Devi Chaudhurani (1974)
Prafulla is beautiful and righteous but is mistreated by her in laws because of her poverty. Prafulla comes to a fortune by chance and is guided by Bhabani Pathak, a nationalistic religious leader to use this fortune in the cause of justice. She is trained rigorously and becomes a bandit queen wrapped in mystery and even fights back Colonial British forces to safeguard villagers.She becomes the legendary Debi Chowdhurani. Gradually incidents take such a turn that her erstwhile tormentors, i.e. her in laws come under her power and the movie ends with reconciliation.
Director: Dinen Gupta
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 141 min
Release Date: September 6, 1974
Cast
- Suchitra Sen - Prafulla/ Devi Chaudhurani
- Ranjit Mallick - Brajeswar
- Kali Bannerjee - Haraballav
- Chhaya Devi - Brajeswar's mother
- Sumitra Mukherjee - Sagarmani
- Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
- Jahar Roy
- Premangshu Bose
- Nripati Chatterjee
- Satya Banerjee
Screenplay
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Story)
- Pulak Bandyopadhyay (Lyricist)
- Shyamal Gupta (Lyricist)
Production: Angel Digital Private Limited, Sanchayita Films
Country: India
Language: বাংলা
Original Language: bn
More Films by Director: Dinen Gupta
More Films in Genre: Drama
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Devi Chaudhurani about?
- Prafulla is beautiful and righteous but is mistreated by her in laws because of her poverty. Prafulla comes to a fortune by chance and is guided by Bhabani Pathak, a nationalistic religious leader to use this fortune in the cause of justice. She is trained rigorously and becomes a bandit queen wrapped in mystery and even fights back Colonial British forces to safeguard villagers.She becomes the legendary Debi Chowdhurani. Gradually incidents take such a turn that her erstwhile tormentors, i.e. her in laws come under her power and the movie ends with reconciliation.
- Who directed Devi Chaudhurani?
- Devi Chaudhurani was directed by Dinen Gupta.
- Who stars in Devi Chaudhurani?
- Devi Chaudhurani stars Suchitra Sen, Ranjit Mallick, Kali Bannerjee, Chhaya Devi, Sumitra Mukherjee, Haradhan Bandyopadhyay.
- How long is Devi Chaudhurani?
- Devi Chaudhurani has a runtime of 2h 21m (141 minutes).
- What genre is Devi Chaudhurani?
- Devi Chaudhurani is a Drama film.
- Where was Devi Chaudhurani produced?
- Devi Chaudhurani was produced in India.