Her first acting assignment was Bijoy Chatterjee's Hindi short film Nirupama (1986) based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali short story Dena Paona and broadcast on DD National.[4] Her breakthrough role came with the Bengali TV series Muktabandha (1987) directed by Ramaprasad Banik.[19] She made her big screen debut opposite Chiranjeet in Prabhat Roy's Bengali film Prateek (1988). In 1988, she achieved national recognition for her role in the Hindi TV series Ganadevta and shot to wider fame and popularity after she played Draupadi in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat (1988–90).[20] Her performance in this TV series earned her several awards including Smita Patil Memorial Award.[21] She reprised the role of Draupadi in Chopra's Mahabharat Katha. She acted in popular Hindi TV series such as Kanoon (1993), Chandrakanta (1994), Karam Apnaa Apnaa (2007), Kasturi (2009), Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo (2009). Popular Bengali TV series, she acted in, include Janmabhoomi (1997), Draupadi (2000), Ingeet (2001), Tithir Atithi to name a few.[22]
Ganguly was born to Samarendra Lal Ganguly and Juthika Ganguly on 25 November 1966.[38][39][3] She grew up in a joint family. She was a student of Beltala Girls' High School from which she finished her secondary examination.[39] She completed her Higher Secondary Education from Jodhpur Park Girls' High School.[40] Later, she obtained a bachelor's degree from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of University of Calcutta, in Kolkata.[39][41] Ganguly had to face severe financial crisis during her college days.[42]
Acting career
Ganguly never intended to be an actress. After she completed her graduation, she was suggested by some of her relatives to pursue acting.[3] She attended a wedding ceremony where she was introduced to Bijoy Chatterjee who was looking for a fresh face with unplucked eyebrows to play the female lead in his Hindi short film Nirupama (1986) based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali short story Dena Paona. Ganguly was initially hesitant to accept his proposal but later gave her nod on the insistence of her aunt.[4]Soumitra Chatterjee who played the father to her character in the film helped her get into the role of the heroine.[43] Impressed with her potential, Soumitra Chatterjee cast her as Mrinal alongside his daughter Poulami Basu playing the role of Bindu in his directorial venture Stree Ki Patra (1986), based on Streer Patra a Bengali short story written by Tagore.[44][45]
Ganguly was enjoined by Ramaprasad Banik to appear for a look test for the female lead in his Bengali TV series Muktabandha (1986).[46][47] After she appeared for the look test, Samaresh Majumdar, the screenplay writer of the TV series considered her to be imperfect for the role.[48] The role being that of a call girl, Majumdar wanted an attractive actress to portray it. He suggested Banik to find another actress other than Ganguly whom he considered to be dowdy. Majumdar was requested to meet Ganguly once again. This time Ganguly appeared charming and attractive, and was finalised to portray the female lead. Her performance in the series was appreciated.[49][50] She accepted a role opposite Chiranjeet Chakraborty in Prabhat Roy's Bengali film Prateek (1988).[51]Roy's next venture was Agnitrishna (1989) that once again saw Chiranjeet Chakraborty essaying the male protagonist Abhijit suffering from pyrophobia. Roy cast Ganguly as the female lead opposite Chakraborty. She had to enact the role of the doctor who treats the protagonist.[52] The film failed to win critical favour while Ganguly's performance was critically acclaimed.[53] She also accepted another role opposite Chakraborty in Biresh Chatterjee's Bengali film Tufan (1989). The film was a major financial success.[54] She featured in Mrinal Sen's much acclaimed Hindi Film Ek Din Achanak (1989) and Basu Chatterjee's Hindi film Kamla Ki Maut (1989).
Reportedly B.R. Chopra was quite impressed with Ganguly's performance in the TV series Ganadevta. After Juhi Chawla declined the role of Draupadi for Mahabharat, Chopra decided to get her appear for a screen test for the role. In 1988, she was summoned by director Biresh Chatterjee to NT1 Studio where the director informed her that Chopra wanted her to appear for the look test.[55]Ramya Krishnan was also another strong candidate to portray the role. Ganguly was finally chosen since her Hindi diction was better.[56] In 1989, the 34th episode of the series introduced her. She was hailed for her performance in the Game of Dice sequence.[57] The sequence was aired in the 46th, 47th and 48th episodes of the series. The sequence narrates Draupadi being dragged to the court by Dushasana. She then asks Bhishma, a veteran of the Kuru clan whether Yudhishthira has the right to put her in stake. The sequence demanded her to weep while enacting the part. She was so engrossed that she wept on even after her shot was over.[58][59][60][61][62] She later claimed that her performance in the TV series was quite mediocre.[63]
Ganguly received wide attention from Bollywood media and producers for her role in Chopra's Mahabharat, yet she never had a significant elevation in her Bollywood career. She said that things became very hard since she was an outsider and had to face the problem of casting couch.[64] She featured as Rama in Tariq Shah's Hindi film Baahar Aane Tak (1990). The film did not meet financial success.[65] Onwards, she appeared in films such as K. Bapayya's Pyar Ka Devta (1991), Raj Sippy's Saugandh (1991) and Rajkumar Kohli's Virodhi (1992) to name a few. In 1991, she acted in the blockbuster Kannada film Police Matthu Dada, directed by Tulsi Ramsay and Shyam Ramsay. In the same year, she appeared in its Hindi remake titled Inspector Dhanush. The film flopped at the box office. In 1992, she acted in A. V. Seshagiri Rao's Telugu film Inspector Bhavani, where she played the character of a sincere police officer whose object is to bring an end to those who assassinated her fiancée.[66] In the same year, she acted in Sukanta Roy's Bengali film Pitrireen, where she played the character of Sathi, a photographer who inquires about her father's assassin.
In 1992, she appeared in Goutam Ghose's award-winning Bengali film Padma Nadir Majhi, where she played the character of Kapila, a woman from the fishermen community who falls for her sister's husband and finally leaves her family to settle with him on Moynadeep island. Her performance in this film was appreciated by the critics and media personalities. Utpal Dutt, who was also a part of this venture, was recorded to comment on her performance: "Roopa has really lived the life of Kapila with those flawless body languages of a woman from the fisherman community."[67]
In 1995, She accepted a role in Ravi Chopra's Kanoon on the latter's insistence.[68] In 1995, she appeared in Amal Roy Ghatak's Bengali film Ujan, which won her the BFJA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1996. In 1996, she appeared in Aparna Sen's award-winning Bengali film Yugant, where she played the character of an obsessed dancer. Her performance in the film won favourable reviews.[69] Apart from acting in feature films, she went on appearing in numerous telefilms and television series, both in Bengali and Hindi, including Sukanya (1998).[70]
In 2000, she appeared in Rituparno Ghosh's award-winning Bengali film Bariwali, where she played the character of Sudeshna Mitra, an actress playing the character of Binodini, in a film Chokher Bali directed, alongside the male protagonist. In 2001, she appeared in a cameo role in Goutam Ghose's award-winning Bengali film Dekha. Though she made a cameo appearance in it, she garnered huge mass attention as the film was widely advertised on her enthralling dialogue; "Sagar dekhben naa, shudhu amake dekhun." In the film, she rendered her character with a fine, seductive approach, especially in the Eki Labonyo Purna Prate song sequence, where the character played by Soumitra Chatterjee recalls an earlier moment of Ganguly gazing back at him.[71] In 2003, she appeared in Gautam Ghose's Bengali film Abar Aranye, where she played the character of Shimul, a buoyant woman who is grief-stricken at the deepest core of her heart for the probable loss of her husband. She appeared in a cameo role in Bow Barracks Forever (2004) by Anjan Dutt.[72]
In 2005, she appeared in Rituparno Ghosh's award-winning Bengali film Antarmahal, where she played the character of Mahamaya, a docile wife to an arrogant zamindar. Her performance in the film was hugely appreciated by film critics.[73][74][75] Indian film critic Piyush Roy wrote on her performance in the film, "Ganguly rekindles memories of her fiery act of Draupadi in B R Chopra's Mahabharat through her blow hot, blow cold performance."[76]
Roopa Ganguly's Mahamaya is a worthy contender to lead any listing of memorable women characters from Ghosh's abundant array of some seriously multi-dimensional female protagonists seen on celluloid in recent times. Ganguly rekindles memories of her fiery act of Draupadi in B R Chopra's Mahabharat through her blow hot, blow cold performance. The film's narrator may be the British artist, but hers is the character that drives its most dramatic moments and through whom the audience is warned about the catastrophe in waiting. From a jealous, wasted aging wife in the beginning, she seizes screen presence with her every appearance, lacing it with new untapped facets to her personality. To her husband's employees, she is like an incarnation of the goddess-provider, to Jashomati she is the nurturer and to the voyeuristic exploitative priests, she is the ultimate sexual tease. In the zamindar's "antarmahal" abounding with women resigned to their fates, she is a thinking, living, sexual being, who sets her own agendas and seeks her own pleasures, almost like a man.
She herself considered this role as a big challenge as it was inherently contrary to her personality.[37] The film won her the BFJA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. Reportedly Mira Nair was all praise for Ganguly's performance in the film after the former had attended a private screening of the film in USA. Nair proposed her to play the role of Asima's mother in The Namesake.[78] Ganguly eschewed the offer since the role was not meaty enough. She then, featured in Sekhar Das's award-winning Bengali film Krantikaal (2005), where she played the character of Subarna, who befriends a terrorist who broke into her house.[79] She appeared in Raj Mukherjee's Bengali film Nagordola (2005), where she portrayed the character of an arrogant and rude woman who gets diagnosed as having throat cancer and realises that life is not like it has conventionally been and gives her full consent to her own unmarried daughter to give birth of her baby and to bring it up. The film was a major hit at the box office for its contemporary social issue. Her performance in the film earn her an Anandalok Award nomination in the Best Actress in the Leading Role category in 2006.[citation needed] She acted in the much acclaimed Bengali film Ek Mutho Chabi (2005), produced by herself, where she played the character of an established actress who has a car accident, consequently losing her career.[80][81] In December 2005, Ganguly was named by The Telegraph in the list of Five Crowning Queens of 2005 alongside Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Konkona Sen Sharma and Vidya Balan.[82]
Everything was fine. I don't mind if my role is not getting enough prominence as long as the character is meaty enough because that's how soaps are made today. I also don't mind if I am given less work. But I am a very sensitive and creative person. I felt that there was no respect for a senior actor like me. Money is everywhere but one doesn't work only for money. If there is no respect for the work one does then money is not worth the effort.
On the last day of my shoot for Kasturi, I signed the register but didn't accept my pay-packet because I shot only for a few close-up shots. I didn't see any point in taking payment for only five minutes of work.
She acted in Anurag Basu's blockbuster film Barfi! (2012). She acted in Anjan Dutt's Dutta Vs Dutta, (2012) where she played the character of "Runu mashi", who lives her life on her own terms and inspires the protagonist to live the life he desires.[88] She featured in Joydeep Ghosh's Mayabazar (2012). The film has three individual stories. She played the protagonist in the story Smriti which is based on Dehantar by Sharadindu Bandopadhyay.[89] She played Kuhu, a widow who sees her deceased husband in every single man she dates.[90] She appeared in Riingo's Bengali film Na Hannyate (2012), where she played the character of Jui, who is caught in a situation where she could save only one of her kids and leave the other to die.[91] In 2013, she appeared in Utsav Mukherjee's hilarious social-satirical film Half Serious. She played the role of goddess Durga in the film. She appeared in Rana Basu's Bengali film Namte Namte (2013).[92] She also appeared in Shekhar Das's Bengali film Nayanchampar Dinratri (2013).[93] In 2014, she appeared alongside Soumitra Chatterjee in Souvik Mitra's Bengali film Punascha, where she played the muse of an award-winning author, played by Chatterjee. The film earned her rave reviews including the statement made by The Times of India that the film belongs to her only.[94] In 2015, she acted in Debesh Chottopadhyay's Bengali film Natoker Moto and Aparna Sen's Bengali film Arshinagar. She was offered the role of Jiji in Kushan Nandy's Babumoshai Bandookbaaz (2017), but was later replaced by Divya Dutta.[95]
In 2023, Ganguly portrayed Bithika Mitra in Meyebela, a Bengali TV series produced by Surinder Films.[96] It revolves around a joint family of Hazra Ln, South Kolkata.[97] She abruptly left the series after a few months citing that the show contained "regressive content".[98]
Political career
In 2015, Ganguly joined Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and quit Artiste Forum since she believed that a political figure should not hold a significant designation in Artiste Forum.[99]
In May 2016, she was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers when she was returning from Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas where she had gone to meet victims of political violence. She sustained head injuries and had to be admitted to hospital.[101]
Ganguly was married to Dhrubo Mukerjee, a mechanical engineer hailing from West Bengal, Kolkata from 1992 until 2007.[105] They have one child, a son, born in 1997, Aakash Mukherjee.[5][106] She was in a live-in relationship with the Bengali singer Dibyendu Mukherjee. They lived in Ganguly's flat in Mumbai until the end of their relationship.[107][108] Ganguly maintained a pleasant formality whenever she met Mukherjee after their separation.[109]
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 Ganguly as Draupadi on its cover.[120][121]
^National Informatics Centre. "Member's Bio-Profile - Smt. Roopa Ganguly". Digital Sansad, Government of India. Date Of Birth: 25-Nov-1966; *Note that the link is a list of members. We have to type the subject's name in the search bar to get her profile
Arthur EvansPatung perunggu Sir Arthur Evans di Istana KnossosLahir8 Juli 1851Nash MillsMeninggal11 Juli 1941Boars HillKebangsaanKerajaan SerikatAlmamaterOxfordDikenal atasKnossosKarier ilmiahBidangArkeologi Sir Arthur John Evans (8 Juli 1851 – 11 Juli 1941) adalah arkeolog Britania yang terkenal karena menemukan istana Knossos di pulau Kreta, Yunani. Dia juga mengembangkan konsep Peradaban Minoa dari bangunan dan artifak yang ditemukan di sana serta di tempat-tempat lainnya di Mediterania...
Berikut adalah Daftar perguruan tinggi swasta di Sulawesi Tengah, yang pembinaannya berada di bawah Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia dan Perguruan Tinggi Swasta Keagamaan, yang pembinaannya berada di bawah Kementerian Agama. Daftar ini tidak termasuk Perguruan Tinggi Kedinasan yang pembinaannya berada dibawah masing-masing kementerian/lembaga. Universitas Universitas Alkhairaat, Kota Palu Universitas Kristen Tentena, Kab Poso Universitas Madako, Kab Tolitoli Universita...
Cancelled NASA spaceflight mission in the Mars Exploration Program Mars Surveyor 2001 Artworks of the orbiter (left) and surface elements (right) that would have been used in the missionSpacecraft propertiesSpacecraftMars OdysseyUnnamed landerMarie CurieManufacturerJPLLockheed Martin Mars Exploration Program← Mars Surveyor '982001 Mars Odyssey → The Mars Surveyor 2001 project was a multi-part Mars exploration mission intended as a follow-up to Mars Surveyor '98. Af...
Peta infrastruktur dan tata guna lahan di Komune Villabé. = Kawasan perkotaan = Lahan subur = Padang rumput = Lahan pertanaman campuran = Hutan = Vegetasi perdu = Lahan basah = Anak sungaiVillabéNegaraPrancisArondisemenÉvryKantonCorbeil-Essonnes-OuestAntarkomunebelum ada pada 2007Kode INSEE/pos91659 / Villabé merupakan sebuah kota dan komune di département Essonne, di region Île-de-France di Prancis. Demografi Menurut sensus 1999, pe...
كأس فنلندا 2012 تفاصيل الموسم كأس فنلندا النسخة 58 البلد فنلندا التاريخ بداية:6 يناير 2012 نهاية:29 سبتمبر 2012 المنظم اتحاد فنلندا لكرة القدم البطل هونكا عدد المشاركين 198 كأس فنلندا 2011 كأس فنلندا 2013 تعديل مصدري - تعديل كأس فنلندا 2012 (بالفنلندية:...
Pour les articles homonymes, voir Marine nationale. Marine nationale du Cameroun(en) Cameroon Navy Création 5 mai 1961 Pays Cameroun Allégeance République du Cameroun Type Marine de guerre Effectif 800 Fait partie de Forces armées camerounaises modifier La Marine nationale du Cameroun (en anglais : Cameroon Navy) est la composante navale des Forces armées camerounaises. Présentation de la Marine nationale Marins camerounais passés en revue à Douala en 2015. Répondant à u...
Eurovision Song Contest 2020Country San MarinoNational selectionSelection processArtist: Internal selectionSong: Digital BattleSelection date(s)Artist: 6 March 2020Song: 9 March 2020Selected entrantSenhitSelected songFreaky!Selected songwriter(s)Gianluigi FazioHenrik Steen HansenNanna BottosFinals performanceFinal resultContest cancelledSan Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest ◄2019 • 2020 • 2021► San Marino planned to participate in the Eurovision...
ثيودور نولدكه (بالألمانية: Theodor Nöldeke) معلومات شخصية الميلاد 2 مارس 1836(1836-03-02)هاربورغ[1] الوفاة 25 ديسمبر 1930 (94 سنة)كارلسروه مواطنة ألمانيا عضو في الأكاديمية البافارية للعلوم والإنسانيات، وأكاديمية العلوم في غوتينغن، وأكاديمية سانت بطرسبرغ للعلوم [...
Association football club in Russia Football clubRotor VolgogradFull nameГАУ ВО «Спортивный клуб «Ротор»Nickname(s)Сине-голубые (Blue-cyan)Founded1929; 95 years ago (1929)GroundVolgograd ArenaCapacity45,316ChairmanPavel Nikitin[1]CoachVacantLeagueRussian Second League,Division A,Group Gold2022–23Group 1, 3rdWebsiteClub website Home colours Away colours Third colours Current season SC Rotor Volgograd (Russian: СK Ротор) is...
2007 Formula One racing car by Ferrari Racing car model Ferrari F2007Kimi Räikkönen driving the F2007 at the 2007 Malaysian Grand PrixCategoryFormula OneConstructorScuderia FerrariDesigner(s)Mario Almondo (Executive Technical Director)Aldo Costa (Design and Development Director)Nikolas Tombazis (Chief Designer)Marco Fainello (Head of Vehicle Performance) Tiziano Battistini (Head of Chassis Design) Simone Resta (Head of R&D)John Iley (Head of Aerodynamics) Marco de Luca (Chief Aerodynami...
Pakistan Davis Cup TeamITF ranking45 (24 February 2024)ColorsGreen and whiteFirst year1948Years played57Ties played (W–L)118 (60–58)Years inWorld Group4 (1–2)Davis Cup titles0Runners-up0Most total winsAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (70–34)Most doubles winsAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (41–23)Best doubles teamAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Aqeel Khan (26–10)Most ties playedAqeel Khan (58)Most years playedAqeel Khan (25) The Pakistan men's national tennis team represent Pakistan in Davis Cup tennis competiti...
English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896) For other people named William Morris, see William Morris (disambiguation). William MorrisWilliam Morris by Frederick Hollyer, 1887Born(1834-03-24)24 March 1834Walthamstow, Essex, EnglandDied3 October 1896(1896-10-03) (aged 62)Hammersmith, EnglandEducationExeter College, OxfordOccupationsTextile designerpoettranslatorsocialist activistKnown forWallpaper and textile designfantasy fictionmedievalismsocialismNotable workNews f...
Large area of salt desert in India and Pakistan Not to be confused with Great Rann of Kutch or Little Rann of Kutch. Rann of KutchRann of Kutch seasonal salt marshEcologyRealmIndomalayanBiomeflooded grasslands and savannasBordersIndus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangrovesNorthwestern thorn scrub forests,Thar DesertGeographyArea27,454 km2 (10,600 sq mi)CountriesIndiaPakistanStates (India), Provinces (Pakistan)GujaratSindhConservationConservation statusRelatively stable/intact[1&...
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries Japonesque and Japonism redirect here. For the Koda Kumi album, see Japonesque (album). For the Arashi album, see Japonism (album). Japonaiserie redirects here. For the Van Gogh series, see Japonaiserie (Van Gogh). Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects by the painter James Tissot in 1869 is a representation of the popular curiosity about all Japanese items that started with the opening of the country in the Meiji Restora...
Season of television series How I Met Your MotherSeason 2Season 2 DVD cover artStarring Josh Radnor Jason Segel Cobie Smulders Neil Patrick Harris Alyson Hannigan No. of episodes22ReleaseOriginal networkCBSOriginal releaseSeptember 18, 2006 (2006-09-18) –May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)Season chronology← PreviousSeason 1 Next →Season 3 List of episodes The second season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 18, 2006 and ...
Questa voce o sezione sugli argomenti storia moderna e Toscana è ritenuta da controllare. Motivo: Eccesso di dettaglio in alcune parti: da valutare un eventuale scorporo di informazioni che possono essere trasferite in altre voci o diventare sottovoci autonome. Partecipa alla discussione e/o correggi la voce. Segui i suggerimenti dei progetti di riferimento 1, 2. Questa voce o sezione sugli argomenti stati scomparsi e Toscana non cita le fonti necessarie o quelle presenti sono ins...
Resolusi 1321Dewan Keamanan PBBJalan raya di Sierra LeoneTanggal20 September 2000Sidang no.4.199KodeS/RES/1321 (Dokumen)TopikSituasi di Sierra LeoneRingkasan hasil15 mendukungTidak ada menentangTidak ada abstainHasilDiadopsiKomposisi Dewan KeamananAnggota tetap Tiongkok Prancis Rusia Britania Raya Amerika SerikatAnggota tidak tetap Argentina Bangladesh Kanada Jamaika Malaysia Mali Namibia Belanda Tunisia Ukra...
Qatar padaOlimpiade Musim Panas 2016Kode IOCQATKONKomite Olimpiade QatarSitus webwww.olympic.qa/en (dalam bahasa Inggris)Penampilan pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2016 di Rio de JaneiroPeserta38 dalam 10 cabang olahragaPembawa benderaSheikh Ali Al-Thani[1]MedaliPeringkat ke-69 0 1 0 Total 1 Penampilan pada Olimpiade Musim Panas (ringkasan)1984198819921996200020042008201220162020 Qatar berkompetisi pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2016 di Rio de Janeiro, Brasil dari tanggal 5...
Day commemorating soldiers of the Waffen SS unit Remembrance Day of the Latvian LegionnairesFlowers being laid at the foot of the Freedom MonumentObserved byFormer members of the Latvian Legion, their relatives and supportersSignificanceThe 15th (1st Latvian) and the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) fighting alongside for the first and only time against the Red Army in 1944[1]CelebrationsMemorial service in Riga Cathedral, procession to the Freedom Monument,...
Lighthouse in Florida, US LighthouseGarden Key Light Garden Key Light at sunsetLocationFort Jefferson, Dry TortugasCoordinates24°37′41″N 82°52′20″W / 24.62806°N 82.87222°W / 24.62806; -82.87222TowerFoundationa stairwell in Fort JeffersonConstructionboilerplate ironAutomated1912Height70 feet (21 m)ShapehexagonalLightFirst lit1826Deactivated1924Lens1st order Fresnel lens The Garden Key Light, also known as the Tortuga Harbor Light, is located at Fort...