Sumita Devi

Devi was born in Manikganj District in the then Bengal Presidency. She debuted her acting in the film Asiya (1960). Later she produced five films. ==Works==

;Actress ;Producer • Agun Niye Khela (1967) • Momer Alo (1968) • Mayar Sangsar (1969) • Adarsha Chapakhana (1970) • Notun Probhat (1970) ==Personal life and death==

Devi's first marriage to Amulya Lahiri was short. She had another son and a daughter. After the disappearance of Raihan in 1972, the government allotted an abandoned house on 7.5 kathas in Mohammadpur Thana to Devi. Devi died from a brain haemorrhage on 6 January 2004 at Bangladesh Medical Hospital in Dhaka. Both her kidneys and liver had been malfunctioning before she was admitted to the hospital. She had been in a coma since her treatment began. ==Awards==

'' (1963) • All Pakistan Critic Award (1962) • Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress (1964) • Bangladesh Film Journalist Association Award • Television Reporters Association of Bangladesh Award • Agartala Muktijoddha Award (2002) • Janakantha Gunijan and Pratibha Sammanona (2002) ==References==