Devi (1960 film)

Devi
Film Poster with Bengali Title
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Satyajit Ray
Starring	Soumitra Chatterjee Sharmila Tagore
Cinematography	Subrata Mitra
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
Release date	19 February 1960 (1960-02-19)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Devi (transl. Goddess) is a 1960 Bengali-language Hindu drama film by director Satyajit Ray, starring debutante Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee. It is based on a short story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay. The film is based on the worship of women and young girls as incarnations of the goddesses Durga or Kali, which is more prevalent in Nepal as the Kumari tradition.