Smriti Biswas

Smritirekha Biswas, commonly known as Smriti Biswas, was an Indian film actress.

Life and career

Biswas was born into a Christian family as Smritirekha Biswas, on 17 February 1924.
Biswas worked in many Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali films. She debuted in the film world as a child artist with Bengali movie Sandhya in 1930. She worked in the films of Guru Dutt, V Shantaram, Mrinal Sen, Bimal Roy, BR Chopra, and Raj Kapoor. She also acted with Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Balraj Sahni, and other notable artists in various films. Biswas retired from acting after marrying film director S.D Narang in 1960. She last appeared in the Hindi film Modern Girl, directed by R. Bhattacharya. After her husband's death, she lived a life of poverty in Nashik. Biswas had two sons, Rajeev and Satyajeet.
Biswas turned 100 on 17 February 2024, and died in Nashik, Maharashtra on 3 July.