Kanan Devi
Indian actress (1916-1992) · India · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Kanan Devi was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Her singing style, usually in rapid tempo, was used instrumentally in some of the biggest hits of New Theatres, Kolkata.
Kanan Devi is read about 38 times a day, in 24 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1992Died17 July 19921977Dadasaheb Phalke AwardAward1955
DebatraFilm, Arundhati1950
MejdidiFilm, Producer1949
AnanyaFilm, Producer1946Arabian NightsFilm1945
Ban PhoolFilm, Gulabi1943HospitalFilm, Pratima1942
JawabFilm, Meena1941
LaganFilm, Kusum1940
Har JeetFilm, Kamala1939
SaperaFilm, Chandan1938
Street SingerFilm1937
MuktiFilm, Chitra1935
KanthaharFilm1933
Shree GourangaFilm, Bishnupriya1916Born22 April 1916
DebatraFilm, Arundhati1950MejdidiFilm, Producer1949AnanyaFilm, Producer1946Arabian NightsFilm1945Ban PhoolFilm, Gulabi1943HospitalFilm, Pratima1942JawabFilm, Meena1941LaganFilm, Kusum1940Har JeetFilm, Kamala1939SaperaFilm, Chandan1938Street SingerFilm1937MuktiFilm, Chitra1935KanthaharFilm1933Shree GourangaFilm, Bishnupriya1916Born22 April 1916People around Kanan
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Pramathesh Barua Directed Mukti and Shesh Uttar
Debaki Bose Directed Bidyapati (1937)
Phani Majumdar Directed Sathi (1938), wrote Mukti (1937)
Shobha Sen Kanan produced Mej Didi (1950)
Prithviraj Kapoor Also in Bidyapati and Vidyapati
Kundan Lal Saigal Also in Sathi and Lagan- Premendra Mitra Directed Path Bendhe Dilo (1945)
Raichand Boral Wrote Bidyapati and Sathi
Ajoy Kar Also in Ananya and Mejdidi
Filmography 17
24 credits on file
Media & music
Awards
About this person
Country
India
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1992 · aged 76
