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Binodini Dasi (1863–1941), also known as Noti Binodini, was an Indian Bengali actress. She started acting at the age of 12 and ended by the time she was 23, as she later recounted in her noted autobiography, Amar Katha (The Story of My Life) published in 1913.
Biography
Binodini Dasi was born into a poor family and as a child she followed tawaif Ganga Bai learn music, accompany her for music sessions.She was nine when she first saw a play. Awe-struck by the stage, Binodini Dasi expressed her desire to act. She started her career as a tawaif and at age twelve she played her first serious drama role in Calcutta's National Theatre in 1874, under the mentorship of its founder, Girish Chandra Ghosh. Her career coincided with the growth of the proscenium-inspired form of European theatre among the Bengali theatre going audience. During a career spanning twelve years she enacted over eighty roles, which included those of Pramila, Sita, Draupadi, Radha, Ayesha, Kaikeyi, Motibibi, and Kapalkundala, among others. She was one of the first South Asian actresses of the theatre to write her own autobiography. Her sudden retirement from the stage is insufficiently explained.
Her autobiography has a consistent thread of betrayal. She violates every canon of the feminine smritikatha and wrote down what amounted to her indictment of respectable society.
Ramakrishna, the great saint of 19th century Bengal, came to see her play in 1884. She was a pioneering entrepreneur of the Bengali stage and introduced modern techniques of stage make-up through blending European and indigenous styles.
In popular culture
In Dinen Gupta's Bengali film Nati Binodini (1994), Debashree Roy played the character.
Nati Binodini, a play based on her autobiography, Aamar Kathaa was first presented by National School of Drama Repertory Company in 1995 with the lead role played by actor, Seema Biswas, then in 2006, noted theatre director Amal Allana directed a play by the same name which premiered in Delhi.
In Abohomaan (2010), directed by Rituparno Ghosh, the role of Binodini was essayed by Ananya Chatterjee.
In Kadambari (2015), directed by Suman Ghosh, the role of Binodini was essayed by Sreelekha Mitra.
In Prothoma Kadambini, Diya Mukherjee portrayed the role of Nati Binodini.
Tuhinabha Majumdar directed Aamaar Katha: Story of Binodini, a documentary based on her autobiography.
In her biopic titled Binodiini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan, directed by Ram Kamal Mukherjee, the role of Binodini was essayed by Rukmini Maitra.
References
= Sources
=Further reading
Binodini Dasi: My Story and My Life as an Actress. Edited and translated by Rimli Bhattacharya. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1998.
Forbes, Geraldine Hancock (1999). Women in modern India. The New Cambridge History of India. Vol. IV.2. Cambridge University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-521-65377-0.
Srinivasan, Doris M. (2006). "Royalty's Courtesans and God's Mortal Wives". In Feldman, Martha; Bonnie Gordon (eds.). The Courtesan's Arts: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Oxford University Press. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-0-19-517029-0.
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Binodini Dasi - Wikipedia
Binodini Dasi (1863–1941), also known as Noti Binodini, was an Indian Bengali actress. [1] She started acting at the age of 12 and ended by the time she was 23, as she later recounted in her noted autobiography, Amar Katha (The Story of My Life) published in 1913.
Binodini Dasi, the Trailblazing ‘Fallen Woman’, Who Inspired a ...
Jan 21, 2020 · Among the forgotten legends who built the eminent theatre, lies the heart-rending story of Binodini Dasi, who traded her body for the love of thespian. When Gurmukh Ray, a businessman, agreed to finance the construction of the theatre on the condition that she become his mistress, she agreed.
Binodini: A Woman Artist in 19th Century Bengali Theatre
Binodini Dasi, born in Calcutta in 1862, lived her life as an actress on the colonial public stage of Calcutta from 1874 to 1886. She joined theatre at the age of twelve and prior to that received her training in music from Ganga Baiji, a tenant of her family home and also a …
Binodiini - Ekti Natir Upakhyan (2025) - IMDb
Biopic of Binodini Dasi known as Nati Binodini, who had a successful career as a theater artist in Bengal between the ages 12to23 known for her innovations, creating a stage make-up style that blended European and Indian techniques. It's a must-watch-a visually compelling journey.
Binodini Dasi: Trailblazer In Bengali Theatre
Binodini Dasi contributed immensely to women’s accessibility to public spaces, especially the stage. She craved out a niche space for herself as a performer, unfazed by the hyphenated label of a prostitute-actress that she had to bear during her …
The life & works of Binodini Dasi - Telegraph India
Jul 13, 2014 · Binodini Dasi (1862-1941), better known as Nati Binodini, was a leading stage actress of her time, who started acting at the tender age of 12 and gave it up at 23 in spite of her enormous popularity and renown.
Binodini, The Rebel - The Citizen
Mar 14, 2023 · Binodini Dasi became a phenomenal star of the Bengali stage during the era of the famous Girish Ghosh. But like many of her peers in theatre, she was forced to depend on patrons and protectors as her benefactors.
Negotiating the Stage and the World: The Life Writings of …
Negotiating the Stage and the World: The Life Writings of Binodini Dasi. Abstract: At a time when it was not ‘respectable’ for women to act on a public stage, Binodini Dasi’s performances created quite a stir. Not only was she of the first actors on the …
Noti Binodini: A Woman Artist On The 19th-Century Proscenium …
Feb 12, 2025 · Binodini Dasi — better known as Noti Binodini — was trained in the performing arts of singing, dancing, and acting by the tawaif Ganga Baiji. She was colonial Calcutta's first female superstar.
Binodini Dasi: An actress in the drama of public modernity in …
Binodini Dasi was 11 when she began work in the public theatre in Calcutta in 1873 and ‘retired’ when she was only in her mid-20s. Yet, during those few years, she played over eighty major roles, worked in close association with the leading playwrights and