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Devika Rani (Movie Actress) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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*** ,1908
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March 9, 1994 (85 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
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Devika Rani
Devika Rani Chaudhuri, commonly known as Devika Rani, was a dynamic Indian film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. Widely recognized as the first lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani had a A successful film career spanned 10 years. Born into a wealthy Indian, Anglican family, Devika Rani was sent to boarding school in England at the age of 9 and raised there. In 1928, she met Himanshu Rai, an Indian film producer and married him the following year. She was involved in the costume design and artistic direction of Rai's experimental silent film, A Throw of Dice. The two then went to Germany and trained in filmmaking at UFA studios in Berlin. Rai then introduced herself as the hero and she played the female lead in her follow-up work, the bilingual film Karma, which was played simultaneously in English and Hindi. The film premiered in the UK in 1933, attracting interest there in an extended kiss scene featuring a real couple and a devastating setback in India.
BornDevika Rani Chaudhuri, March 30, 1908, Vizagapatam, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Visakhapatnam, India)
DiedMarch 9, 1994, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Other namesDevika Rani Roerich
OccupationTextile designer, actress, singer
Years active1928–1943
Spouse(s)Himanshu Rai (1929–1941), Svetoslav Roerich (1945–1993)
HonoursPadma Shri (1958)

About Devika Rani

Movie Actress Devika Rani was born on March 30, 1908 in India (She dies at the age of 85, on March 9, 1994).

Early Indian film actor who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his role in Achhut Kanya in 1936.

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Devika Rani before becoming famous

Devika Rani was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1908 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Monkey (猴).

She was awarded scholarships to London's Royal Academy of Music.

Achievement of Devika Rani

In the 1933 film Karma, a 4-minute kissing scene between her and her husband Himanshu Rai became the world's longest kissing scene.

Devika Rani's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Himanshu Rai, her husband, founded the Bombay Talkies studio.

Devika Rani on Social Media

Devika Rani Collabed with

She received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the first time, which was later given to filmmaker Director Satyajit Ray.

Satyajit Ray (1921 - 1992) (Director)
Satyajit Ray (1921 - 1992)

Director

Devika Rani Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Devika Rani updated on March 19 2023.