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She went on to direct films such as 'Megh-O-Roudra', 'Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha', 'Deepar Prem' and 'Gokul'.
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Direction didn't come very late for her as she directed her first film after 15 years of starting her acting career with 'Chhuti' in 1967, she was 42 then. Debi faced the camera for the first time in 1952 (Yatrik), and here onwards began a journey which culminated with her demise in 1990. Though she was trained at Rabindranath Tagore's Vishwa Bharati University and had her roots in a family famous for cultural patronage but taking a leap of faith in acting was never easy in the conventional society of the East Bengal. Many of her contemporaries praised Bhanumathi for her brave portrayal of female sexuality.Īrundhati Debi's (1925-90) personal life is no lesser than a celluloid drama. Bhanumathi emerged as an important filmmaker because of her aesthetic sense as she never got into double minds about experimentation. She continued to direct films till 1993 (Asathyaralu), and her prolific direction career was acknowledged when she received the Nandi Award in 1986. Bhanumathi was associated with more than 200 films in her career but wielding the megaphone came her way in 1953 when she directed a tri-lingual film 'Chandirani' in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. Paluvayi Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (1925-2005) contributed in every department of filmmaking before making her presence felt behind the camera in Telugu and Tamil. She died at 46, but before that she had given female directors a launch pad to thrive on in three major South Indian languages. She gave several hit films with Gemini Ganesan as an actress but her directorial career took off with films such as 'Chinnari Papalu', 'Chiranjeevi' and 'Maathru Devatha' during 1968-69. She got married to one of the stalwarts of the Southern Cinema, Gemini Ganesan but kept it secret till she signed a commercial deal as 'Savitri Ganesan'. But, here onwards she never looked back and acted in a number of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. She couldn't get anything better than a second lead role in LV Prasad's 'Pelli Chesi Choodu' (1952). Savitri couldn't act in 'Agni Pariksha' (1949) despite being offered a role because she was just a 12-year-old teen then. Later, Savitri started her own company Navabharata Natya Mandali.īecoming a film heroine didn't come easily to her as she had to wait patiently before getting a good role. Kommareddy Savitri (1935-81) honed her skills as a child artist in the Madras Presidency but she started fetching attraction after her association with NTR's theatre company. However, acting remained on her wish list and she continued to act till late 1930s.
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'Bulbule Paristan' that released in 1926, became the first Indian film to be directed by a female director. Fatma worked with filmmakers like Ardeshir Irani and Nanubhai Desai before founding her own production company Fatma Films which was later rechristened as Victoria-Fatma Films. She started working in films in 1922 after getting trained in plays. She was the mother of Zubeida, Sultana and Shehzadi, who were popular actors of the silent era. Fatma Begum is widely considered as the first female film director of India, however this much is not sufficient as her introduction.īorn in an Urdu speaking family, Fatma Begum was related to Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III. Today, there are women who are well versed with the technique of filmmaking but there was a time when they were not imagined as something more than an actress, but then 'there is always a hero, in real life or in fiction,' in this case a heroine. However, the scenario is bound to change as the indomitable spirit of female members of the film world is taking 'meaningful' strides in every direction. New Delhi: The Indian film industry has seen the emergence of some critically and commercially appreciated female directors in last some years but the film business more or less remains dominated by their male counterparts.