Durga Khote

Durga Khote is a figure I hold in real reverence as a pioneer of Indian cinema. Born in Mumbai in 1905, she stepped onto the screen during the turbulent shift from silent film to talkies and stayed active across Hindi and Marathi cinema and theatre for over fifty years, appearing in roughly 200 films. At a time when public life was largely closed to women, her courage in carving out that path is remarkable. A recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award who also wrote her memoir, she lived the history of an art form. Modern Indian cinema stands on shoulders like hers.

Name (English)

Durga Khote

Name (Japanese)

ダルガ・コーテ

Reading

だるが・こーて

Born

January 14, 1905 – September 22, 1991

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Occupation

actor / autobiographer / film actor / stage actor

Awards & achievements

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
• Filmfare Awards
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award
• Padma Shri in arts

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga%20Khote
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3633274

Tags

• Bombay State
• actor
• autobiographer
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.