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{{Short description|Bengali actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sarajubala Devi
| birth_date = 1912
| death_date = 22 July 1994
| occupation = {{plainlist|
* Actress
* Singer
}}
}}

'''Sarajubala Devi''' (1912-1994) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] actress and singer.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cultural News from India|date=1977|publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations.|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4tI5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Sarajubala+Devi%22|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sarajubala was born in 1912 in [[24 Parganas]]. She lost her father at a young age. In order to contribute to her family's income, she started working as an actor at the age of nine.<ref name="sdbd">{{cite web|last1=Bhowmik|first1=Dulal|title=Sarajubala Devi|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarajubala_Devi|website=Banglapedia|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Sarajubala's first role was in the stage play ''Kumar Singha'', where she played a role of a boy. For her performance in the play, she received the gold medial and a monetary reward of 5 Rupees. She became a regular at the New Manomohan Theatre of Nirmalendu Lahiri. She performed in the play [[Mirabai]], where she played the role of [[Krishna]]. She received widespread acclaim for her performance. Her performance was compared to notable contemporaries such as [[Kusum Kumari]] and [[Tara Sundari]]. After Mirabai, she joined the acting troupe Dani Babu. She played the role of Sati with Dani Babu when she was 14 years old in the play ''Daksa-Yajva''. She also played Kunda Nadini in the play ''Bisbrksa'' when she was 14 and which got her widespread acclaim. She co-starred with notable contemporaries, for example [[Shishir Kumar Bhaduri]] and [[Durgadas Banerjee]] in plays such as ''Chandra Sekhar'', ''Gairik Pataka'', ''Mrgaya'', ''Karagar'', ''Mahuya'' and ''Shyamoli''. Her notable roles include playing Jahanara in the play ''Shah Jahan'' by Dwijendralal Roy, and Lutfa in the play ''Sirajuddaula'' by [[Sachin Sengupta|Sachindra Nath Sengupta]]. Besides acting in plays, she also acted in movies. She had roles in movies such as ''Rasir Prem'' and ''Krishvankanter Will''. She also used to sing and trained under Krishan Chandra Roy and the future National Poet of Bangladesh, [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]. Throughout her career, she won many awards and prizes. She was awarded the title "Empress of Acting" for her performances. In 1970, she won an Indian Academy Award and the gold medal from the University of Calcutta.<ref name="sdbd" />

==Death==
Sarajubala died in 1994.<ref name="sdbd" />

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[[Category:Women musicians from West Bengal]]
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