Molina Devi

Acting

Molina Devi

Born — Died

1917-08-13 — 1977-08-13

Place of birth

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Molina Devi (13 August 1917 — 13 August 1977) was an Indian Bengali actress of Bengali and Hindi film and theatre. As an actress, she played a wide variety of parts, later frequently playing matronly parts, especially Rani Rashmoni, patroness of the 19th-century Bengali mystic Sri Ramakrishna. She acted in several dozen films, mostly in Bengali and Hindi. With actor Gurudas Banerjee, she also directed a Calcutta-based theatre troupe, M. G. Enterprises.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 6 titles

1950s · 21 titles

Sharey Chuattar poster
8.0

The owner of Annapurna boarding house facing an upcoming trouble for let in a girl in the boys hostel.

Sharey Chuattar

1953

Shyamali poster
9.0

Shyamali, who is both hearing and speech impaired, faces several struggles in life. While the man she marries supports her, she is not accepted by her in-laws.

Shyamali

1956

No artwork available
9.0

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri. It stars Asim Kumar in the titular role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles.

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu

1957

Joutuk poster
7.0

A 1958 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Jiban Gangopadhyay featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.

Joutuk

1958

The Fellow Traveler poster
7.0

The first-ever collaboration of Uttam Kumar and Agradoot.

The Fellow Traveler

1951

Manmoyee Girls' School poster
7.0

Deciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, a zamindar looks for a married couple to manage the establishment. They apply for and get the job. The two are not actually married; they posed as a couple to obtain the job. After a series of complications and delicate situations, love blooms between the two and they marry.

Manmoyee Girls' School

1958

Chandranath poster
8.0

Feeling lonely after his father's death, Chandranath meets and falls in love with a poor widow's daughter during his travels. Later, secrets from her past come to haunt him.

Chandranath

1957

Ora Thakey Odharey poster
9.0

In post-partition Bengal, a clash of cultures between neighbors ignites a turbulent yet tender tale of rivalry, love, and unexpected alliances.

Ora Thakey Odharey

1954

Rani Rashmoni poster
9.0

Rani Rashmoni is a Bengali Movie by kali Prasad Ghosh

Rani Rashmoni

1955

Bandhu poster
10.0

A 1958 Bengali Romantic Family Drama Film directed by Chitta Bose.

Bandhu

1958

Grihapravesh poster
7.0

A 1954 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Ajoy Kar, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar & Mahanayika Suchitra Sen.

Grihapravesh

1954

No artwork available
NR

A 1954 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Taru Mukhopadhyay.

Atom Bomb

1954

Shilpi poster
10.0

A poor guy named Dhiman (Uttam Kumar) found a shelter in a rich man house but eventually fell in love with his daughter, Anjana (Suchitra Sen). Despite trying to make a name for himself by painting and sculpting, Dhiman and Anjana went through all kinds of turmoil to be together.

Shilpi

1956

Mahakavi Girish Chandra poster
9.0

Mahakavi Girish Chandra is a 1957 movie by Modhu Bose

Mahakavi Girish Chandra

1956

Light of the Dusk poster
NR

A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Sudhangshu Mukhopadhyay & written by Prabhabati Devi Saraswati.

Light of the Dusk

1955

The Power of Prayer poster
10.0

Ambernath a well-educated Sanskrit pundit was different from his childhood. The way he thought and described everything was quite different from others. His master Jagannath Tarka Churamoni loved him a lot and after his death, Ambernath took his place. In such a situation Bani the daughter of local zamindar and Ambernath met. After few days, they got married. Bani were very skeptical about her husband and they were not happy with their relation. Later Ambernath left his wife and stayed alone. In the meantime, Bani also understood the affection and love she had for her husband. She came to know about life and commitment. One day Bani heard that Ambernath was very ill and he stayed in a lonely place. Bani rushed there and put her every effort to make him healthy. Later they came to know each other and lived happily.

The Power of Prayer

1954

A New Journey poster
8.0

A 1953 Bengali Drama Film directed by Subodh Mitra.

A New Journey

1953

Naa poster
NR

A film by Tarashankar Banerjee.

Naa

1954

A Virtuous Woman poster
8.0

Jyotirmoy rejects Sita and marries Anuva without his grandfather's approval. As a result, he gets deprived from his wealth and the entire property goes to Sita. Will Sita help Jyotirmoy?

A Virtuous Woman

1954

Michael Madhusudhan poster
10.0

The life of renowned Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta.

Michael Madhusudhan

1950

Baikunther Will poster
NR

Businessman Baikunth remarries after the death of his wife and is blessed with a second son. Years later, he leaves his wealth to his wiser elder son, which causes friction between the two brothers.

Baikunther Will

1950

1930s · 7 titles

The Devoted poster
10.0

The legend of Prince Puran, born under King Silwan of Sialkot's curse which binds his parents never to set eyes on him until he is 16. Accused of leading a debauched life by an evil general and by the king's second wife, Puran is sentenced to death. Rescued by the mystic Gorakhnath, he becomes an ascetic. When the king is overthrown, Purna rises from his meditations to depose the general who has seized power, before returning to his life of renunciation.

The Devoted

1933

Abhigyan poster
10.0

A wife rejected by her in-laws following her abduction is given shelter by the husband's friend. The storyline follows the wife's ambivalent feelings for her savior when she's accepted back into the family.

Abhigyan

1938

Grihadaha poster
10.0

The poor but educated Mahim and his childhood friend, the rich but conservative Suresh, both fall in love with the same woman, the liberated Achala. Mahim marries her and they move to a village but she cannot forget Suresh. Her smoldering unhappiness takes the form of resentment towards the orphaned Mrinal, raised by Mahim's father, and receives a dramatic visual embodiment when their house burns down. Mahim falls ill, is rescued by Suresh, and nursed back to health by Achala. On a train (a metaphor for the irreversibly linear course of life) to a health resort where Mahim is supposed to convalesce, Suresh on a rainswept night gives in to temptation and elopes with Achala. At the end of the film, there is a dubious reconciliation as Achala is shown following Mahim's 'good' traditionalism with Sharatchandra's barely concealed hostility towards Achala's liberated Brahmo Samaj upbringing.

Grihadaha

1936

Baradidi poster
10.0

Suren, prevented by his family from pursuing a university career, leaves home and becomes a tutor to Pramila. He falls in love with her widowed elder sister Madhavi who, although returning his love, has him sacked to save the situation.

Baradidi

1939

Rajat Jayanti poster
6.3

The simple-minded Rajat (Barua) loves neighbour Jayanti (Menaka Devi). He is advised on how to court her by his streetsmart cousin Bishwanath (Sanyal) and Bishwanath's friend Samir (Bannerjee). Bishwanath and Samir try to get Rajat's miserly guardian Bagalcharan (Choudhury) to loan them money so that Samir can make a 'European-style art film'. The guardian is admitted to the clinic of a doctor Gajanan where he falls into the clutches of two professional crooks Natoraj (Indu Mukherjee) and Supta (Molina Devi). Supta wants Rajat and they try to kidnap her...

Rajat Jayanti

1939

Abhagin poster
7.0

A tenant attacks the villainous landlord Jawaharlal Choudhry, injures his son Priyalal and abducts his daughter-in-law Sandhya. Sandhya escapes unharmed to her relative, the engineer Praksh, but her father-in-law refuses to take her back, believing her to be 'damaged goods'. Sheltered by the kindly Promode, her husband eventually accepts her back although she feels torn between affection for her savior and her marital obligations.

Abhagin

1938

Rajrani Meera poster
10.0

Meera is immersed in her love and devotion to Lord Krishna since a young age. When she grows older, her family get her married to the Rana of Mewar. Misunderstandings occur when her devotional poetry is thought to be love songs for someone. Several hardships are inflicted on her by her husband and her in-laws. She takes to sitting in the temple and singing bhajans (sacred songs) composed by her. Her brother-in-law tries to have her killed many times, but fails. She finally renounces her life in the palace and wanders from place to place singing devotional songs.

Rajrani Meera

1933