Roopa Ganguly
Indian actress and politician · India · On the map · Actors · Born 1966 · age 59
Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, politician, and playback singer. She is considered one of the highest-paid television actresses in India during 1980s. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series Mahabharat.
Roopa Ganguly is read about 313 times a day, in 25 languages.
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PratyabartanFilm2023
MeyebelaSeries, Bithika Mitra2015
ArshinagarFilm, Tayyab's mother2014
PunaschaFilm2012National Film Award for Best Female Playback SingerAward2011
Jaani Dekha HobeFilm2010
Rehmat AliFilm2008Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun ParayaSeries, Madhvi Malhotra
KhelaFilm, 2008Renu2007Love StorySeries, Ritu (Akash's mother)2006Karam Apnaa ApnaaSeries, Suguna2005
A Fistful of TalesFilm, Producer2004
Bow Barracks Forever!Film2001
DekhaFilm1994JananiFilm1993
The Padma BoatmanFilm, Kopila1991
Inspector DhanushFilm1990
Bahaar Aane TakFilm, Rama1988
MahabharatSeries, Draupadi1984
The CrossingFilm1966Born25 November 1966People around Roopa
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Goutam Ghose Directed Abar Aranye and Padma Nadir Majhi
Anjan Dutt Also in Yugant, Dekha and Pratyabartan
Kaushik Sen Also in Shunyo E Buke and Arshinagar
Rajatava Dutta Also in Abar Aranye, Rehmat Ali and Namte Namte
Mithun Chakraborty Also in Rehmat Ali, Bangali Babu and Nobel Chor
Aparna Sen Directed Yugant and Arshinagar
Soumitra Chatterjee Also in Abar Aranye and Krantikaal
Rituparno Ghosh Directed Bariwali (2000), produced Khela (2008)
Indrani Haldar Also in Dekha and Nagordola
Biswajit Chakraborty Also in Rehmat Ali, Shunyo E Buke and Antarmahal- Deepankar De Also in Hemlock society and Bangali Babu
Haradhan Bandopadhyay Also in Krantikaal, Dekha and Rajar Raja
Saswata Chatterjee Also in Abar Aranye, Nobel Chor and Namte Namte
Biplab Chatterjee Roopa produced Ek Mutho Chabi (2005)
Raima Sen Also in Khela, Antarmahal and Abosheshey
June Malia Roopa produced Ek Mutho Chabi (2005)
Prosenjit Chatterjee Also in Khela and Prithibir Sesh Station
Jisshu Sengupta Also in Barfi!, Abar Aranye and Arshinagar
Sudipta Chakraborty Also in Nobel Chor, Half Serious and Bariwali
Bickram Ghosh Roopa produced Ek Mutho Chabi (2005)
Srijit Mukherji Directed Hemlock society (2012)
Aparajita Auddy Also in Arshinagar and Pratyabartan
Kharaj Mukherjee Also in Shunyo E Buke and Pratyabartan
Soha Ali Khan Also in Antarmahal and Chaurahen
Filmography 40
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Television 5
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About this person
Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she is known for her versatility and accent adaptation. She has 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 2016, 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. Her films have commulatively grossed more than US$100 million worldwide.
