![]() ![]() Chhaya Devi played the role of the mother of Uttam Kumar in many films. #UMA DEVI TELUGU ACTRESS MOVIE#In the movie Saat Pake Badha (1963) she was the heartless, rude and indifferent mother of Suchitra Sen opposing the affair of her daughter with Soumitra. In Deya Neya (1963) she acted as the helpless mother of the aspirant singer Prashanta (Uttam Kumar). In Atal Jaler Ahwan (1962), she stole the heart of the viewers with her soft and loving acting as surrogate mother of Soumitra. From lead female roles in her early days to character roles in her later years, Chhaya Devi had shown her creative ability in acting. Though Chhaya Devi debuted in Bengali movie Sonar Sansar in 1936, she acquired fame for the outstanding acting in the role of Queen Lakshmi in the movie Bidyapati in 1938. After she reached Kolkata she chose her career as an actress in films and stage, which she pursued for the next five decades. However, though very little is known about her early life, her life is believed to be full of struggle. She was first cousin of actor Ashok Kumar's wife Shobha Ganguly, thus having relations to the Ganguly family also. Her marriage did not last long and she came to Kolkata with her father when she was a student of tenth standard only. She was married to Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay, a teacher at Ranchi, at the age of eleven. Later her father was transferred to Delhi and she continued her education in the Indraprastha Girls School. She started her education in the Mokshda Girls High School in Adampur, Bhagalpur. ![]()
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