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Ashapurna Devi

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Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur. Vishwa Bharati University honoured her with Deshikottama in 1989. For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, in 1994.

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Ashapoorna Debi

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Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

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'Nazarband', the National Award-winning filmmaker's first outing in Hindi, is inspired by a short story by much- revered Bengali writer Ashapurna Devi and depicts the journey of two young people.
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2020

Annadata

Annadata

A rich businessman adopts Shankar into his family. Years later, Shankar proves his loyalty by saving his master's house Chowdhury Villa from his biggest rival Rudraprasad Sen.
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2002

Jog Biyog

Jog Biyog

The story revolves with the last life crisis of Jamini Mohan and his wife. After the retirement Jamini Mohan and his wife Santoshini continued to be despised in the family of their earning sons. At this time, Gobinda, an orphan of the distant relative, became their mental hope. After facing various humiliation from their blood relationship Jamini Mohan died and as the mother of three sons, Santoshini became a burden to this family. Eventually Gobinda became Santoshini's absolute refuge.
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1984

Chhoti Si Mulaqat

Chhoti Si Mulaqat

Shanker Choudhury's (Tarun Bose) mother (Pratima Devi), at the pleas of her dying husband, marries off his (Shanker's) daughter to a youth. Both the children are under-age and do not know nor understand that they have been married.
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1967

Kanch Kata Hire

Kanch Kata Hire

Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?
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1965

Sadhana

Sadhana

Sadhana was based on the novel ‘Chhinapatra’ by Ashapoorna Devi. The film was adjudged as 2nd Best Regional Film (Odia) and received President’s Silver Medal. Actor Sarat Pujari was co-producer of Sadhana. He also written dialogues under the pseudo name Shiladitya, assisted by Minati Mishra.
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1964

Chaya Surya

Chaya Surya

Ghetu, a young woman with a dark complexion, is always compared to her beautiful sister (Sharmila Tagore). Her life changes for the worse after her lover dies and she has to face society's disdain.
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1963

Aathma Bandhuvu

Aathma Bandhuvu

Parvathi is excited that her youngest daughter, Geeta, has received a marriage proposal from a rich family. However, things go awry when Parvathi's husband, Chandrasekharam, goes bankrupt.
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1962

Sashibabur Sansar

Sashibabur Sansar

Sashibhushan who is the orthodox patriarch, has a tough time dealing with the youngsters who want to live life on their own.
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1959

Nabajanma

Nabajanma

The story revolves around Basanthi who is constantly criticized by her in-laws for being childless. Her husband believes that she is having an affair with his sister's husband and plans to kill her.
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1956

Agni Pariksha

Agni Pariksha

Love story of Tapasi and Kiriti in the backdrop of social and cultural conflict regarding marriages and progressiveness.
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1954

Kalyani

Kalyani

A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.
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1954

Jog Biyog

Jog Biyog

The story revolves around the last life crisis of Jamini Mohan and his wife. After his retirement, Jamini Mohan and his wife Santoshini continued to be despised in the family of their earning sons. At this time, Gobinda, an orphan of a distant relative, became their mental hope. After facing various humiliations from their blood relationship Jamini Mohan died and as the mother of three sons, Santoshini became a burden to this family. Eventually, Gobinda became Santoshini's absolute refuge.
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1953