First superstar actress of India Kanan Devi IPronam Tomai Ghanashyam I BiographyI Honours accolades

Kanan Devi was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and as the first star of Bengali cinema
Kanan was born on 22 April 1916 in Howrah, West Bengal
She was a super star in film industry
In Early life a lot of financial troubles even became a maid at a very young age
Kanan Devi had become a superstar while working with Radha Film Company. She was the highest paid actress of her time. When the budget of the film used to be Rs 15000-20000, Kanan used to charge Rs 1 lakh for a song and Rs 5 lakh for a film.
The Then Kanan Devi had become a superstar and the highest paid actress of her time used to charge Rs 1 lakh for a song and Rs 5 lakh for a film.(source DNA)

A family friend Tulsi Banerjee (stage artist), whom Kanan used to call Kaka Babu, introduced 10-year-old Kanan to Madan Theater and Jyoti Theater. Kanan was a very beautiful and sharp minded girl from an early age.
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Kanan Devi worked in a total of 57 films, and she sung around 40 songs.
Kanan Devi also worked with veteran actors KL Sehgal, Pankaj Malik, Prathamesh Barua, Pahari Sanyal, Chhabi Biswas, and Ashok Kumar.
Kanan turned producer with Shrimati Pictures in 1949 and later launched the Sabyasachi Collective with the film Ananya (1949). Her own productions were mainly based on the stories of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
Kanan Devi, as the first lady of the Bengali screen, received many honours for her contribution to Indian cinema. An honorary degree from Vishwabharati, the Padma Shree in 1968 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1976.
Some reports claim that Kanan Devi felt lonely during her last days and over the fact that her husband Haridas was not beside her at that time.
She died on 17 July 1992 in Bellevue Clinic, Calcutta when she was around seventy-six years of age. From the same table The Actress Suchitra sen passed away after 22 years -An Amazing coincidence

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