Bhanumati Devi

Bhanumati Devi
Born(1934-05-15)15 May 1934
Sittwe, Burma, British India
Died4 January 2013(2013-01-04) (aged 78)
Puri, Odisha, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationTheater And Cinema Actress
Years active1953–1987
SpouseHarihara Panda
ChildrenSwarnalata
Parent(s)Sarati Pattnaik
Pattadei
AwardsJayadeba Award

Bhanumati Devi (15 May 1934 – 4 January 2013) was an Indian film and theater actress who worked in the Odia film industry.[1][2]

Early life

Devi was born in British Burma on 15 May 1934.[3][4] She moved to Puri, Odisha, India, with her Indian family following World War II.[2][4]

Career

Devi began acting in the theater in 1942 when she was just seven years old.[4] Some of her best reviewed stage roles were in Lakhye Hira and Napahu Rati Namaru Pati’.[4] Devi appeared at the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack for more than forty years.[1]

She made her film debut in 1954 in Amari Gann Jhia when she was nineteen years old.[5] She was especially active in the Cinema of Odisha during the 1950s and 1960s. Devi's was cast in a lead role in more than a dozen Indian films.[1] Some of her most prominent roles include her character, Harabou, in the 1966 Odia film, Matira Manisha, for which she won a National Film Award.[1] Her last film was Jaydeb, which was released in 1986.[1]

Devi was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1985.[1] In 2005, she received the Jaydev Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Odisha State Film Awards.[1]

Bhanumati Devi died at her home on Red Cross Road in Puri, Odisha, India, on 4 January 2013, at the age of 78.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Veteran Actor Bhanumati Devi dead". The Indian Express. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Bhanumati Devi cremated in Puri". The Times of India. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Bhanumati leaves the 'stage' | Orissa Post". orissapost.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013. Born May 15, 1934, in Burma, Bhanumati had returned Orissa
  4. ^ a b c d "Bhanumati leaves the 'stage'". Orissa Times. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  5. ^ Panda, Namita (26 November 2012). "Arclights out, actresses fight poverty". The Telegraph (India). Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2013. She started her film career at the age of 19 in 1953 with Aama Gaan Jhua,