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<image:caption><![CDATA[ From top, clockwise:
Bhaduri, photographed without
make-up in the 1960s, was
just 16 when he began his
career playing women on stage;
recreating his iconic jatra roles
for the documentary Chena Kintu
Ajana (2014); playing a female
role in Raja Devidas; on a playbill
for Ramanimohan (2006)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Chapal Rani, seen here
preparing to perform Goddess
Sitala at Taltala Sitala Mandir,
Kolkata, in 1998; (above)
Chapal Bhaduri
photographed in 2025]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal: The Life and Times of a
Female Impersonator by Sandip Roy is published by Seagull Books]]></image:caption>
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