Bhanumati Devi

{{Short description|Indian actress (1934–2013)}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Bhanumati Devi | image =  | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|5|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Sittwe, Burma, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|01|04|1934|05|15|df=y}} | death_place = Puri, Odisha, India | resting_place = | occupation = Theater And Cinema Actress | years_active = 1953–1987 | spouse = Harihara Panda | children = Swarnalata | parents = Sarati Pattnaik<br/>Pattadei | relatives = | awards = Jayadeba Award }} '''Bhanumati Devi''' (15 May 1934 – 4 January 2013) was an Indian film and theater actress who worked in the Odia film industry.<ref name=ie>{{cite news |title=Veteran Actor Bhanumati Devi dead |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article1408447.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108221522/http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article1408447.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2013 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 January 2013 |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news |title=Bhanumati Devi cremated in Puri |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-06/bhubaneswar/36173696_1_bhanumati-devi-odia-cinema |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216074115/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-06/bhubaneswar/36173696_1_bhanumati-devi-odia-cinema |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |date=6 January 2013 |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>

==Early life== Devi was born in British Burma on 15 May 1934.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orissapost.com/bhanumati-leaves-the-stage/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216144938/http://www.orissapost.com/bhanumati-leaves-the-stage/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |title=Bhanumati leaves the 'stage' | Orissa Post |work=orissapost.com |year=2013 |quote=Born May 15, 1934, in Burma, Bhanumati had returned Orissa |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=orissatimes>{{cite news |title=Bhanumati leaves the 'stage' |url=http://www.orissapost.com/bhanumati-leaves-the-stage/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216144938/http://www.orissapost.com/bhanumati-leaves-the-stage/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |work=Orissa Times |date=5 January 2013 |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> She moved to Puri, Odisha, India, with her Indian family following World War II.<ref name=timesofindia/><ref name=orissatimes/>

==Career== Devi began acting in the theater in 1942 when she was just seven years old.<ref name=orissatimes/> Some of her best reviewed stage roles were in ''Lakhye Hira'' and ''Napahu Rati Namaru Pati’''.<ref name=orissatimes/> Devi appeared at the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack for more than forty years.<ref name=ie/>

She made her film debut in 1954 in ''Amari Gann Jhia'' when she was nineteen years old.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121126/jsp/odisha/story_16236996.jsp#.UPk-ZGdP9tZ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135133/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121126/jsp/odisha/story_16236996.jsp#.UPk-ZGdP9tZ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2015 |title=Arclights out, actresses fight poverty |first=Namita |last=Panda |work=The Telegraph (India) |quote=She started her film career at the age of 19 in 1953 with Aama Gaan Jhua, |access-date=18 January 2013 |location=Calcutta, India |date=26 November 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ie/> 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.<ref name=ie/> Her last film was ''Jaydeb'', which was released in 1986.<ref name=ie/>

Devi was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1985.<ref name=ie/> In 2005, she received the Jaydev Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Odisha State Film Awards.<ref name=ie/>

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

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=3370270|name=Bhanumati Devi}}

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