Roopa Ganguly
Roopa Ganguly (born 25 November 1966) is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her rendition of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series Mahabharat (1988). Often promoted as the Bengali Film Industry's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she is known for her versatility and accent adaptation. She worked with directors such as Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen, Goutam Ghose and Rituparno Ghosh. She is a trained Rabindra Sangeet vocalist and a classical dancer. She received several awards including a National Award and two BFJA Awards. In October, 2015, she was nominated as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, by the President of India. She served as the President of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal. She served as the General Secretary and the Vice President for the West Bengal Motion Picture Artistes' Forum, a body representing cine artistes.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8187 |
| Birthday | 1966-11-25 |
| Place of Birth | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Also Known As | Roopa Ganguly, Rupa Ganguly, |
2014
NayanChampar Dinratri
0/0
Nayanchampa, Champi and Malati are housemaids and work tirelessly to make their ends meet. However, despite the struggles they face, they find it hard...
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NayanChampar Dinratri
2012
Barfi!
7.636/389
The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.
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Barfi!
2007
Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
8.75/2
Arani, an aspiring poet, falls in love with Radha but her uncle forces her to get married to Ashim. Ashim turns out to be an abusive husband who tortu...
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Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
2009
Piyali's Password
5/1
A young woman comes to the United States from India to complete the legal formalities of her scientist sister's accidental death. However, as she trie...
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Piyali's Password
2010
Rehmat Ali
0/0
A man evolves from seeking retributive justice to wanting peace for himself and his family.
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Rehmat Ali
2000
Bariwali
7/6
A quiet drama about a lonely, sad, middle-aged woman, Banalata, who has lived a solitary existence since her husband-to-be died the night before their...
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Bariwali
1994
Janani
8/1
The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she live...
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Janani
2013
Aashbo Aarek Din
0/0
Chandana's sister in law is in love with a dashing Punjabi who has business interests.
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Aashbo Aarek Din
2000
Bastir Meye Radha
0/0
Radha's life takes a downward spiral after her mother is killed. Fate brings her to the city and she gets a job as a house help. Things change when sh...
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Bastir Meye Radha
2005
Mayer Raja
0/0
Raja, an orphan adopted by a wealthy couple, is given love and vain respect but is deprived of education. He falls in love with Tithi but things take...
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Mayer Raja
1991
Sadharan Meye
0/0
Ranjit, an honest policeman, works hard on taking down Ranita's gang but fails each time. An arrangement brings him to get to know about Ranita's real...
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Sadharan Meye
1991
Saugandh
5/5
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Saugandh
2015
Aro Ekbar
0/0
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Aro Ekbar
1989
Toofan
0/0
An earthquake tears a businessman's family apart. Years later, they reunite in a courtroom trial where the father meets his sons under unprecedented c...
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Toofan
1994
Rajar Raja
0/0
Raja takes to alcohol after the death of his parents. However, his life takes a turn when his childhood friends reconnect with him.
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Rajar Raja
2003
In the Forest... Again
9/1
The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and A...
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In the Forest... Again
1995
Yugant
0/0
Deepak and Anasuya are an estranged couple, now leading separate lives in Cuttack and Bombay. They meet again after 18 months of separation, at a smal...
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Yugant
1993
Prithibir Sesh Station
0/0
Samaresh must find a way to clear his former lover Jayati's name from a murder case where she is accused of killing a man who is suspected to be behin...
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Prithibir Sesh Station
2007
Chaurahen
10/1
It is an evocative and poignant composition consisting of three separate stories set in Mumbai, Kolkata and Kochi. Every story revolves around love, l...
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Chaurahen
2004
Mahulbanir Sereng
0/0
The story of Mahulbanir Sereng is a narrative revolving around the triangular love story of Aghore (Pijush Ganguly), with his wife Saheli (Chandrayee...
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Mahulbanir Sereng
2005
Critical Encounter
0/0
The story is of terrorism that’s plaguing different parts of the Northeast as the backdrop. Shilajeet Majumdar, a militant on the run, takes refuge in...
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Critical Encounter
2004
Krishna Cottage
5.225/20
After their car breaks down, a group of collegians are forced to take shelter in the mysterious Krishna Cottage for the night. Little do they know tha...
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Krishna Cottage
2005
Antarmahal
6.8/5
In late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire). He has two main obsessions: his despe...
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Antarmahal
2011
Jaani Dekha Hobe
7/1
A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall...
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Jaani Dekha Hobe
1991
Naa Ille Naa Swargam
0/0
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Naa Ille Naa Swargam
2011
Nobel Chor
0/0
The Nobel Medal of great Indian Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore was stolen in 2004 and it was never found. This film is a fictional account of what might ha...
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Nobel Chor
2012
Dutta Vs Dutta
8.5/2
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Dutta Vs Dutta
2009
Crossroads of Love
0/0
the movie directed by Anjan Dutt.
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Crossroads of Love
1990
Pyar Ka Devta
7.8/4
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Pyar Ka Devta
2012
Abosheshey
6.9/4
Post his parents' divorce, Soumyo lives with his father in San Francisco but returns to Kolkata after his mother dies. There, he learns a lot about hi...
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Abosheshey
2005
Nagordola
0/0
A dysfunctional family endures chronic illness, unplanned pregnancy, emotional instability, inappropriate affairs, and a host of other issues.
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Nagordola
2008
Khela
0/0
A filmmaker, averse to starting a family, intends to cast a disapproving couple's school-going son in a movie. What follows is a light-hearted journey...
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Khela
2015
Natoker Moto: Like a Play
0/0
Kheya, a theatre artist, faces challenges in her personal and professional life spanning from 1950 to 1970s in a world dominated by misogynistic men.
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Natoker Moto: Like a Play
1993
The Padma Boatman
8/1
In pre-Partition Bengal, Kuber, a poor fisherman struggles to survive along the wild Padma River. While navigating an affair with his spirited sister-...
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The Padma Boatman
2012
Hemlock Society
6.969/16
Hemlock Society is a school that teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. Meghna, one of the aspirants, has a near-death experience, turn...
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Hemlock Society
2004
Bow Barracks Forever!
8/1
As the modern world hustles toward never-ending changes, the residents of a small Anglo-Indian community in the lively metropolis of Kolkata try to pr...
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Bow Barracks Forever!
2009
Luck
4.707/46
Born lucky, Karim Moussa takes to exploiting it instead of focusing on studies. Now a wealthy gambler, he decides to recruit about a dozen lucky peopl...
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Luck
2012
Mayabazaar
0/0
Three different stories Smriti (Memories), Satwa (Soul) and Bhobiswot (Future) get interwoven in one complex plot, creating a world of illusion.
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Mayabazaar
1992
Nishchaiy
5.667/3
The story of two brothers, Ravi and Rohan Yadav, separated due to unforeseen circumstances created by Ravi's employer.
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Nishchaiy
1989
Ek Din Achanak
6.8/10
Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappea...
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Ek Din Achanak
1989
Kamla Ki Maut
8.2/6
The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pr...
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Kamla Ki Maut
2001
Dekha
5.8/5
The film revolves around an aging poet Sashi Bhusan Sanyal afflicted with glaucoma and nearly blind whose wife has deserted him because of his reckles...
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Dekha
2005
A Fistful of Tales
0/0
Ek Mutho Chabi is a Bengali feature-film released in September 2005. As the name suggests, the movie does not tell one continuous story over 90 minute...
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A Fistful of Tales
1990
Bahaar Aane Tak
7/3
The lives of two friends are turned upside-down when someone from their past returns.
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Bahaar Aane Tak
2012
Na Hannyate
5/1
Jui is caught in a situation where she could save only one of her kids and leave the other to die. Being a mother, Jui could never forgive herself for...
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Na Hannyate
2005
Empty Canvas
9.5/4
Soumitra, a brilliant painter and sculptor, visits Khajuraho to draw inspiration and meets Teesta there through a common friend. Love blossoms between...
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Empty Canvas
2015
Gurudakshina
3.5/2
An orphaned boy Dev is adopted by Guruji and brought to his dance academy in Kolkata, owing to his dancing skills. Impressed by his talent, guruji tak...
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Gurudakshina
2013
Namte Namte
0/0
The film revolves around a typical middle-class family of Bengal. Ananda (Rajatava Dutta) is a very meek guy and is scared of confronting people. He i...
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Namte Namte
2014
Punascha
7/1
Punascha is a serious film about the relationship between an elderly author and his old flame which hits the headlines one fine day when things goes a...
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Punascha
2009
The Understudy
0/0
Adapted from "Dui nomberer asami" written by Nilanjan Chaterjee. 'Kaler Rakhal' ( The Understudy), is a musical depicting the lives of colorful 'Bahur...
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The Understudy
2015
Arshinagar
3.5/3
Arshinagar is a Bengali musical romance drama film directed by Aparna Sen. The screenplay is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Arshinagar
2007
Bidhatar Lekha
5/1
The film explores two lovers and their relationship in their last life that had come to a tragic end, and in 2007 the pair confronts each other again...
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Bidhatar Lekha
2025
Raghu Dakat
0/0
A mystical tale of Bengal's defining era, where an unlikely hero transforms into a legendary figure through extraordinary deeds and becomes forever wo...
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Raghu Dakat
1991
Police Matthu Dada
7/1
An inspector uses the lookalike of a police officer named Dhanush, who was brutally murdered, to catch a dangerous drug lord.
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Police Matthu Dada
1991
Inspector Dhanush
9/1
Inspector Dhanush, an honest police officer, brings criminals to justice. When he stumbles upon a case involving Commissioner Avinash, he is killed an...
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Inspector Dhanush
2015
Onyo Opalaa
0/0
This is the story of the journey of Opalaa, a middle aged widow. Opalaa is married in an aristocratic family, at a very tender age but on the very nig...
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Onyo Opalaa
1984
The Crossing
6.5/9
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcut...
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The Crossing
2026
Pratyabartan
0/0
In the relentless race for status and success, Kolkata's famous surgeon Dr. Dipankar Sanyal and his wife Shalini lose touch with their roots—and their...
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