Biography:

Smritirekha Biswas, commonly known as Smriti Biswas, (17 February 1924^[1] – 3 July 2024)^[2] was an Indian film actress.

Career

Biswas was born into a Christian family as Smritirekha Biswas,^[3] and worked in many Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali movies. She debuted in the film world as a child artist with Bengali movie Sandhya in 1930.^[4] She worked in the films of Guru Dutt,^[5] V Shantaram, Mrinal Sen, Bimal Roy, BR Chopra, and Raj Kapoor. She also acted with Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Balraj Sahni, and other notable artists in various films.^[6] Biswas retired from acting after marrying film director S.D Narang in 1960. She last appeared in the Hindi film Modern Girl (1961), directed by R. Bhattacharya.^[7] After her husband’s death, she lived a life of poverty in Nashik.^[8] Biswas had two sons, Rajeev and Satyajeet.^[9]

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