| Bhanumati Devi | |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Sittwe, Burma, British India |
| Death Place: | Puri, Odisha, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Theater And Cinema Actress |
| Years Active: | 1953–1987 |
| Spouse: | Harihara Panda |
| Children: | Swarnalata |
| Parents: | Sarati Pattnaik Pattadei |
Bhanumati Devi (15 May 1934 – 4 January 2013) was an Indian film and theater actress who worked in the Odia film industry.[1] [2]
Devi was born in British Burma on 15 May 1934.[3] [4] She moved to Puri, Odisha, India, with her Indian family following World War II.[2] [4]
Devi began acting in the theater in 1942 when she was just seven years old.[4] Some of her best reviewed stage roles were in Lakhye Hira and Napahu Rati Namaru Pati’.[4] Devi appeared at the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack for more than forty years.[1]
She made her film debut in 1954 in Amari Gann Jhia when she was nineteen years old.[5] She was especially active in the Cinema of Odisha during the 1950s and 1960s. Devi's was cast in a lead role in more than a dozen Indian films.[1] Some of her most prominent roles include her character, Harabou, in the 1966 Odia film, Matira Manisha, for which she won a National Film Award.[1] Her last film was Jaydeb, which was released in 1986.[1]
Devi was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1985.[1] In 2005, she received the Jaydev Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Odisha State Film Awards.[1]
Bhanumati Devi died at her home on Red Cross Road in Puri, Odisha, India, on 4 January 2013, at the age of 78.