Kanan Devi
Date of birth: 1916-04-22
Place of birth: Howra, West Bengal, India
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Kanan Devi was a popular singer and actress and the earliest female star of Bengali cinema
Movie Credits
Shree Gouranga
1933-05-02
Sree Gouranga is a 1933 Indian Bengali biographical film that chronicles the life of the revered spi
Mejdidi
1950-06-09
Kanthahar
1935-12-21
A 1935 Bengali Film directed by Jyotish Bandyopadhyay.
Manmoyee Girl's School
1935-07-26
A comedy adapted from a successful play. The zamindar Damodar Chakraborty (Chakraborty) starts a sch
Ananya
1949-04-08
A Bengali Drama Film directed by Sabyasachi (Ajoy Kar & Binoy Chattopadhyay).
Arabian Nights
1946-12-27
The 1946 Indian film.
Ban Phool
1945-12-28
Haria, an elephant driver, loves gypsy girl Gulabi, but faces rivalry from Ajay, the tea estate owne
Street Singer
1938-02-04
Two street urchins dream of singing and making it big in the glamorous world of theatre in Calcutta.
Vidyapati
1937-01-01
Classic celebration of Mithila's King Shiva Singha's (Bannerjee/Kapoor) love for his wife while chro
Sapera
1939-01-01
Adapted from a story by Kazi Nazrul Islam this film concerns love and revenge among a tribe of snake
Debatra
1955-04-08
A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Haridas Bhattacharya.
Mukti
1937-09-18
This classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically ro
Hospital
1943-04-17
Pratima (Kanan Devi), a nurse, is persuaded by Jayant (Ganguly) to pretend to be his wife for a day,
Jawab
1942-03-22
Manoj is from the aristocratic class but has some sort retrograde amnesia; he belongs to the upper-c
Shesh Uttar
1942-09-25
The wealthy, self-obsessed, and possibly crazed Manoj (Barua) is sent by his concerned family to the
Lagan
1941-04-10
Harish who's a poet who falls in love with Kusum, a singer he mentors. But Kusum sees him only as a
Har Jeet
1940-10-05
Set in the early 20th C. Calcutta Theatres industry. Kamala (Kanan Devi) is the star of the Ruby The