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Devika Rani

1908 - 1994

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Devika Rani Chaudhuri (30 March 1908 – 9 March 1994), usually known as Devika Rani, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. She was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and was awarded the Padma Shri. Widely acknowledged as the First Lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani is regarded as one of the greatest actresses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Devika Rani has received more than 1,337,566 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Devika Rani is the 3,984th most popular actor (up from 4,685th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from India (down from 548th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 49.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Devika Rani ranks 3,984 out of 13,578. Before her are Stephen McHattie, Uttam Kumar, Colleen Camp, Kenneth Cranham, María Galiana, and Lee Seo-jin. After her are Jonelle Allen, David Keith, Oded Fehr, Robert Stephens, Noriko Ohara, and Emma Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Devika Rani ranks 245. Before her are Jagjivan Ram, Winston Graham, Władysław Raginis, Kristjan Palusalu, Frol Kozlov, and Quentin Crisp. After her are Raymond Scott, Nils Poppe, Hu Die, Erich Srbek, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, and Vladimir Kotelnikov. Among people deceased in 1994, Devika Rani ranks 212. Before her are Paul Xuereb, Ladislav Fuks, Fernando de Santiago, Gozo Shioda, Max Petitpierre, and Nikolai Kryuchkov. After her are Ladislav Mňačko, Raymond Scott, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Lew Hoad, Severino Minelli, and Masayoshi Ito.

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In India

Among people born in India, Devika Rani ranks 554 out of 1,861. Before her are Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Pankaj Kapur (1954), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), K. J. Yesudas (1940), and Uttam Kumar (1926). After her are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Margaret Abbott (1878), Charles Gmelin (1872), Jamini Roy (1887), and Yashpal (1903).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Devika Rani ranks 60. Before her are Amjad Khan (1940), Anna Kashfi (1934), Shabana Azmi (1950), N. T. Rama Rao (1923), Pankaj Kapur (1954), and Uttam Kumar (1926). After her are Hrithik Roshan (1974), Roshan Seth (1942), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Kajal Aggarwal (1985), and Sanjay Dutt (1959).

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