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Devi
Devi

Devi

Genres

Drama

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A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Bengali

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

19 February 1960

Country

India

Cast

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Doyamoyee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Umaprasad

Chhabi Biswas

Chhabi Biswas

Kalikinkar Roy

Karuna Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee

Harasundari

Purnendu Mukherjee

Purnendu Mukherjee

Taraprasad

Arpan Chowdhury

Arpan Chowdhury

Khoka

Anil Bag

Anil Bag

Khagesh Chakravarti

Khagesh Chakravarti

Kaviraj

Anil Chatterjee

Anil Chatterjee

Bhudeb

Arabinda Kumar Chowdhury

Arabinda Kumar Chowdhury

Shanta Devi

Shanta Devi

Sarala

Mohammed Israil

Mohammed Israil

Nibaran

Nagendranath Kabyabyakarantirtha

Nagendranath Kabyabyakarantirtha

Priest

Bholanath Koyal

Bholanath Koyal

Anil Mitra

Anil Mitra

Tarapada Nandy

Tarapada Nandy

Kali Sarkar

Kali Sarkar

Professor Sarkar

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