Arundhati Devi
| Arundhati Devi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1925 Barisal (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died | 1990 |
| Spouse(s) | Tapan Sinha |
| Children | Anindya Sinha |
Arundhati Devi (1925–January 1, 1990) was a Bengali actress, film director and writer. She was also known as Arundhati Debi, as Arundhati Mukherjee and as Arundhati Mukhopadhyay. In 1967, She has received the National Film Award for Best Film Based On High Literary Work for the film Chutti at the 14th National Film Awards.
Arundhati was born in Barisal, East Bengal, in British India (now Bangladesh). Her father Bibhucharan Guha Thakurta was a scion of the Guha Thakurta family of Barisal — a family well known for its interest in and patronage of cultural activities. She studied at the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan founded by Rabindranath Tagore and while she was there from a very early age received training in dance, theater and singing. In 1955 she had a short-lived marriage with the director Prabhat Mukherjee. However, in 1957 she met film director Tapan Sinha at the Berlin International Film Festival and they eventually got married. Their son is scientist Anindya Sinha. She died in 1990 after a long illness.
In Kolkata, Arundhati started postgraduate studies at the University of Calcutta and wanted to become a journalist. There she came in contact with the scriptwriter Binoy Chatterjee, who was a family friend, and under his influence, she was selected to join the payroll of the New Theatre Studios, which still held its position as the premier film production unit in Kolkata. Arundhati made her cinematic debut in the seminal Mahaprasthaner Pathey (1952) which had a Hindi version named Yatrik. The film, directed by Kartik Chatterjee, depicted a group of pilgrims on an arduous trek in the high Himalayas and was a smash hit. In Mahaprasthaner Pathey, Devi played the role of Rani, strong-willed young widow who develops a soft corner for the young Brahmachari of the team played by Abhi Bhattacharya. Basanta Choudhury, another notable actor of the Bengali screen, also made his debut in this film which boasted actors of the calibre of Tulsi Chakrabarti, Sisir Batabyal and Molina Devi.
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