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{{infobox person<br />
| name = Chhaya Devi<br />
| image = Chhaya Devi in Harmonium.jpg<br />
| caption = শ্রীমতি ছায়া দেবী (কাদম্বিনী ভট্টাচার্য)<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|06|03|df=yes}}<ref name="TW">{{Cite web|title=বাংলা ছবির আইকনিক 'মা' ছায়াদেবী, বাস্তবে তাঁকে আগলে রেখেছিলেন মানসকন্যা তনুশ্রী-দেবশ্রী|url=https://www.thewall.in/special-feature-on-bengali-actress-chhaya-devi-on-her-birthday/|access-date=11 August 2020|website=TheWall|language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
| birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar and Orissa]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Bihar]], [[India]])<br />
| death_date ={{death date and age|2001|4|25|1914|06|03|df=y}}<ref name="TW" /><br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Actress]] <br />
| years_active = 1936–1993<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=‘ছায়া’পথের নক্ষত্রলোকে|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/people-still-remembers-versatile-actress-chhaya-devi-1.712728|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''Chhaya Devi''' ({{lang-bn|ছায়া দেবী}}) (3 June 1914 &ndash; 25 April 2001) was an [[India]]n actress known for her work in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] and [[Bollywood|Hindi]] cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/people/chhaya-devi-92576|title=Chhaya Devi movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> She appeared in hundreds of films for over five decades.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Her first lead role was in [[Debaki Bose]]'s [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] film ''Sonar Sansar'' (1936). She rose to hall of fame for her role as Rani Lakshmi in [[Debaki Bose]]'s ''[[Vidyapati (film)|Vidyapati]]'' (1937).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/vidyapati-562|title=Vidyapati (1937) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Some of her notable films are such as ''[[Nirjan Saikate]]'' (1963), ''[[Hatey Bazarey]]'' (1967) and ''[[Apanjan]]'' (1968) by [[Tapan Sinha]], ''[[Saptapadi (1961 film)|Saptapadi]]'' (1961), '' [[Uttar Falguni]]'' (1963), ''Antony Firingee'' (1967), in Bengali, ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977) in Hindi, which also starred [[Amitabh Bachchan]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Chhaya Devi was born in Bhagalpur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/অত-গ-ল-য-ম-র-ন-য়-ভ-বল-স-ব-ন-র-ব-জ-ঞ-পন-করত-ম-1.25095|title=অত গ্ল্যামার নিয়ে ভাবলে সাবানের বিজ্ঞাপন করতাম - Anandabazar|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> Her father was Haradhan Gangopadhyay. She started her education in the Mokshda Girls High School in Adampur, Bhagalpur. Later her father was transferred to Delhi and she continued her education in the Indraprastha Girls School. She was married to Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay, a teacher at Ranchi, at the age of eleven. Her marriage did not last long and she came to Kolkata with her father when she was a student of tenth standard only.<ref name="chandi">{{cite web |title=Biography of Chhaya Debi|url= http://www.gomolo.com/chhaya-debi-biography/298|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> She was first cousin of actor [[Ashok Kumar]]'s wife Shobha Ganguly, thus having relations to the [[Ganguly family]] also.<ref>{{cite book |title=Film world, Volume 16 |publisher=T.M. Ramachandran |year=1979|page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o3lTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Chhaya+Devi%22+-inpublisher:icon }}</ref> However, though very little is known about her early life, her life is believed to be full of struggle. After she reached Kolkata she chose her career as an actress in films and stage, which she pursued for the next five decades.<ref name="half">{{cite web |title=The lady who ruled the screen – Chhaya Devi and her seven unforgettable films|url= http://halfsamosa.in/lady-ruled-screen-chhaya-devi-seven-unforgettable-films/|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Though Chhaya Devi debuted in Bengali movie ''Sonar Sansar'' in 1936, she acquired fame for the outstanding acting in the role of Queen Lakshmi in the movie ''Bidyapati'' in 1938.<ref name="half"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://upperstall.com/profile/chhaya-devi/|title=Chhaya Devi|date=2015-04-27|website=Upperstall.com|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> From lead female roles in her early days to character roles in her later years, Chhaya Devi had shown her creative ability in acting. <br />
In ''Atal Jaler Ahwan'' (1962), she stole the heart of the viewers with her soft and loving acting as surrogate mother of Soumitra. In ''Deya Neya'' (1963) she acted as the helpless mother of the aspirant singer Prashanta (Uttam Kumar). In the movie ''Saat Pake Badha'' (1963) she was the heartless, rude and indifferent mother of Suchitra Sen opposing the affair of her daughter with Soumitra. Chhaya Devi played the role of the mother of Uttam Kumar in many films. In ''[[Antony Firingee (film)|Anthony Firingee]]'' (1967), Chhaya Devi was mother of Hensman Antony (Uttam Kumar). ''[[Apanjan]]'', an outstanding film directed by Tapan Sinha in 1967, which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]],<ref name="16thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=5 February 2013|page=2}}</ref> as well as several BFJA Awards, was considered having one of the best of the performances of Chhaya Devi.<ref name=bfja1969>{{cite web|title=BFJA Awards (1969)|url=http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-1969}}</ref> In ''Podi Pisir Bormi Bakso'' (1972), a children's movie made from a story written by Leela Majumdar and directed by Arundhati Devi, Chhaya Devi played an unforgettable lead comic role of ''Podi Pisi'', the widowed elderly aunt.<ref name="half"/><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===1930s===<br />
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1936 Sonar Sansar - Roma<br />
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1936 Rajani - Maid Servant<br />
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1937 Bidyapati - Queen Laxmi<br />
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1937 Ranga Bou - Kalyani<br />
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1938 Bekar Nashan - Kamal <br />
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1938 Hal Bangla - Sefali<br />
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1939 Bamanabatar - Sachi<br />
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1939 [[Jakher Dhan]]<br />
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1939 Debjani - Debjani<br />
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1939 Janak Nandini - Chandika <br />
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1939 Rikta - Karuna<br />
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===1940s===<br />
1940 Abhinetri<br />
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1940 Haar Jeet<br />
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1941 Sree Radha<br />
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1942 Jiban Sangini - Atar <br />
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1942 Avayer Biye<br />
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1942 ''[[Chauranghee]]''<br />
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1942 Mera Gaon<br />
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1945 Bondita<br />
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1946 Uttara Abhimanyu<br />
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1947 Burmar Pathey<br />
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1947 Jharer Par<br />
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1948 Dhatri Debata<br />
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1948 Anirban<br />
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1949 Abhijatya<br />
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1949 [[Kuasha (1949)|Kuasha]]<br />
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===1950s===<br />
1950 Sree Tulsidas<br />
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1951 Ratnadeep<br />
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1956 [[Raat Bhore]]<br />
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1956 Shankar Narayan Bank<br />
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1956 Daner Maryada - Malati<br />
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1956 [[Saheb Bibi Golam (film)|Saheb Bibi Golam]]- Bororani<br />
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1956 Subhalagna<br />
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1956 [[Trijama]] <br />
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1958 Marmabani<br />
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1959 [[Gali Theke Rajpath]]<br />
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===1960s===<br />
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1961 Pankatilak<br />
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1961 [[Manik (1961)]]<br />
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1961 Agni Sanskar<br />
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1962 Kancher Swarga<br />
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1962 Abasheshe<br />
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1962 [[Atal Jaler Ahwan]] - Anuradha Debi<br />
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1962 Rakta Palash<br />
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1963 Kanchan Kanya<br />
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1963 [[Deya Neya]] -the hero's mother <br />
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1961 ''[[Saptapadi (1961 film)|Saptapadi]]'' - Rina's Mother (Aayah)<br />
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1963 [[Nirjan Saikate]]<br />
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1963 [[Saat Pake Bandha]] - Archana's Mother<br />
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1963 [[Uttar Falguni]] - Baijee<br />
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1965 [[Mukhujey Paribar]]<br />
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1965 Antaral<br />
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1965 Arohi<br />
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1965 [[Kanch Kata Hirey]]<br />
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1965 Surya Tapa<br />
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1965 [[Thana Theke Aschi]]<br />
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1965 Tu Hi Meri Zindagi<br />
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1966 [[Galpo Holeo Satti]] - Bara Bou<br />
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1966 [[Mamta (1966 film)|Mamta]] - Minabai<br />
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1967 [[Mahashweta]]<br />
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1967 [[Antony Firingee]] - Antony's Mother<br />
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1967 [[Hatey Bazarey]] - Nani<br />
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1968 Teen Adhaya<br />
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1968 [[Apanjan]]- Anandamoyee<br />
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1968 Baghini<br />
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1969 [[Arogya Niketan (film)]] - Atar Bou<br />
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1969 [[Kamallata]]<br />
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1969 [[Pita Putra]]<br />
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1969 The Fiancée - Bhubaneswari<br />
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1969 [[Protidan]]<br />
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===1970s===<br />
1970 Kalankita Nayak<br />
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1970 [[Rajkumari]]<br />
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1970 Muktisnan<br />
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1970 Samantaral<br />
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1971 [[Kuheli]]- Manodadi<br />
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1972 [[Har Mana Har]]<br />
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1972 [[Sesh Parba]]<br />
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1972 [[Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha]] - Aunt Padipishi<br />
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1972 Zindagi Zindagi<br />
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1974 [[Debi Chowdhurani]] - Brajeswar's mother<br />
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1974 Alor Thikana<br />
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1975 [[Swayamsiddha]]<br />
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1975 Harano Prapti Niruddesh<br />
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1975 Phool Sajya<br />
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1976 [[Harmonium]]<br />
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1976 [[Sei Chokh]]<br />
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1977 Kalpana<br />
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1977 [[Proxy (1977 film)|Proxy]]<br />
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1977 [[Pratima (1977 film)|Pratima]]<br />
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1977 Ae Prithibi Pantha Niwas<br />
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1977 [[Baba Taraknath]]<br />
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1977 Ek Je Chhilo Desh<br />
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1977 Babu Moshai<br />
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1977 [[Alaap]] - Sarju Bai Banaraswali <br />
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1978 [[Dhanraj Tamang]]<br />
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1978 Nadi Theke Sagare<br />
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1979 [[Arun barun O Kironmala]]- The Jogini Maa<br />
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===1980s===<br />
1981 Kalankini<br />
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1981 Subarnalata<br />
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1981 Manikchand<br />
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1981 [[Surya Sakhi]]<br />
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1982 Rajbadhu<br />
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1982 [[Pipasa]]<br />
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1983 Shinkhal<br />
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1983 [[Rang Birangi]] - Mrs. Bannerjee <br />
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1983 Prayashchitta<br />
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1984 [[Rashifal]]<br />
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1984 Lal Golap<br />
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1984 Simantarag<br />
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1987 Swarnamoir Thikana<br />
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1987 Pratikar<br />
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1988 Boba Sanai<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0222444}}<br />
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