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Indira Devi, born Effie Hippolet, was an actress of early silent Indian cinema.^[1]^[2]

Career[edit | edit source]

Indira Devi was born from Calcutta'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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

↑ 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 | edit source]

Indira Devi on IMDb

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[Ganti2004-1] Tejaswini Ganti (2 August 2004). Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-134-44222-5.

[Goyal2014-2] Omita Goyal (10 December 2014). Interrogating Women's Leadership and Empowerment. SAGE Publishing India. p. 151. ISBN 978-93-5150-471-9.

[Chaudhuri1990-3] Sukanta Chaudhuri (1990). Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future. Oxford University Press. p. 294. ISBN 9780195625868.

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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>
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+'''Indira Devi''', born '''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==
-Indira Devi was born from [[Culcutta]]'s [[Anglo-Indian]] community.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990">{{cite book|author=Sukanta Chaudhuri|title=Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGduAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=294|isbn=9780195625868}}</ref> 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.
+Indira Devi was born from [[Calcutta]]'s [[Anglo-Indian]] community.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990">{{cite book |author=Sukanta Chaudhuri |title=Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGduAAAAMAAJ |year=1990 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=294 |isbn=9780195625868}}</ref> 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==