"Bharati Devi was an Indian actress who was born on October 22, 1922, at Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She was born with the name Mahamaya Das, before changing it to Bharati Devi. She hails from a very conservative and wealthy business class family. As practices of those times, she was married off at a young age of thirteen but had to face a lot of obstacles at the hands of her in-laws. Therefore, Bharati Devi moved back to her parents, and through a mutual friend of her father, she was introduced to New Theatres in 1939. After that, she made herself prominent among the audience through a first role in the movie Daktar, released in 1941.
Phani Majumdar had directed Daktar with late actor Jyotiprakash Bhattacharya cast opposite to her. Since then, she has worked in many movies such as Sagar Sankamey (1959), Bandini (1963), and Nayak (1966). She was able to work with different directors such as Devaki Bose of New Theatres period to Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha, throughout her career. Along with her movie career, she has also worked on Bengali TV serials, providing wholesome entertainment to the household members. Bharati Devi faced her death on December 30, 2011, at Kolkata, West Bengal."
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