Very rare photographs of first Bollywood actress Devika Rani

Devika Rani is more famous and greatest Bollyood actress because she is the first actress of Hindi cinema . She has got extremely popular in late 1920s and she is First Lady of Bollywood.However She has won several awards and hear are some very rare photographs of the pioneer of all Bollywood actress Devika Rani.

Devika Rani Choudhury(1907-1994)

The grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore and an acknowledged beauty, Devika Rani goes down in the annals of Indian cinema as an actor par excellence, who was not afraid to live life on her terms. She is best remembered for the on-screen kiss she shared with Ashok Kumar in Achhut Kanya, a film in which her acting skills catapulted her to a league of her own. Married to Himansu Rai, they together set up the famous Bombay Talkies Studio. Devika Rani was the first ever recepient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1970. After Rai's death, she married Svetoslav Roerich and stayed at their estate near Bangalore till her death in 1994.

Major Films
Jawani Ki Hawa (1935 )
Achhut Kanya (1936 )
Jeevan Naiya (1936 )
Jeevan Prabhat (1937 )
Durga (1939)

very rare images of Bollywood Vintage actress in 1920s Devika Rani