Saraswati Devi (music director)

Saraswati Devi
Born
Khurshid Mankesha Minocher-Homji

1912
Died9 August 1980(1980-08-09) (aged 67–68)
OccupationMusic Director
Years active19351961

Saraswati Devi, born Khorshed Minocher-Homji (1912 9 August 1980), was an Indian director of music and score composer who worked in Hindi cinema in the 1930s and 1940s. She is most noted for her score, Mein Ban ki Chiriyra Banke Bun Bun Bolun Re in Bombay Talkies's Achut Kanya (1936). She along with Nargis' mother & Sanjay Dutt's grandmother Jaddanbai and Bibbo are considered to be one of the first female music composers in Indian cinema.