As an actress Arundhati Devi made her film debut in Kartik Chattopadhyay 's Bengali film '' Mahaprasthaner Pathe '' ( 1952 ) which also had a Hindi version under the title '' Yatrik '' . Further on she collaborated with directors like Devaki Kumar Bose in '' Nabajanma '' ( 1956 ) , Asit Sen in '' Chalachal '' ( 1956 ) and '' Panchatapa '' ( 1957 ) , Prabhat Mukhopadhyay in '' Maa '' ( 1956 ) , '' Mamata '' ( 1957 ) , '' Bicharak '' ( 1959 ) and '' Akashpatal '' ( 1960 ) , and Tapan Sinha in '' Kalamati '' ( 1958 ) , '' Jhinder Bondi '' ( 1961 ) , '' Jatugriha '' ( 1964 ) . In 1963 , she was conferred with BFJA Award for Best Actress for her role in the National Award winning Bengali film '' Bhagini Nivedita '' ( 1962 ) directed by Bijoy Bose . In 1967 , she was conferred with the National Film Award for Best Film Based On High Literary Work for her directorial debut '' Chutti '' at the 14th National Film Awards
14th National Film Awards
14th National Film Awards
Arundhati Devi