National Award[9] BFJA Awards Kalakar Awards[10] Anandalok Award
MLA
In office 2011–2021
Preceded by
Kanti Ganguly
Succeeded by
Alok Jaldata
Constituency
Raidighi, West Bengal[11] 9
Personal details
Political party
All India Trinamool Congress (2011 – March 2021)
Notes
In the films at her early age she was credited as "Chumki Roy" and then "Rumki Roy". The name "Debashree Roy" was later given by Tarun Majumdar.[12]
She refused offers to play lead opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee since their conjugal separation in 1995, leaving an ample scope to her contemporary Rituparna Sengupta and Satabdi Roy.[13]
Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962)[1] also known as Debasree Roy,[14] is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist.[3][6][15] As an actress, she is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema.[16] She has been cited as the reigning queen of Bengali commercial cinema.[17] She acted in more than a hundred films and won over forty awards, including a National Award, three BFJA Awards, five Kalakar Awards and an Anandalok Award.[18] As a dancer, she is known for her stage adaptations of the various forms of Indian folk dances as well as her innovative dance forms imbued with elements from Indian classical, tribal and folk dance.[19] She runs Natraj dance troupe.[20] She is the founder of Debasree Roy Foundation, a non-profit organisation that works for the cause of stray animals.[6][21] Roy was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Raidighi constituency since 2011 till 2021.[3]
Her first acting assignment was Hiranmoy Sen's Bengali devotional film Pagal Thakur (1966) where she was cast as an infant Ramakrishna Paramhansa.[17] Her first leading role in Bengali cinema came with Arabinda Mukhopadhyay's film Nadi Theke Sagare (1978).[22] However she acted opposite Prem Nazir in Malayalam movie Ee Ganam Marakkumo (1978) even before this. She shot to wider recognition for her role in Aparna Sen's National Award winning directorial debut 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)[23] and Kanak Mishra's Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981) under Rajshri Productions.[24] She also appeared in several other Hindi films such as Bura Aadmi (1982), Justice Chaudhury (1983), Phulwari (1984), Kabhie Ajnabi The (1985), Seepeeyan (1986) and Pyar Ka Sawan (1989).[16] After her Bengali film Troyee (1982) became a major success at box office, she concentrated more in Bengali cinema.[25][26] Her other major hits at the box office include films such as Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985),[27]Lalmahal (1986), Chokher Aloy (1989), Jhankar (1989),[28]Ahankar (1991)[29] and Yuddha (2005) to name a few.[30]
Roy was conferred with BFJA Award for Best Actress (1992) for the first time for her performance in Indar Sen's Bengali film Thikana (1991).[31] She was conferred with the National Film Award for Best Actress (1995) as well as BFJA Award for Best Actress (1997) for her role in Rituparno Ghosh's National Award winning Bengali film Unishe April (1994).[9][32] She collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the second time in his National Award winning Bengali film Asukh (1999) which once again earned her the BFJA Award for Best Actress (2000).[33] She was also critically acclaimed for her performances in films such as Anutap (1992), Sandhyatara (1994), Kaal Sandhya (1997), Prohor (2002) and Shilpantar (2004).[30]
Roy was trained in Odissi by Kelucharan Mahapatra.[34] She was exposed to the various forms of Indian folk dances as well by Mahapatra and took a sincere interest to adapt them on stage.[5] In 1991, she formed the dance troupe Natraj and their first venture Vasavdatta went on to receive full seat occupancy every time it was staged.[25] She, onwards ventured into an attempt to manifest the forms of folk dance of Bengal in Swapner Sandhane, an acclaimed production of Natraj.[25] She was most applauded for her wider attempt to present the various forms of Indian folk dance in Bichitro, the first abroad production of Natraj.[35][17] In Navras, she exhibited an innovative dance form imbued with elements from Indian classical, tribal and folk dance.[36][37]
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^ abc"Debasree Roy MLA of RAIDIGHI West Bengal contact address & email". nocorruption.in. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^"Debashree: 'রূপ নিয়ে অহংকার কোরো না মাসি, সেরা রসগোল্লাও আজ বাসি', নেটমাধ্যমে কটাক্ষ দেবশ্রীকে". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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^ abc"Rescued from sticks of death". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^"Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations". fiapo.org. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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^"Kalakar Awards Winner" (PDF). 25 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^"TMC MLA Debashree Roy makes unsuccessful attempt to meet West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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^"Nataraj Group". www.calcuttayellowpages.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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^"Put India on cruelty-free cosmetics map: Debasree Roy". @businessline. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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^"Directorate of Film Festival". iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^"Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981)". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
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^মক্ষীরানি. Anandalok. (March 1984 ed.)
^"Bhalobasha Bhalobasha (1985)". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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^FilmiClub. "BFJA Awards 1992: Complete list of Awards and Nominations". FilmiClub. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^FilmiClub. "BFJA Awards 1997: Complete list of Awards and Nominations". FilmiClub. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^"46th National Film Festival, 1999". iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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DebashreeRoy (born 8 August 1962) also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. As...
DebashreeRoy is an Indian actress who has performed in more than a hundred films. She is a National Award winner actress and known for her work in Hindi...
During her heyday, she was often compared to her contemporaries, such as DebashreeRoy and Rituparna Sengupta. She made her directorial debut with Abhinetri...
in a critically acclaimed role, along with Dhritiman Chatterjee and DebashreeRoy. In post-independence India an Anglo-Indian teacher, Violet Stoneham...
Rituparno Ghosh and produced by Renu Roy under the banner of Spandan Films. It stars Aparna Sen and DebashreeRoy while Prosenjit Chatterjee and Deepankar...
Bandopadhyay. It stars Tapas Paul, Mahua Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee, DebashreeRoy, Sandhya Roy, Kali Banerjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta and Anup Kumar. The film marks...
(actor) Prosenjit Chatterjee (actor – son of Biswajeet Chatterjee) DebashreeRoy (politician, actress– ex-wife of Prosenjeet Chatterjee) Arpita Pal (actress...
conviction of his girlfriend DebashreeRoy (born 1961), Indian Bengali actress Deep Roy (born 1957), Kenyan-born Indian actor Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian...
Poonam Dhillon nor DebashreeRoy on the sets of Kabhi Ajnabi The. Where Sandeep tarried far too long about being a Debashreeman, Miss Roy went on to become...
Paul is best known for his on-screen roles opposite Mahua Roy Choudhury and DebashreeRoy. He received a Filmfare Award. Tapas Paul was a Member of Parliament...
2002, he played Rabindranath Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture Chelebela alongside DebashreeRoy playing Kadambari Devi. following which he appeared...
Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, DebashreeRoy, Mithun Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar. DebashreeRoy was credited as Rumki Roy in the film. The...
protagonist and Syed Kirmani as one of the antagonists. Poonam Dhillon and DebashreeRoy star as the heroines of the film. The film also features Sachin Tendulkar...
Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet for the first time together, along with DebashreeRoy, Koel Mallick, Kaushik Banerjee, Bharat Kaul, and Rajatava Dutta. The...
office. In 2002, he played Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture Chelebela alongside DebashreeRoy playing Kadambari Devi. following which he appeared...
Bandopadhyay, Satya Bandyopadhyay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Sandhya Roy, DebashreeRoy, Rabi Ghosh and Subhendu Chatterjee. Music director of the movie was...
Sathi. The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee as Amit, Satabdi Roy as Sathi and DebashreeRoy as Bobby. It also stars Ranjit Mullick, Kali Banerjee, Anup...
Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament...
insurgency on common people. It stars Jatin Bora, Ashish Vidyarthi, DebashreeRoy, Nipon Goswami, Pranjal Saikia, Hemen Barman, Munin Barua and Mridula...
Swapan Saha for Shree Venkatesh Films, starring Mithun Chakraborty, DebashreeRoy, Koel Mallick, Rajatava Dutta and Soumitra Chatterjee. It is a remake...
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy MRCP FRCS (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an Indian physician, educationist, and statesman who served as Chief Minister of West...
and rides the apex of success in Mumbai. The film stars Arun Govil, DebashreeRoy, Jayshree Gadkar, Ram Mohan, Vijay Arora, Neelam Mehra and Ram Sethi...