sandhya Ray
1955 Du-janay
1955 Godhuli
1954 Chheley Kaar as Mili
1954 Nad-o-Nadi
1952 Mahaprasthaner Pathey as Rani
1952 Yatrik as Rani (the Hindi Version of the well-known Bengali film Maha Prasthaner Pathe, in which she played the same role of Rani)

As director

1985 Gokul
1983 Deepar Prem
1972 Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha
1969 Megh o Roudra^[6]
1967 Chhuti (also script writer and music composer)

References

↑ "Arundhati Devi - Bengali women filmmakers who have made India proud". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
↑ "Arundhati Devi movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
1 2 3 "অন্তরের অন্দরে রয়ে গেল গান". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
↑ "স্ম র ণ : অরুন্ধতী দেবী". শেয়ার বিজ. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
1 2 "'Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha' goes missing, Arundhati son's open appeal for print of lost film". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
↑ "সুরকার অরুন্ধতী". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links

Arundhati Devi at IMDb

[1] "Arundhati Devi - Bengali women filmmakers who have made India proud". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[2] "Arundhati Devi movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[:1-3] 1 2 3 "অন্তরের অন্দরে রয়ে গেল গান". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[4] "স্ম র ণ : অরুন্ধতী দেবী". শেয়ার বিজ. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[:2-5] 1 2 "'Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha' goes missing, Arundhati son's open appeal for print of lost film". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 September 2026.

[6] "সুরকার অরুন্ধতী". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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