Seema Biswas
Indian actress · India · On the map · Actors · Born 1965 · age 61
Seema Biswas is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen (1994), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress.
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Hunkkaar: The RoarSeries, Judge Kurien2025
Bindiya Ke BahubaliSeries, Sanka Davan
Om Kali Jai KaliSeries, 2025Kaathadi2024
SarfiraFilm, Vir's Mother2023
KaalkootSeries, Ravi's Mother2022
HumanSeries2020
Dadi Amma.. Dadi Amma Maan Jaao!Series, Urmila Pradhan
Funny BoyFilm, 20202019
The Family ManSeries, PM Basu
Darkness VisibleFilm, 2019Rakhee2016
A Yellow BirdFilm2014
MahaKumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek KahaniSeries, MaiMui
BalyakalasakhiFilm, 2014Selvi2011
PatangFilm2010
City of GoldFilm, Lakshmi G. Dhuri / Aai2007
AmalFilm, Advocate Sapna Agarwal2005
WaterFilm, Shakuntala2003
BhootFilm, Bai2002
CompanyFilm, Ranibai1998
Mother of 1084Film, Somu's Mother1994Filmfare Award for Best Female DebutAward
Bandit QueenFilm, 1994Phoolan Devi1965Born14 January 1965People around Seema
Close ties
Ram Gopal Varma Directed Company and Bhoot
Urmila Matondkar Also in Ek Hasina Thi, Company and Deewangee
Deepa Mehta Directed Water and Midnight's Children- David Hamilton Produced Water and Midnight's Children
Akshay Kumar Also in Atrangi Re and Bachchhan Pandey
Amrita Rao Also in Vivah, Shaurya and Jolly LLB 3
Anupam Kher Also in Midnight's Children, Striker and Vivah
Eesha Koppikhar Also in Hello Darling, Company and Pinjar
Javed Jaffrey Also in Hello Darling, Boom and Shaurya
Raghubir Yadav Also in Khamoshi: The Musical and Bandit Queen
Zerifa Wahid Also in Bhoga Khirikee and Kothanodi
Dilip Mehta Directed Cooking with Stella (2009)
Priyanka Chopra Produced Bhoga Khirikee (2018)
Manisha Koirala Also in Khamoshi: The Musical and Company
Rahul Bose Also in Midnight's Children and Shaurya
Nandita Das Also in Sold and Mother of 1084
Shekhar Kapur Directed Bandit Queen (1995)
Gulshan Grover Also in Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! and Boom
Sriram Raghavan Directed Ek Hasina Thi (2004)
Aanand L. Rai Produced Atrangi Re (2021)
Ken Scott Directed The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)
Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair Directed Shantham (2001)
Himanshu Sharma Produced Atrangi Re (2021)
S. P. Jananathan Directed Iyarkai (2003)
Known for
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Company 2002
Water 2005
Vivah 2006
Ek Hasina Thi 2004
Bandit Queen 1994
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
81 credits on file
Television 8
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
She won the 2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta's Water (2005). Her other mainstream films include Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), for which she won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bhoot (2003), Vivah (2006) and Half Girlfriend (2017). In addition to films, Biswas has appeared in many television shows, most recently, The Family Man.
