Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsPrimetime EmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalFall TV GuideMost Anticipated This MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayTrending peopleCelebrity news
    IMDb LabsHelp centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Mahasweta Devi(1926-2016)

  • Writer
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi was born on 14 January 1926 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. She was a writer, known for Sunghursh (1968), Gudia (1997) and Maati Maay (2006). She was married to Asit Gupta and Bijon Bhattacharya. She died on 28 July 2016 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
BornJanuary 14, 1926
DiedJuly 28, 2016(90)
BornJanuary 14, 1926
DiedJuly 28, 2016(90)
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank

Known for

Sunghursh (1968)
Sunghursh
6.6
  • Writer(as Mahashweta Devi)
  • 1968
Gudia (1997)
Gudia
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1997
Nandita Das, Atul Kulkarni, Kshitij Gavande, and Mukta Barve in Maati Maay (2006)
Maati Maay
7.8
  • Writer
  • 2006
Raj Babbar, Rakhee Gulzar, and Dimple Kapadia in Rudaali (1993)
Rudaali
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1993

Credits

IMDbPro

Writer

  • Mhadu - A Myth (2014)
    Mhadu - A Myth
    • story
    • 2014
  • Behind the Bodice (2010)
    Behind the Bodice
    5.7
    • short story
    • 2010
  • Nandita Das, Atul Kulkarni, Kshitij Gavande, and Mukta Barve in Maati Maay (2006)
    Maati Maay
    7.8
    • story "Baayen"
    • 2006
  • Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998)
    Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
    7.4
    • based on the novel "Hazaar Churashir Ma"
    • 1998
  • Gudia (1997)
    Gudia
    7.1
    • story
    • 1997
  • Raj Babbar, Rakhee Gulzar, and Dimple Kapadia in Rudaali (1993)
    Rudaali
    7.4
    • story
    • 1993
  • Sunghursh (1968)
    Sunghursh
    6.6
    • story (as Mahashweta Devi)
    • 1968

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Mahashweta Debi
  • Born
    • January 14, 1926
    • Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]
  • Died
    • July 28, 2016
    • Kolkata, West Bengal, India(complications from heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Asit Gupta1965 - 1976
  • Children
    • Nabarun Bhattacharya

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Mother of Late Nabarun Bhattacharya.

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

You have no recently viewed pages
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2026 by IMDb.com, Inc.