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'''Chunibala Devi''' (c. 1872–1955) was an [[India]]n character [[actress]] best known for her performance in [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Pather Panchali]]'', where she played the old aunt, Indir Thakrun, to Apu and Durga.<ref name="BrodieRedfield2002">{{cite book|author1=Janet Farrell Brodie|author2=Marc Redfield|title=High Anxieties: Cultural Studies in Addiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCQGG9n0y2sC&pg=PA156|year=2002|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22751-4|page=156}}</ref><br />
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Formerly a theatre actress, Chunibala Devi made her film debut with ''Bigraha'' in 1930, though after her second film, ''Rikta'' in 1939 she retired. She was brought out of her retirement at the age of 80 by Satyajit Ray to act in the pivotal role of her career. She became the first Indian to win an award in the best actor/actress category in an international film festival, The Manila Film festival, for her role of Indir Thakrun.<ref>http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/In-focus-Ray-and-the-tale-of-an-old-actress/articleshow/43833594.cms</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ray|first=Satyajit|title=How Satyajit Ray found Indir Thakrun, the scene-stealer of 'Pather Panchali'|url=https://scroll.in/reel/985385/how-satyajit-ray-found-indir-thakrun-the-scene-stealer-of-pather-panchali|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Live|first=A. P. N.|date=2017-02-01|title=Remembering Chunibala Devi|url=https://www.apnlive.com/remembering-chunibala-devi/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=APN Live|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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She died in [[Kolkata]], of influenza, in 1955, before the release of ''Pather Panchali'', although Ray had been to her house to show her a projection.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''Bigraha - The God and the Image'' (1930)<br />
* ''Rikta'' (1939)<br />
* ''[[Pather Panchali]] - Song of the Road'' (1955)<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite news |last1=Alva |first1=Joachim |title=The Late Chunibala Devi |work=Forum: The Indian Monthly Magazine|publisher= Chittaranjan Publishers |date=January 1957}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040605113640/http://satyajitray.org/bio/making_pather_panchali.htm The Making of Pather Panchali]<br />
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