
Acting
Sumita Devi
Born — Died
1936-02-04 — 2004-01-06
Place of birth
Manikganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Known for
Acting
Credits
20 titles
Nilufar Begum, better known by her stage name Sumita Devi, was a Bangladeshi actress. In 45 years of her career, she acted in around 200 films and 150 radio and television dramas. She was an artist at the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in 1971.
Known for
A boy orphaned at birth grows up making his flower garden, trancing a flower fairy of that garden as his illusioned mother. Like a fresh flower, he scents the world inside him apart from the realities of society. But when his flower is plucked eventually by the force of his fate, he discovers friendship, love, passion and finally hatred that drowns him, tearing his petals, under the water.
Flower Child
2000
3.5Devdas is a Bengali-language film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas. It is the first Bangladeshi version of the story and the first colour film version in Bangladesh. It was the first of two versions directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam.
Devdas
1982
NRThe first film shot and developed in FDC (Film Development Corporation), Asiya was directed by Fateh Lohani. Focusing on the life of a village belle, the asset of the film was its music, composed by legendary folk artiste Abbasuddin Ahmed (Samar Das and Abdul Ahad also composed numbers for the movie after Abbasuddin's demise during the making of the film). Featuring Sumita Devi, Qazi Khaleque and Shaheed, the film received the prestigious President Award of Pakistan in 1961.
Asiya
1957
NRA regular man steps into petty crimes and gets involved in a series of events that unveils love, morality, dilemma, and fate while he portrays as the 'Mohanayok' (great hero) of his own story.
The Great Hero
1984
8.0The emergence of the educated middle-class. Shawkat’s life as a bohemian artist perfectly illustrates the life of an artist in Dhaka during the 60s. When Shawkat’s father loses his job, and eventually dies, the reality of living in a capitalist society as an artist dawns on him
Never Came
1961
A man leaves the city and takes a job as a forest officer believing society, himself included, to have been unjust to his father.
Beiman
1974
Film credits
1980s · 3 titles
3.5Devdas is a Bengali-language film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas. It is the first Bangladeshi version of the story and the first colour film version in Bangladesh. It was the first of two versions directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam.
Devdas
1982
NRA regular man steps into petty crimes and gets involved in a series of events that unveils love, morality, dilemma, and fate while he portrays as the 'Mohanayok' (great hero) of his own story.
The Great Hero
1984
NRIt's a 1981 Bangladeshi drama film about life of a singer
Jonmo Theke Jolchi
1981
1970s · 4 titles
A man leaves the city and takes a job as a forest officer believing society, himself included, to have been unjust to his father.
Beiman
1974
A girl from the slums happens to be the princess of a vast property.
The Terrorist
1976
8.5A jobless imaginative artist finds his fantasies when a sculpture he creates comes to life every night.
Daughter of the Sun
1975
NRFollowing the death of his father, Dosyu Bonhur has taken the responsibility of the chief of their gang, and continues his father's fight against the oppressor, Zamindar.
Dossu Bonhur
1976
1960s · 8 titles
8.0The emergence of the educated middle-class. Shawkat’s life as a bohemian artist perfectly illustrates the life of an artist in Dhaka during the 60s. When Shawkat’s father loses his job, and eventually dies, the reality of living in a capitalist society as an artist dawns on him
Never Came
1961
8.7In a home, hassle was a daily routine between homeowners and lodgers. The lodgers & their servant was determined that they wouldn't pay their rent. Both of them separately called in their brother & sister to rise courage in quarrel.
13 Number Feku Ostagar Lane
1966
NRA Bengali-language drama directed by Nazrul Islam, starring Inam Ahmed, Sumita Devi, and Sirajul Islam.
Alibaba
1967
NRBehula is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Zahir Raihan and stars Razzak and Shuchanda as lead pair. It was based on the Hindu mythology of Behula, who fights vehemently to goddess Manasa for her husband Lakhindar's life.
Behula
1966
NRThe story is about a girl who grows up almost like an orphan in a joint family of two brothers and their families. She has lost her mother (a sister of the brothers) in childhood and her father is a habitual gambler with a bad luck. She develops romance with one of the two cousins in the house.
The Glass Wall
1963
NRA Bengali-language film directed by Nazrul Islam, starring Nasima Khan, Azeem, and Inam Ahmed.
Apon Dulal
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sonar Kajol
1962
6.5Sangam is a Pakistani Urdu film released in 1964, directed by Zahir Raihan starring Rosy Samad, Khalil, Haroon Rashid and Sumita Devi. This is the first full-length colour movie made in entire Pakistan. This was the fourth film by Zahir Raihan (1935-1972) who later went on to direct more films in Urdu and Bengali during the 1960s. Zahir Raihan became one of the most important filmmakers of East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh in 1971. Although Sangam was an Urdu film, but most of the cast, playback artistes and crew were from the Bengali-speaking Eastern province.
Sangam
1964
1950s · 3 titles
NRThe first film shot and developed in FDC (Film Development Corporation), Asiya was directed by Fateh Lohani. Focusing on the life of a village belle, the asset of the film was its music, composed by legendary folk artiste Abbasuddin Ahmed (Samar Das and Abdul Ahad also composed numbers for the movie after Abbasuddin's demise during the making of the film). Featuring Sumita Devi, Qazi Khaleque and Shaheed, the film received the prestigious President Award of Pakistan in 1961.
Asiya
1957
NRMatir Pahar is a 1959 Bengali film. The film was directed by Mohiuddin Ahmad. This was the third film made in East Pakistan.
Matir Pahar
1959
3.0No synopsis available yet.
Ae Desh Tomar Amar
1959

