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WEBDevika Rani Choudhuri (30 March 1908 – 9 March 1994), usually known as Devika Rani, was an Indian actress. She was active in Hindi movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Widely known as the first lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani had a successful movie career for 10 years.
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‘Devika Rani’ Brings Back Memories of First Lady of Indian Cinema
WEBSep 26, 2019 · The play traces her life from a young 16-year-old Devika studying architecture in London, to the superstar Devika Rani who launched actors like Ashok Kumar, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar.
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Devika Rani: The First Lady Of Indian Screen
WEBDevika Rani is best-known for selling cinema to the upper-class Indians as an art-form, who previously considered it to be performed only by girls from the poorest parts of Bombay. Throughout the 1930s, Devika Rani starred in many women-centric films which often led to the displeasure among the male co-stars who felt ‘overshadowed’ by her.
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WEBAug 25, 2019 · Devika Rani was born to Leela Devi Chaudhuri and Manmathanath Chaudhuri, the first Indian surgeon-general of Madras Presidency, on March 30, 1908, in Waltair in present-day Vishakapatnam. Rabindranath Tagore was her granduncle. When nine, she went to study at a private school in London. She got a scholarship from the …
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WEBDevika Rani was born into a wealthy, anglicised Indian family, she was the daughter of Col. M. N. Choudhury I.M.S. and Mrs. Leela Choudhury. Her father had a distinguished medical career and was the first Indian Surgeon General of Madras. Her Grand-uncle was Rabindranath Tagore, one of India's greatest poets. She was sent to boarding school in …
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Devika Rani was an enigma to most - but not anymore
WEBDec 22, 2020 · Devika Rani was a recipient of the Padma Shri (1958) and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1969). In "The Longest Kiss", for the first time, through her letters and documents, Desai pieces together the ...