Roopa Ganguly
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| Roopa Ganguly | |
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| Born | Roopa Ganguly November 25, 1966 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Dhruba Mukherjee (1992–2006)[1] |
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Roopa (or Rupa) Ganguly (Bengali: রূপা গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়, rupa gônggopaddhae; born 25 November 1966) is an Indian actress and National Film Awardwinning female playback singer in the Hindi and Bengali language film industry, as well as television[2] She became popular after playing Draupadiin the hit Television series Mahabharat (1988), and in film is most known for her roles in films like Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) by Gautam Ghose, Yugant(1995) by Aparna Sen, and Antarmahal (2006) by Rituparno Ghosh.[3]
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[hide]Personal life[edit]
Roopa Ganguly was born in Kalyani near Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She grew up in a joint family.[citation needed] She passed her Madhyamik Exam from Beltala Girls' High School[citation needed]. She graduated from theJogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the historic University of Calcutta, in Kolkata.[4]
Ganguly married Dhrubo Mukerjee in 1992. The marriage broke in 2006. In an interview Ganguly said that her husband started feeling insecure about her recognition as an actress. Her son Akash was born in 1997.[1] Later she lived with her singer companion, Dibyendu, 13 years younger than her, in her Mumbai flat. Roopa has since split with Dibyendu.[5][6] Her appearance in the concluding episode of STAR Plus's hit reality show, Sacch Ka Saamna (2009), the Indian adaptation of the British reality show, The Moment of Truth, created media stir.
Career[edit]
Roopa Ganguly debuted in the Anil Kapoor starrer, Saaheb 1985, after her graduation from Calcutta. Her second role was in Malayalam film, Ithile Iniyum Varu (1986), with Mammootty as lead. Though her first role as a lead actress, was the pivotal role of Draupadi, in B.R. Chopra's mythological TV series, Mahabharat (1988), which immediately got her attention,[7] and also lead to a role in Mrinal Sen's, Ek Din Achanak (1989).
Her other notable works are in award-winning film, Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) by Gautam Ghose, Yugant (1995) byAparna Sen, Abar Aranye (2003) by Gautam Ghose, Antarmahal (2006) by Rituparno Ghosh, apart from these film appearances she has done, numerous television series, both in Bengali and Hindi, including Sukanya (1998) etc. She also appeared in notable cameo roles in the films "Dekha" and "Hemlock Society".
After working in a few Hindi films, she shifted to Kolkata, and after appearing in numerous Bengali films through the 1990s, shifted base to Mumbai in 2007, with an English film called, Bow Barracks Forever (2004), directed by Anjan Dutt,[8] and continued to act in Bengali films. She started working in Hindi TV series, with Karam Apnaa Apnaa (2007), moving on to Love Story (SAB TV series) (2007), and more recently in Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo (2009). She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for rendering her voice in the Bengali film Abhosheyshey.[9] She has also performed opposite the south super star Dr. Vishnuvardhan in two films Inspector Dhanush (Hindi) and Police Mathu Daada (Kannada).
Works[edit]
Films[edit]
Television[edit]
- Ganadevta (1998 TV Series)
- Mahabharat (1988 TV Series)
- Sukanya (1998 TV Series)
- Karam Apnaa Apnaa (TV series) (2007)
- Love Story (SAB TV series) (2007)
- Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya (TV series) (2008)
- Kasturi (TV series) (2009)
- Sacch Ka Saamna(2009) (TV series)
- ''Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo (2009)
- Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil(2011) (TV series)
- Chandrakanta
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2012: Won, National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer- Abosheshey (Bengali).[10]
- Kalakar Awards[11]
- Social and cultural anthropologist Purnima Mankekar's ethnography of television-viewing in India, Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India, published by Duke University Press in 1999, features a still shot of Roopa Ganguly as Draupadi on its cover.
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