Gita Dey

Gita Dey
Kolkata, West Bengal , India
Died	17 January 2011(2011-01-17) (aged 79) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Other names	Gita maa
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–2008
Children	3

Gita Dey (5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in

and many other awards during her lifetime.

Early life

She started as an actress in the

Later career

She has been associated with All India Radio since 1954, and enacted character roles in radio plays. However, her last play was Badsahi Chaal (1996), which was directed by Ganesh Mukherjee, and was staged at the Rangana theatre in north Kolkata.

She acted diverse roles in a wide variety of films, and is known for her versatile outlook in her many roles. Her acting even caught the attention of the legendary Laurence Olivier.^[4]

Proficient in both negative and comic roles, Dey was brilliant in the role of torn and scheming mother in Ritwik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara.^[5]

Throughout her long career, she worked with directors like

Though ailing, she went on acting and won applause in recent films like Tolly Lights and Chirodini Tumi Je Amar.

Dey died on 17 January 2011 in Kolkata, aged 79.

Filmography

• Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960)
• Teen Kanya (1961)
• Dampati
• Indrani (1958)
• Nauka Dubi
• Malyadan (1971)
• Abhaya o Srikanta
• Komol Gandher (1961)
• Abhaya o Srikanta
• Dainee (1961)
• Kathin Maya (1961)
• Kanchanmulya (1961)
• Sathi Hara (1961)
• Kancher Swarga (1962)
• Shubba Drishti (1962)
• Bandhan (1962)
• Saat Paake Bandha (1963)
• Dui Bari (1963)
• Chhaya Surya (1963)
• Nishipadma
• Sesh Porjonto (1969)
• Bagh Bondi Khela (1975)
• Datta (film)
  (1976)
• Surya Sakhi
  (1981)
• Dui Bhai
• Ahoban
• Barnochora
• Pita Putro
• Mouchak
• Hirer Shikal (1988)
• Mahaprithibi (1991)
• Tolly Lights
• Santan (1999)
• Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
• Malayalam
  )
• Parineeta

Awards

For her lifetime contributions to Bengali cinema, in 1998 she received a star medal from the

Governor of West Bengal Saiyid Nurul Hasan

. She also got the presidential award for lifetime contribution to Bengali cinema and theater.

References

1. ^ "Gita Dey movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
2. ^ Gita Dey dies at 79 Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ ^{a b} Thespian Gita Dey dies at 79 Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Transition from a child star to character artiste
5. ^ Mukerjea, Anit. "Gita Dey – Transition from a child star to character artiste". Screen. Retrieved 4 May 2010.