Jamuna Barua

Originally from Gauripur of Assam's Goalpara district (undivided), Jamuna was married to the legendary actor director Pramathesh Barua, or P.C.

She began her acting career in her husband's famous production[1] Devdas [2] in 1936 and was the film's lead character Parvati or Paro.

She went on to make a number of memorable movies in [ Bengali and Hindi, notably Amiri, Mukti, Adhikar and Sesh Uttar.

[citation needed] Jamuna made her film debut in the 1930s and played a small role in Mohabbat Ki Kasauti (1934), Hindi version of Rooplekha (Bengali) directed by P.C.

[citation needed] A romance started although Barua, hailing from the native Indian state of Gauripur, Assam, was already twice married.

[3] Thus she came to be the first Parbati of Indian talkies- Miss Light had played the role in the silent version of the enormously popular Sarat Chandra novel.

Thereafter she acted in a number of Barua directed Hindi movies like Amiree, Pehchan and Iran Ki Ek Raat.

Kundal Lal Saigal and Jamuna in Devdas , Barua's 1936 Hindi version.
Pramathesh Barua and Jamuna Barua in Devdas (1935)