Devika Rani

Devika Rani

Born: March 30, 1908
Died: March 9, 1994
in Visakhapatnam, British India
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Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich ( March 1908 – 9 March 1994) was an early Indian movie star.

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Movies for Devika Rani...

Lottery Ticket
Title: Lottery Ticket
Released: August 10, 1982
Type: Movie
This film directed by CV Rajendran.
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Hamari Baat
Title: Hamari Baat
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Hamari Baat is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1943.
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Durga
Title: Durga
Character: Durga
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
Rural melodrama about Durga, an adolescent child of nature, living with her aged mother Heera. Unable to get the medicine required to prevent her mother's death, one misfortune after another befalls the heroine in spite of the sympathies of the newly arrived village doctor, Jawahar.
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Nirmala
Title: Nirmala
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
Nirmala (Devika Rani) is a modern girl - young, beautiful, dressed in the latest fashions, attends college, and is even the only female in an all-male class. She doesn't take second place to the men, besting all but one in the annual exams. She tied with Ramdas (Ashok Kumar). But, at the same time she is tied to the age-old culture, traditions and religion. She yearns for a husband and for motherhood. And this conflict forms the crux of the story.
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Izzat
Title: Izzat
Released: January 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Based in Central India, a story about struggle of a young man belonging to Bheel (an adivasi) tribe against the exploitation of his people by stronger Maratha tribe.
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Untouchable Girl
Title: Untouchable Girl
Character: Kasturi
Released: August 15, 1936
Type: Movie
An "untouchable" girl and a Brahmin boy fall in love, but the strict caste system and the gossip of the villagers threaten to keep them apart.
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Jeevan Naiya
Title: Jeevan Naiya
Character: Lata
Released: May 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Lata, daughter of a dancing girl, is brought up by social worker Mathuradas and is engaged to marry the rich Ranjit when the villain Chand arrives to blackmail her with her undisclosed ancestry. Lata is forced to disclose the truth to Ranjit and the assembled wedding guests. Ranjit disowns her but they are reunited when Ranjit, blinded by an explosion, is nursed back to health by a devoted woman who turns out to be his wife.
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Janmabhoomi
Title: Janmabhoomi
Character: Protima
Released: April 3, 1936
Type: Movie
A nationalist rural drama. The plot has Ajau and his girl friend Protima working on behalf of Indian villagers, incurring the enmity of the local zamindar and the villainous Sanatan. Ajay's relentless goodness eventually persuades the zamindar to bequeath his property to the hero, and general well-being reigns as class conflict is transmuted into class collaboration. The film includes the nationalist song 'Jai jai janani janmabhoomi' and other choruses with a similar thrust.
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Jawani Ki Hawa
Title: Jawani Ki Hawa
Character: Kamala
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Kamala elopes on her wedding day with her childhood friend Ratanlal. Her father Manganlal chases the couple and catches them on a train. His furious exchanges with Ratanlal are interrupted by gunfire and in the mysterious gloom of the evening a body is thrown off the train. The suspects are Ratanlal, who cannot furnish an alibi, Kamala, who insists on being the murderess, ex-convict Sukhdev, who confesses to the murder claiming robbery to be the motive, and the lunatic Tarachand, who also admits his guilt.
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Karma
Title: Karma
Character: Maharani
Released: May 14, 1933
Type: Movie
The simple plot has the maharani (Devika Rani) fall in love with the neighbouring prince (Rai) despite her father's disapproval. It is presented as an Orientalist fantasy with a, by Indian standards, scandalously prolonged kiss. It was described as 'a sort of American romance done against an Indian background'.