---
name: "Padma Devi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/padmadevi"
fi1m_id: "padmadevi"
imdb_id: "nm0222471"
tmdb_id: 12171
wikidata_id: "Q66398420"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1917"
died: "1 February 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:28:35.393897+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Padma Devi

## Identity

Padma Devi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/padmadevi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** padmadevi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0222471
- **TMDB ID:** 12171
- **Wikidata ID:** Q66398420
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Devi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66398420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12171

Actor. Born 1 January 1917 in Bengal, India. Died 1 February 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1917, Bengal, India
- **Died:** 1 February 1983
- **Also known as:** Padmadevi, Padma Debi, Padmadebi, Padma
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Devi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66398420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12171

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Music Room*](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md) (88)

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## Biography

Padma Devi (also credited as Padmadevi, Padma Debi and Padma) was an Indian actress and singer. Born Nilima in 1917 in Bengal (with ancestral roots in Madaripur), she began her career in 1931 with the lead role in the silent film *Sea Goddess* and appeared in more than one hundred films until 1979.

She was among the earliest action heroines in Indian cinema and performed songs in several early talkies. Later she took character roles in Bengali films, including Mahamaya Roy in Satyajit Ray’s *The Music Room* (Jalsaghar, 1958). She died in Calcutta on 1 February 1983.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, cinemaazi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Music Room* (1958), Fi1m 88, as Mahamaya Roy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seemantaraag* (1984), Actor
- *Arun Barun O Kiranmala* (1979), Actor
- *Debdas* (1979), Actor
- *Barbadhu* (1977), Actor
- *The Middleman* (1976), as Mrs. Biswas
- *Sudur Niharika* (1976), Actor
- *Agnibhramar* (1973), Actor
- *Sriman Prithviraj* (1973), Actor
- *Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha* (1972), Actor
- *Ekhonee* (1971), Actor
- *Mahabiplabi Aurobindo* (1971), Actor
- *Pratham Kadam Phool* (1970), as Baren's Mother
- *Two Souls* (1970), Actor
- *Teen Bhubaner Paare* (1969), as Sarasi's Mother
- *Sabarmati* (1969), Actor
- *Garh Nasimpur* (1968), Actor
- *Monihar* (1966), as Ajoy & Arun's Mother
- *Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose* (1966), Actor
- *Ektuku Basa* (1965), Actor
- *Kashmir Ki Kali* (1964), Actor
- *Uttar Falguni* (1963), Actor
- *Prem Patra* (1962), Actor
- *Necklace* (1961), Actor
- *Smriti Tuku Thak* (1960), Actor
- *The Hungry Stones* (1960), Actor
- *Sonar Harin* (1959), as Sandeep & Kuntala's Mother
- *The Music Room* (1958), as Mahamaya Roy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)
- *Daktar Babu* (1958), Actor
- *Runaway* (1958), as Mother
- *The Philosopher's Stone* (1958), as Guest at Cocktail Party
- *Chandranath* (1957), Actor
- *Beam of Light* (1957), Actor
- *Adarsha Hindu Hotel* (1957), Actor
- *Sadanander Mela* (1954), as Parama (Sheila's Mother)
- *Sharey Chuattar* (1953), as Ramola's mother
- *Bou Thakuranir Haat* (1953), Actor
- *The Healing Tree* (1952), Actor
- *The Fellow Traveler* (1951), Actor
- *Mahakabi Kalidas* (1942), Actor
- *Hindustan Hamara* (1940), Actor
- *Shapmukti* (1940), as Pratima
- *Kumkum the Dancer* (1940), Actor
- *Zamana* (1938), as (as Padma)
- *Farmer’s Daughter* (1937), as Bansri
- *Radha Krishna (Kalanka Bhanjan)* (1933), as Sabitri Gopini

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