Kolkata's historic NT1 Studio has confirmed that the original negative of Kazi Nazrul Islam's only directed feature, "Dhruva", has been irretrievably lost. Studio director Sougata Nandi told Prothom ...

Padma Devi starred in Bhakta Dhruva, the first Kannada film to go into production. BENGALURU: Kannada theatre doyenne SK Padma Devi who starred in Bhakta Dhruva, the first Kannada talkie to be made ...

“It was my eyes that lifted me to stardom,” says S.K. Padma Devi, the oldest surviving woman theatre artist of Karnataka. Padma Devi started working in Kannada amateur theatre in 1930. She also acted ...

Actress SK Padmadevi (95), who acted in the first ever Kannada talkie film, passed away on Thursday following age-related ailments. Padmadevi made her film debut in Bhakta Dhruva (1934) which was also ...