Background
Devi was born in British Burma on 15 May 1934.
Devi was born in British Burma on 15 May 1934.
She moved to Puri, Odisha, India, with her Indian family following World World War World War II Devi began acting in the theater in 1942 when she was just seven years old. Some of her best reviewed stage roles were in Lakhye Hira and Napahu Rati Namaru Pati’. Devi appeared at the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack for more than forty years.
She made her film debut in 1954 in Amari Gann Jhia when she was nineteen years old.
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.
Her last film was Jaydeb, which was released in 1986. Bhanumati Devi died at her home on Red Cross Road in Puri, Odisha, India, on 4 January 2013, at the age of 88.