Debashree Roy filmography

Debashree Roy filmography
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Debashree Roy is an Indian actress who has performed in more than a hundred films.[2] She is a National Award winner actress and known for her work in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema.[3] She has been a highly successful leading actress in Bengali cinema throughout eighties and nineties as well as a critically acclaimed actress.[2]

Her first acting assignment was Hiranmoy Sen's Bengali devotional film Pagal Thakur (1966) where she was cast as an infant Ramakrishna Paramhansa[4] and rose to prominence after she had been cast as Ranu in Tarun Majumdar's Bengali suspense thriller Kuheli (1971). Her first leading role came with Arabinda Mukhopadhyay's Bengali flick Nadi Theke Sagare (1978).[5] She shot to a wider recognition after she had been cast in Aparna Sen's directorial debut 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) and Kanak Mishra's Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981) under Rajshri Productions.[6] Her other Hindi films include Desh Gautam's Bura Aadmi (1982),[7] Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao's Justice Chaudhury (1983),[8] Mukul Dutt's Phulwari (1984),[9] Akash Jain's Seepeeyan (1984), Vijay Singh's Kabhi Ajnabi The (1985),[10] Kanak Mishra's Pyar Ka Sawan (1989),[11] Bhabendra Nath Saikia's Kaal Sandhya (1997), Prasanta Bal's Hindustani Sipahi (2002). In 1985, she acted in Tarun Majumdar's romantic flick Bhalobasa Bhalobasa which was a major success at box office.[12] This film ensured Roy's pairing with Tapas Paul as the leading on-screen pairing of nineteen eighties. Her other major hits with Paul includes films such as Lalmahal (1986), Uttar Lipi (1986), Arpan (1987), Shankhachur (1988), Surer Sathi (1988), Surer Akashe (1988), Nayanmani (1989), Chokher Aloy (1989), Shubha Kamana (1991), Mayabini (1992), Phire Paoa (1993), Tobu Mone Rekho (1994), Putra Badhu (1998) and Sundar Bou (1999).

Roy had also hits with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Chiranjeet Chakraborty. Her pairing with Chakraborty conveyed major hits like Mouna Mukhar (1987), Heerer Shikal (1988), Papi (1990), Tomar Rakte Amar Sohag (1993), Bhoy (1996), Beyadap (1996), Jiban Jouban (1997), Joddha (1987), Debanjali (2000). Her hits with Chatterjee are Samrat O Sundari (1987), Debi Baran (1988), Ora Charjon (1988), Jhankar (1989), Ahankar (1991), Raktelekha (1992), Purushottam (1992), Rakter Swad (1993), Shraddhanjali (1993), Nati Binodini (1994) . She further received critical acclaim for her performance in Anutap and Unishe April (1994).[4] She has been cited as "the reigning queen of Bengali commercial cinema."[2] Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee described her as the finest actress in Kolkata.[13]

  1. ^ "দেবশ্রী রায়ের কামব্যাক এক দশক পর! ছোটপর্দার 'সর্বজয়া' এবার তিনিই". TheWall. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Debasree Roy profile". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival". iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b arfeero, Author (6 June 2017). "The Point Where Debasree Roy Is Different From Rituparna Sengupta". Filmzack. Retrieved 7 June 2017. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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  6. ^ "Jiyo To Aise Jiyo". osianama.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Bura Aadmi". osianama.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Justice Chaudhury". osianama.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  9. ^ ":: Rajshri Films - Phulwari (1984) ::". www.rajshri.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Kabhie Ajnabi The". osianama.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Pyar Ka Sawan". osianama.com. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Ten Most Beautiful Actrsses of Bengali Cinema". filmsack.jimdo.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Entertainment | Inside the mind of a hero". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2017.