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Chunibala Devi (c. 1872–1955) was an Indian character actress best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, where she played the old grandmother, Indir Thakrun, to Apu and Durga.[1]

Formerly a theatre actress, Chunibala Devi made her film debut with Bigraha in 1930, though after her second film, Rikta in 1939 she retired. She was brought out of her retirement at the age of 80 by Satyajit Ray to act in the pivotal role of her career. She became the first Indian to win an award in the best actor/actress category in an international film festival, The Manila Film festival, for her role of Indir Thakrun.[2][3][4]

She died in Kolkata, of influenza, in 1955, before the release of Pather Panchali, although Ray had been to her house to show her a projection.

  1. ^ Janet Farrell Brodie; Marc Redfield (2002). High Anxieties: Cultural Studies in Addiction. University of California Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-520-22751-4.
  2. ^ "In focus: Ray and the tale of an old actress".
  3. ^ Ray, Satyajit (5 February 2021). "How Satyajit Ray found Indir Thakrun, the scene-stealer of 'Pather Panchali'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ Live, A. P. N. (1 February 2017). "Remembering Chunibala Devi". APN Live. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

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