![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She then went on to do many more women-centric movies. Devika’s performance in the movie garnered a lot of praise and critical acclamation.Devika also sang a bilingual Indo-English song in the movie, which became the first India English song. It was the first English language movie by an Indian producer. ![]() It had the first and the longest liplock on the Indian screen. Interestingly, it was a woman-centric film as it was majorly based on Devika. The movie set many precedents in the ever-evolving Indian cinema.Longest liplock by Devika (Pic by Youtube) They got married soon after and Devika left for Berlin to learn film-making. Once she came back, Rai casted Devika in his first film Karma where he himself was playing the lead. They worked on a movie (A Throw of Dice) together where Devika assisted Rai in costume designing and art direction.The turning point came when during an event she met Himanshu Rai, a barrister-turned-filmmaker, who insisted that she work with him in production. She began her career as a textile engineer, but life had something else in store for her. A major part of Devika’s childhood was spent in London, where she first studied acting and music then did a course in architecture.She was also related to the renowned poet and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Her paternal uncles were also famous lawyers in Kolkata High Court and one of them, a very famous Bengali writer. Her father, Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri was the first Indian Surgeon-General of Madras Presidency. Rani was born in Vishakhapatnam to an illustrious Bengali family.Today on Devika Rani’s birthday, we familiarise you with her life and her brave decisions: Her popularity rose to such levels that it altered peoples’ perspective towards actresses. The record was unbroken for a long time until 2014. She was the first actor to ever have a four-minute long liplock onscreen. ![]()
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