
Chhaya Devi
Acting
Biography
Chhaya Devi (3 June 1914 – 27 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She appeared in over two hundred films for over five decades. Her first lead role was in Debaki Bose's Bengali film Sonar Sansar (1936). Some of her notable films are Vidyapati (1937), Raat Bhore (1956), Trijama (1956), Saptapadi (1961), Nirjan Saikate (1963), Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Uttar Falguni (1963), Antony Firingee (1967), Hatey Bazarey (1967), Apanjan (1968), and Alaap (1977).
Known For

Batasari is a 1961 Indian Telugu-language drama film. It is based on the Bengali novel Bardidi by Saratchandra Chatterjee.
Batasari

The life story of Sri Krishna.
Sri Krishnavataram

Prafulla is beautiful and righteous but is mistreated by her in laws because of her poverty. Prafulla comes to a fortune by chance and is guided by Bhabani Pathak, a nationalistic religious leader to use this fortune in the cause of justice. She is trained rigorously and becomes a bandit queen wrapped in mystery and even fights back Colonial British forces to safeguard villagers.She becomes the legendary Debi Chowdhurani. Gradually incidents take such a turn that her erstwhile tormentors, i.e. her in laws come under her power and the movie ends with reconciliation.
Devi Chaudhurani

A scientist accidentally finds a drug that can reveal an individual's past. However, when a few politicians fear their exposure, they plot to kill him.
Ek Je Chhilo Desh

Ajay is a musician by hobby and also runs a business. His younger brother Arun wants to become a doctor. After his mother’s death, Ajay becomes the head of the family however, he falls into debt. He decides to take singing lessons to earn money. Bandana is a good singer and she starts taking classes from Ajay. Ajay starts liking Bandana because she is a charming lady and sings well. Arun and Bandana meet and they fall in love. Ajay is forced to sell his inherited property to pay Arun’s fees. His poverty is only short-lived as his popularity spreads and he becomes wealthy. In the meantime, Arun comes to know that Ajay has sold their family property but does not know the reason behind the act. This creates a misunderstanding between the two brothers. However, it is soon cleared and Ajay transfers his wealth to his brother. Arun and Bandana got married.
Monihar

An aged widow from a village moves to Calcutta to stay with relatives, but faces only exploitation. She moves to a slum, and finds her "own people" in a group of educated, unemployed youth, who are caught up inexorably in the prevalent political violence.
Apanjan

The story of Dr. Mukherjee, a highly respected civil surgeon in a small tribal district headquarters. He is the beloved of the local people, and often comes in conflict with Laxman Lal, the tyrannical son of a local aristocrat. Laxman Lal lusts after a local widow who, in order to escape his advances seeks shelter with Dr. Mukherjee. As Dr. Mukherjee treats the poor he becomes even more entwined with their lives and their little problems. To the tribals he is a godlike figure, but to Laxman Lal he is an enemy.
Hatey Bazarey
Suparna is distraught on seeing her sister getting close to her husband, Amitabha. Things take a turn for the worse when Amitabha's sister dies and the suspicion falls on Suparna.
Mon Niye

Anupam, a writer, loves his family dearly and besides looking after his mother, he also funds his brothers' education. However, he loses his sanity when his perfect life falls apart.
Nagar Darpane

The son of a wealthy family, Monish falls in love with Deviyani, a girl from a considerably less privileged background. When Monish leaves to study abroad, the lovers plan to reunite, but desperate financial straits force Deviyani into a marriage with a philandering drunk instead. Deeply unhappy, she flees, taking her infant daughter with her and vanishing into thin air. Does fate have more than misery in store for the unfortunate Deviyani?
Mamta
Krishna Rao impresses Bheemasena Rao, a dignified village leader, who gets his daughter Rukmini married to him. But will Krishna Rao stay true to Rukmini?
Pelli Naati Pramanalu

The rustic girl left this world and went to heaven. Her Painful memories are what remains behind. The injustice exploitation is suffocating. These conflicts within the unfortunate soil of India have taken many lives. There’s cruelty amongst mankind. There’s injustice and exploitation everywhere. People struggle for their rights. There’s a storm raging in every heart and soul. The earth shivers and wreaks havoc. The raging waves clash on the shores. This enlightens the soul. We can hear the song of a great soul at a distance. It calls out. It calls out to us, to break free from the shackles. We can hear his call. Come Forward. Break free from the shackles. Fight back for freedom. Set yourself free. We’ve sacrificed our lives for the freedom of new India.
Burmar Pathe

This Bengali Feature Film centers around a socially conscious author reaching the end of his life and creative career. As his last wish, he decides to know the 'truth' about the inmates. The film unfolds the struggle for the existence of the deprived by the privileged class.
Nyay Anyay

Eldest brother brings up the orphaned brother single handed along with his (later) second wife's child-widow cousin. When they grow up and marry, the new wives break the family, will it rejoin? At what cost?
Bhangagara

This movie revolves around a village hospital that was built by a generous hearted man, Choudhury Ramprasad (Ashok Kumar) who is also a patient in the hospital. The other patients include Isamil (Iftekhar), Dayaram (Anwar Hussain), Ratan (Jalal Agha), and the doctor is Dr. Sunil (Sunil Dutt). Amongst the patient is a singer (Deb Mukherji), who loves Shyama (Farida Jalal) a worker in the hospital. When Meeta Sharma (Waheeda Rehman) comes to the hospital to admit her son, she meets Sunil and their romance is rekindled. In the background of the hospital atmosphere is an election in the village, which is proceeding smoothly, but causing a disturbance is Ramprasad's son (Ramesh Deo). Other supporting caste include Jagirdar, Chand Usmani, and Jankidas.
Zindagi Zindagi

Pradyut Sen is an allopathic doctor who moves to Nabagram to run his practice. However, as the village already has an ayurvedic doctor, Jibon Sen, Pradyut develops a dislike for him.
Arogya Niketan

Raja was a professional thief who went to jail for a crime. His very close assistant Bhola waited for him and when Raja returned from prison, they started planning a bigger one. One day a family came to their locality. Within a few days, Raja and Bhola became closer to that family. Mala was the only female earning member and she worked in theatre. Raja did not disclose his real identity and tried hard to impress her a lot. In the meantime, a tout Gobardhan nagged Mala a lot to join films. Raja and Bhola gave him a good punishment and saved Mala in several situations. Later Raja tried to cheat a businessperson, but an unavoidable situation changed his life. At last, Mala came to know everything about Raja and accepted him as her partner. Raja also decided to change his life and put his best effort into becoming a good man. He meets Mala and asks her to forgive Raja. Raja once again regains Mala's love and the film ends on a happy note.
Gali Theke Rajpath

Antony Firingee was a Portuguese-Indian who became a famous Bengali poet musician and fell in love with Shakila. She agreed to marry him after revealing her tragic history. But his fame was not enough to overcome their ostracisation and tragedy struck again.
Antony Firingee

The film depicts the life of Lord Rama from birth to his marriage with Seetha.
Seetha Rama Kalyanam

Against all odds, love finds its voice in a tale of forbidden romance, resilience, and the power of truth. Manju's mother keeps her very strictly disciplined. What happens when she falls in love with Nirmal?