Molina Devi

Acting

Molina Devi

Born 1917-08-13 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

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.

Acting credits

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

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

Determination poster
NR

A father who is ill, is worried about his family in case of his demise. Will he be able to secure their future or will all his hopes crumble?

Determination

1949

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

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

Saat Pake Bandha poster
8.0

A young girl,Archana, falls in love with Sukhendu, an educated young man. Her father gladly accepts Sukhendu as his son-in-law. But Sukhendu’s income and nature come in way of this marriage.

Saat Pake Bandha

1963

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

Mahashweta poster
9.0

The widower land-lord fixes his wayward step-brother's alliance with priest's daughter. Groom disappears on wedding day, and he is forced to marry her. The brother comes back and when the elder brother dies, tries to dispossess the widow.

Mahashweta

1967

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

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

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

Grihapravesh poster
7.0

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

Grihapravesh

1954

Michael Madhusudhan poster
10.0

The life of renowned Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta.

Michael Madhusudhan

1950

Ultorath poster
9.0

Jagannath, the Lord of Universe's journey towards home from his aunt's house.

Ultorath

1949

Necklace poster
NR

A Lost Uttam Kumar Film.

Necklace

1961

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

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

Ballad of the Wildflower poster
10.0

Tensions between two brothers arise when one of their daughters marries a government employee. Meanwhile, when Udas' first wife dies and his childhood sweetheart rejects him, he becomes an alcoholic, characterless bohemian kind of person. One day after a quarrel, when he hears baseless and incorrect news that Padma was having an affair with the doctor, he comes to murder the doctor with a knife. In the darkness, drunken Udas killed his old mate, Padma. As a result, he was convicted and sentenced to death.

Ballad of the Wildflower

1973

Anustup Chhanda poster
NR

Anustup Chhanda is a Bengali movie released on 1 July 1964. The movie is directed by Pijush Bose and features Basanta Choudhury in the lead role.

Anustup Chhanda

1964

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

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

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

Agnibhramar poster
NR

A 1973 Bengali Drama Film directed by Ajit Gangopadhyay.

Agnibhramar

1973