1. Gita Dey was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater.
13 Facts About Gita Dey
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Gita Dey became a stage artist at the age of 6 years.
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Gita Dey acted in over 200 Bengali-language films and over 2,000 stage shows.
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Gita Dey acted in the movie Teen Kanya by Satyajit Ray and Rittik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara, Subarnarekha, Komal Gandhar, and Kato Ajanare.
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Gita Dey acted in Hindi movies such as Parineeta with Vidya Balan and Sanjay Dutt and other movies.
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Gita Dey was associated with All India Radio for a long time doing Shruti Natok.
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Gita Dey started as an actress in the Bengali film industry based in Kolkata's Tollygunge since 1938.
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Gita Dey has been associated with All India Radio since 1954, and enacted character roles in radio plays.
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Gita Dey acted diverse roles in a wide variety of films, and is known for her versatile outlook in her many roles.
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Gita Dey's acting even caught the attention of the legendary Laurence Olivier.
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Proficient in both negative and comic roles, Dey was brilliant in the role of torn and scheming mother in Ritwik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara.
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Gita Dey acted in a Bollywood musical based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Parineeta, starring Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan.
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Gita Dey got the presidential award for lifetime contribution to Bengali cinema and theater.