The history of the Indian film industry has been very big. It is believed that the 1914 film Raja Harishchandra was the first film in the country. For the first time, the people of India got something new from this film. This film was made by Dadasaheb Phalke.
But it was not considered right for women to do films at that time. In such a situation, men played female characters in the industry for a long time. Then slowly women started doing films. The country's first lady of cinema Devika Rani is considered in the industry.
Devika Rani was one of the most strong female personality of her time. He started his career with the 1933 film Karma. During this time he was 25 years old. Her opposite actor Himanshu Rai was seen in the film, who was also her husband.
Devika Rani worked in films like Jeevan Naiya, Karma, Jawani Ki Hawa, Janmabhoomi, Savitri, Ijjat, Nirmala, Prem Kahani, Word and Hamari Baat during her career. His career was only 10 years old and during this time he acted in about 15 films.
Devika was compared to German-American actress Marlene Dietrich. Apart from this, she also followed Gita Garbo. At one time, his acting was compared to Gita Garbo and he was also called Indian Garbo for this reason.
Apart from this, the relationship of the actress was also with the famous Poet Rabindranath Tagore of the country. Actually Devika Rani was the niece of Rabindranath Tagore in the relationship. Devika's mother Leela Devi Chaudhary was the daughter of Tagore's sister Sukumari Devi Chaudhary.
Talking about personal life, Devika Rani had two marriages in her life. He was first married to the film producer Himanshu Rai. This marriage lasted for 11 years. While the actress married the second painter to Shisholav Rorik. His marriage was for about 50 years.