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'''Indira Devi''', borned'''Effie Hippolet''', was an actress of early silent [[Indian cinema]].<ref name="Ganti2004">{{cite book|author=Tejaswini Ganti|title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67mAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA230|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-134-44222-5|page=230}}</ref><ref name="Goyal2014">{{cite book|author=Omita Goyal|title=Interrogating Women's Leadership and Empowerment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxlBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151|date=10 December 2014|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5150-471-9|page=151}}</ref> | '''Indira Devi''', borned '''Effie Hippolet''', was an actress of early silent [[Indian cinema]].<ref name="Ganti2004">{{cite book|author=Tejaswini Ganti|title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67mAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA230|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-134-44222-5|page=230}}</ref><ref name="Goyal2014">{{cite book|author=Omita Goyal|title=Interrogating Women's Leadership and Empowerment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxlBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151|date=10 December 2014|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5150-471-9|page=151}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== |
Latest revision as of 20:54, 20 June 2021
Indira Devi, borned Effie Hippolet, was an actress of early silent Indian cinema.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Indira Devi was born from Culcutta's Anglo-Indian community.[3] She was a leading actress in early silent films for the Indian cinema. She paused her career in the early 1930s after her marriage. She played the lead role opposite Prithviraj Kapoor in Sher-e-Arab / Arabian Knights (1930). She returned to films in 1935.
Selected filmography[edit]
- Milaap (1937)
- Wamaq Azra/Sacchi Mohabbat (1935)
- Sher-e-Arab / Arabian Knights (1930)
- Vaman Avatar (1930)
- Ganesh Janam (1930)
- Rajsinha (1930)
- Kapal Kundala (1929)
- Jana (1927)
- Durgesh Nandini (1927)
- Punarjanma (1927)
- Jaydev (1926)
References[edit]
- ↑ Tejaswini Ganti (2 August 2004). Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-134-44222-5.
- ↑ Omita Goyal (10 December 2014). Interrogating Women's Leadership and Empowerment. SAGE Publishing India. p. 151. ISBN 978-93-5150-471-9.
- ↑ Sukanta Chaudhuri (1990). Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future. Oxford University Press. p. 294. ISBN 9780195625868.
External links[edit]
- Indira Devi on IMDb