In the year 1895, on this day, Nibhanani Devi - the prominent actress of yesteryears who reigned Bengali drama stage and silver screen of both silent and talkie era, was born. She stepped on stage only when she was six years old, escorted by her mom's friend Chunibala Devi (the famous Indir Thakrun of Ray's 'Pather Panchali' movie). Nibhanani Devi's first popular drama was 'Balidan' (written by Girish Ghosh). She joined in Calcutta radio station in the year 1930. Gradually she became accomplished with songs and dances. She owned fame first in the movie 'Chirakumar Sabha' (written by Tagore). Within the span of 50 years of active film career, she acted in 350 movies. Her last movie was 'Rater Rajanigandha', a Bengali popular film (the photo here) with actress Aparna Sen, released in the year 1973. Five years later, she has died in the year 1978, at the age of 83.