Devika Rani - Trivia

Trivia

• Devika Rani is best remembered for her discovery of Dilip Kumar.
• Despite being an actress of the Thirties, she was most accomplished and modern in every sense.
• She was a student of architecture in London and met Himanshu Rai there, where she had agreed to design the sets for his film production....
• Mr.Rai was the only Indian producer with the famous German film concern U.F.A. in Berlin. At the U.F.A. Studios, Devika Rani learnt costumes designing, make-up, decor and other different branches of film production with special training in acting.
• At the time, Devika Rani also acted with Himansu Rai in a play for U.F.A. which took them to Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries, where they were received with the highest honours.
• It was in "KARMA" that Devika Rani established herself as a "star" of first magnitude. During the screening of "KARMA", Devika Rani was honoured by an invitation of the B.B.C. at London to act in the first television broadcast in Britain which was relayed throughout the country. She was also chosen to inaugurate the first B.B.C. broadcast on the short wavelength to India.
• She was a member of the Central Government Audio Visual Education Board.
• She was also nominated to the National Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Films, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Delhi, as a nominee of the Central Government.
• She was a member of the Executive Board of the National Academy, Member of the Lalit Kala Akademi and the National Handicrafts Board and Member of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
• Equally invaluable is the prestigious Soviet Land Nehru award conferred on her in 1989.