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Uma Sashi
Uma Sashi
Born	1915; Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	6 December 2000 (aged 84–85); Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor; singer; dancer;
Spouse	Mr Guru Prasad Dev
Children	Gouranga Narayan, Soumendra Narayan, Sourendra Narayan, Kanaklata,
Parents	Nilmani Chattopadhyay (father); Radharani Chattopadhyay (mother);

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Uma Sashi (1915 – 6 December 2000) was an Indian Bengali film actress who appeared in many roles from 1929 to 1951.^[1] Her on-screen pairings with actors such as Durgadas Bannerjee, K. L. Saigal, Pahari Sanyal and Prithviraj Kapoor were popular in those days.

Early life

Uma Sashi was born on 1915 ^[2] in a poor Brahmin family of Calcutta. Her father Nilmani Chattopadhyay's ancient home was in Dhaka, East Bengal, British India but he later settled in Calcutta. He was a Kirtan artist and sometimes act as a Jatra artist in a local Jatra group. As a child Uma received a very little formal education in a local school due to poverty.^[3] She received dance and music training from the age of four. Miss Satkari Ganguly was her first music and dance teacher. As Satkari Ganguly was herself an actress, she introduced Uma Sashi to stage and theatre where she started work as a group dancer in theatrical plays like Minerva, Alfred and Russa. ^{[citation needed]} Soon after, she started playomg minor roles and became a part of a touring Jatra group from Kolkata to different parts of undivided Bengal like Chittagong, Cox's Bazar etc. She was a perfectionist and received elocution lessons from several Hindi, Urdu and English tutors to perfect pronunciation of these languages. ^{[citation needed]} After her Debut in Bangabala a silent movie she had to quit the stage because the authorities would not allow their paid staff to work in films.

Career

Uma Sashi started as an actor in the silent movie Bangabala in a small role in the movie Subarna. ^{[citation needed]} The other silent films she acted in are Bigraha (1930) and Abhishek (1931). During this time she started recording songs for Columbia Records (India) and then to Hindusthan Musical Products as Smt. Uma Devi. ^{[citation needed]} Uma Sashi appeared in many silent movies as an actor. In 1931, She appeared in the first Bengali language sound film, Dena Paona (1931),^[4](Bengali: দেনা পাওনা) which was a major hit. In this movie she acted in a crowd scene of Gajan and also sang a song “ Baba Apan Bhola Moder Pagal Chhele “ along with Miss Abhavati. She received training in singing from the legendary music director Pankaj Kumar Mallick and recorded songs such as 'Duniya rang rangili baba' with him for the movie Dharti Mata.^[5] Uma Sashi 's first leading role was in Chandidas(1932) movie of New Theatres where she played the role of Rami.

Personal life

Uma Sashi married Mr Guru Prasad Dev, an attorney by profession, and a member of the Shobhabazar Rajbari when she was at the top of her career. In those days it was not easy for a glamorous actress to become a member of such a conservative family. So she had to wait for quite some time to allowed into the ancestral house of Mr Guru Prasad Dev. ^{[citation needed]} Uma Sashi was Guru Prasad Dev's second wife and had to share the house of her husband with his first wife. Later she becomes a mother of three sons and a daughter. After her marriage she mostly remained outside the film industry. In her later years, Uma Sashi occasionally gave interviews in the print and electronic media and attended film functions, on rare occasions.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Uma Sashi died on 6 December 2000. The news of her death only came to light in the media a few days later.

Awards and nominations

She attended BFJA award giving ceremony as a chief guest. She got the Hero Honda award as the living legend in 2000.

Filmography

Bangabala (1929)
Abhishek (1931)
Chandidas Bng (1932)
Bhagya Laxmi (1932)
Bishnu Maaya (1932)
Bishnu Priya
Dena Paona
Puran Bhagat (1933)
Kapalkundala (1933)
Chandidas (1934)
Mohabbat Ki Kasauti (Hindi) / Roop Lekha (Bengali) (1934)
Daku Mansoor (1934)
Dhoop Chhaon (1935)
Bhagya Chakra (1935)
Anath Ashram (1937)
Lehari Lutera (1937)
Dharti Mata (1938) (Hindi) / Desher Mati (Bengali) (1938)
Leela (1947) (STORY WRITER) (screenwriter)
Jai Bhim (as Uma) (1949)
Deedar (1951)

References

^ "Umasashi". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022.
^ "Umasashi Discussion". moviechat.org.
^ "Umasashi". myheritage.com.
^ "DENA PAONA - Film Database - Movie Database". citwf.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
^ "Messages in black and white". The Hindu.

External links

Umasashi at IMDb

[1] "Umasashi". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022.

[2] "Umasashi Discussion". moviechat.org.

[3] "Umasashi". myheritage.com.

[4] "DENA PAONA - Film Database - Movie Database". citwf.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2008.

[5] "Messages in black and white". The Hindu.

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+| spouse      = Mr Guru Prasad Dev
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+| father      = Nilmani Chattopadhyay
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+| mother      = Radharani Chattopadhyay
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+| children    = Gouranga Narayan, Soumendra Narayan, Sourendra Narayan, Kanaklata,
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-''' Umasashi ''' (1915–2000), was an Indian film actress of [[Bengalis|Bengali]] descent who appeared in many roles from 1929 to 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd0e1eeab |title= Umasashi |website= www2.bfi.org.uk }}</ref> Her on-screen pairings with actors such as [[Durgadas Bannerjee]], [[K.L. Saigal]], [[Pahari Sanyal]] and [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]  were popular on those days.
+'''Uma Sashi''' (1915 – 6 December 2000) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] film actress who appeared in many roles from 1929 to 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd0e1eeab |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312194809/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd0e1eeab |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2022 |title=Umasashi |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> Her on-screen pairings with actors such as [[Durgadas Bannerjee]], [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Pahari Sanyal]] and [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] were popular in those days.
 == Early life ==
-Umasashi  was born on 1915 <ref>{{Cite web|url= https://moviechat.org/nm0880810/Umasashi#discover |title= Umasashi Discussion |website= moviechat.org }}</ref> in a poor Brahmin family of Calcutta. Her father Nilmani Chattopadhyay's ancient home was  in [[Dhaka]], East Bengal, British India but he later settled in Calcutta. He was a [[Kirtan]] artist and sometimes  act as a [[Jatra (theatre)|Jatra]] artist in a local Jatra group. As a child Uma received a very little formal education in a local school due to poverty.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-3073795/umasashi-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|title= Umasashi |website= myheritage.com }}</ref> She received dance and music training from the age of four. Miss Satkari Ganguly was her first misic and dance teacher. As Satkari Ganguly was an actor she took her on stage where she started work as a group dancer in theatre like Minerva, Alfred and Russa . Soon she played minor roles in the stage and became a part of a touring Jatra group from Kolkata to different parts of undivided Bengal like Chittagong, Cox's Bazar etc. She was a perfectionist at her time. She had appointed several Hindi, Urdu and English tutur for perfect pronunciation of those languages. After her Debut in Bangabala a silent Movie she had to quit the stage because the authorities would not allow their paid staff to work in films.
+Uma Sashi  was born on 1915 <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://moviechat.org/nm0880810/Umasashi#discover |title=Umasashi Discussion |website=moviechat.org}}</ref> in a poor [[Brahmin]] family of Calcutta. Her father Nilmani Chattopadhyay's ancient home was  in [[Dhaka]], East Bengal, British India but he later settled in Calcutta. He was a [[Kirtan]] artist and sometimes  act as a [[Jatra (theatre)|Jatra]] artist in a local Jatra group. As a child Uma received a very little formal education in a local school due to poverty.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-3073795/umasashi-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people |title=Umasashi |website=myheritage.com}}</ref> She received dance and music training from the age of four. Miss Satkari Ganguly was her first music and dance teacher. As Satkari Ganguly was herself an actress, she introduced Uma Sashi to stage and theatre where she started work as a group dancer in theatrical plays like Minerva, Alfred and Russa. {{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Soon after, she started playomg minor roles and became a part of a touring Jatra group from Kolkata to different parts of undivided Bengal like Chittagong, Cox's Bazar etc. She was a perfectionist and received elocution lessons from several Hindi, Urdu and English tutors to perfect pronunciation of these languages. {{citation needed|date=January 2023}} After her Debut in [[Bangabala]] a silent movie she had to quit the stage because the authorities would not allow their paid staff to work in films.
 ==Career==
-She  started working as an actor in the [[Silent film|silent movies]] Bangabala in a small  role of Subarna . The other silent films she act are Bigraha  (1930) and Abhishek (1931). In this time she started recording songs for Columbia and then to Hindusthan Musical Products as Smt. Uma Devi.
+Uma Sashi started as an actor in the [[Silent film|silent movie]] [[Bangabala]] in a small  role in the movie [[Subarna]]. {{citation needed|date=January 2023}} The other silent films she acted in are Bigraha  (1930) and Abhishek (1931). During this time she started recording songs for Columbia Records (India) and then to Hindusthan Musical Products as Smt. Uma Devi. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
-<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880810/bio |title = Umasashi |publisher= imdb.com anandabazar.com }}</ref>  Umasashi  appeared in over 3 silent movies as an actor.  In 1931, She  appeared in the first [[Bengali language]] sound film, [[Dena Paona]] (1931),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154387/|title=Dena Paona (1931)|publisher=www.imdb.com |accessdate=23 October 2008|last=|first=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film83853.htm|title=DENA PAONA - Film Database - Movie Database|publisher=www.citwf.com|accessdate=23 October 2008|last=|first=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504155421/http://www.citwf.com/film83853.htm|archive-date=4 May 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>({{lang-bn|<big>দেনা পাওনা</big>}}) which was a major hit. Where she acted in a crowd scene of Gajan and also sang a song “ Baba Apan Bhola Moder Pagal Chhele “ along with Miss Abhavati . She was trained the song by legendry music director [[ Pankaj Mullick | Pankaj Kumar Mallick]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/messages-in-black-and-white/article3649297.ece|title= Messages in black and white|website= thehindu.com }}</ref> Umasashi 's first leading role was in [[Chandidas]](1932) movie of [[New Theatres]] where she played the role Rami. Old cinema lovers are still remember her for the role of Rami.
+Uma Sashi  appeared in many silent movies as an actor.  In 1931, She  appeared in the first [[Bengali language]] [[sound film]], [[Dena Paona]] (1931),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film83853.htm |title=DENA PAONA - Film Database - Movie Database |publisher=citwf.com |accessdate=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504155421/http://www.citwf.com/film83853.htm |archive-date=4 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>({{langx|bn|<big>দেনা পাওনা</big>}}) which was a major hit. In this movie she acted in a crowd scene of Gajan and also sang a song “ Baba Apan Bhola Moder Pagal Chhele “ along with Miss Abhavati. She received training in singing from the legendary music director [[Pankaj Mullick|Pankaj Kumar Mallick]] and recorded songs such as 'Duniya rang rangili baba' with him for the movie [[Dharti Mata]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/messages-in-black-and-white/article3649297.ece |title=Messages in black and white |website=The Hindu}}</ref> Uma Sashi 's first leading role was in [[Chandidas]](1932) movie of [[New Theatres]] where she played the role of Rami.
 ==Personal life==
-Umasashi  married Mr Guru Prasad Dev an attorney by profession and a member of the [[ Shobhabazar Rajbari ]] on the top of her career. In those days  it was not easy for a  glamorous actress to become a member of such a conservative family.  So she had to wait for quite some time to allowed into the ancestral house of the Deb's. Her husband was already married and Umasashi had to share the house of her husband with his first wife. There was another problem to left the glamour world as she had a contact with the [[New Theatres]] which was not over yet. But the proprietor of [[New Theatres]]  [[ Birendranath Sircar | Mr B.N. Sircar]] was very kind hearted and gladly given the necessary permission and his blessings to the newly wed couple.later she becomes a mother of three sons and a daughter. After her marriage she mostly remained outside the film industry. At an advanced age she gives interviews to the print and electronic media for occasionally and attended film functions for twice.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://chiloka.com/celebrity/umasashi|title= Umasashi |website= chiloka.com }}</ref>
+Uma Sashi  married Mr Guru Prasad Dev, an attorney by profession, and a member of the [[Shobhabazar Rajbari]] when she was at the top of her career. In those days  it was not easy for a  glamorous actress to become a member of such a conservative family.  So she had to wait for quite some time to allowed into the ancestral house of Mr Guru Prasad Dev. {{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Uma Sashi was Guru Prasad Dev's second wife and had to share the house of her husband with his first wife.  Later she becomes a mother of three sons and a daughter. After her marriage she mostly remained outside the film industry. In her later years, Uma Sashi occasionally gave interviews in the print and electronic media and attended film functions, on rare occasions.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
 ==Death==
-She died on 6 December 2000 . Her family did not want any publicity so the news of her death was came to media after  a few days of her death.
+Uma Sashi died on 6 December 2000. The news of her death only came to light in the media a few days later.
 ==Awards and nominations==
-She attended BFJA award giving function as a chief guest.
+She attended BFJA award giving ceremony as a chief guest. She got the Hero Honda award as the living legend in 2000.
-Hero Honda award as the living legend 2000.
+==Filmography==
-==Selected filmography==
 {{columns-list|colwidth=15em|* ''Bangabala'' (1929)
 * ''Abhishek'' (1931)
-* ''[[ Chandidas (film)|Chandidas]] Bng'' (1932)
+* ''[[Chandidas (film)|Chandidas]] Bng'' (1932)
 * ''Bhagya Laxmi'' (1932)
 * ''Bishnu Maaya'' (1932)
+* ''Bishnu Priya''
+* ''Dena Paona''
 * ''[[Puran Bhagat (film)|Puran Bhagat]]'' (1933)
 * ''[[Kapalkundala (1933 film)|Kapalkundala]]'' (1933)
-* ''[[ Chandidas (film)|Chandidas]]'' (1934)
+* ''[[Chandidas (film)|Chandidas]]'' (1934)
 * ''[[Mohabbat Ki Kasauti]]'' (Hindi) / Roop Lekha (Bengali) (1934)
 * ''[[Daku Mansoor]]'' (1934)
-* ''[[Dhoop Chhaon]]'' (1935)
+* ''[[Dhoop Chhaon (1935 film)|Dhoop Chhaon]]'' (1935)
 * ''[[Bhagya Chakra]]'' (1935)
 * ''Anath Ashram'' (1937)
 * ''Lehari Lutera'' (1937)
-* ''[[Dharti Mata (film)| Dhartimata]]'' (1938) in bengali ''Desher Mati''  (1938)
+* ''[[Dharti Mata (film)|Dharti Mata]]'' (1938) (Hindi) / ''Desher Mati'' (Bengali) (1938)
 * ''Leela'' (1947)  (STORY WRITER) (screenwriter)
 * ''Jai Bhim'' (as Uma) (1949)
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 * {{IMDb name|nm0880810 }}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Chattopadhyay, Umasashi}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Chattopadhyay ,  Umasashi}}
 [[Category:1915 births]]
+[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
+[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
 [[Category:Actresses in Bengali cinema]]
 [[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
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 [[Category:Indian stage actresses]]
 [[Category:Indian women screenwriters]]
+[[Category:20th-century Indian screenwriters]]
+[[Category:Indian silent film actresses]]
+[[Category:Kirtan performers]]
+[[Category:Indian playback singers]]
+[[Category:Bengali singers]]
+[[Category:Hindi-language singers]]
+[[Category:Indian singers]]
+[[Category:Indian women singers]]
+[[Category:Indian musical theatre actresses]]
+[[Category:Singers from Kolkata]]