Film career Debashree Roy

1 film career

1.1 initial struggle (1978–1980)
1.2 dadar kirti , onwards (1980–1985)
1.3 bhalobasa bhalobasa , onwards (1985–2007)
1.4 setback (2008–2013)

film career
initial struggle (1978–1980)

in 1978, roy appeared adult actress opposite mithun chakraborty in arabinda mukherjee s bengali film nadi theke sagare (1978) major commercial success. credited rumki roy in film. went on acting in several films in kushali goshthi s aguner fulki (1978), ajit gangopadhyay s lattu (1979), swadesh sarkar s jiban jerakam (1979), nirmal sarbanga s g. t. road (1980). in these films, credited rumki roy. acted opposite prem nazir in n. sankaran nair s malayalam film ee ganam marakkumo (1978). film major commercial critical failure.

dadar kirti , onwards (1980–1985)

in 1980, appeared in tarun majumdar s romantic drama film dadar kirti , credited debashree roy first time. name given tarun majumdar himself. in film, portrayed character of bini, innocent sibling of saraswati portrayed mahua roychoudhury. film became giant hit , role , vibrant appearance enormously loved audience, alongside reverse , solemn appearance of mahua roychoudhury. again cast in role of chirpy sibling of mahua roychoudhury in manu sen s blockbuster bengali film subarnagolak (1981). appeared in dilip mukherjee s bengali film father (1981). in 1981, roy appeared in aparna sen s acclaimed english film 36 chowringhee lane. portrayed character of nandita who, along boyfriend samaresh exploits former teacher s apartment making love each other. film major failure @ box office, still roy applauded media personalities due , unlaboured screen presence. in same year, appeared in kanak mishra s hindi film jiyo aise jiyo (1981) under rajashri productions. played love interest of arun govil in film. in 1982, appeared in tarun majumdar s bengali film meghmukti. in 1982, appeared in goutam mukherjee s blockbuster bengali film troyee. paired mithun chakraborty in film. success of film brought leading roles in following bengali films aparupa (1982), samapti (1983) , agamikal (1983). in 1982, appeared in desh gautam s bura aadmi. in same year appeared in k. raghavendra rao s multistarer hindi film justice chaudhury alongside jeetendra, hema malini, moushumi chatterjee , sridevi.

in 1984, appeared in mukul dutt s hindi film phulwari under rajashri productions. in film, roy portrayed character of lali, beautiful, conceited , pampered girl insults boyfriend rajiv on day of engagement , discloses present @ engagement party has given consent marry him because wanted avenge earlier incident when humiliated in front of public. paired shashi puri in film. paired kanowaljit singh in akash jain s film seepeeyan (1984) portrayed role of beautiful woman flings herself water after boyfriend refused marry , saved 1 man whom later gets married to. in 1984, cast in role of kundanadinee in ajay kar s bengali period film bishabriksha based on veteran bengali novelist bankim chandra chattopadhyay s novel of same name. appeared in dipranjan bose s bengali drama film parabat priya (1984) alongside tapas paul , mahua roychoudhury played character of piyali, highly pampered girl decides poison glass of milk husband supposed take.

in 1985, paired sandeep patil in kabhi ajnabi (1985) directed , produced vijay singh. played character of geeta decides sacrifice love sake woman had been boyfriend s ladylove. film over-hyped regarding bollywood debut of sandeep patil , roy s sensuous enacting him in song sequence geet mere hothon ko de gaya koi, , assumed huge hit @ box office. filmfare wrote cohl eyes , figure scantily coverd with, looked enthralling yet looked coy enough. performance in film earned calcutta , national unity award best supporting actress in hindi cinema. unfortunately film became major failure causing doom bollywood career.

bhalobasa bhalobasa , onwards (1985–2007)

in 1985, cast opposite tapas paul in tarun majumdar s romantic drama bhalobasa bhalobasa. film established roy s pairing tapas paul leading on-screen pairing of nineteen eighties. other major hits paul uttar lipi (1986), arpan (1987), shankhachur (1988), surer sathi (1988), surer akashe (1988), nayanmani (1989), chokher aloy (1989), shubha kamana (1991), mayabini (1992), phire paoa (1993), tobu mone rekho (1994), putrabadhu (1998).

in 1988, roy portrayed character of satyavati, second wife of shantanu, king of hastinapur in televised version of indian epic mahabharata, b.r.chopra.

roy delivered hits prosenjit chatterjee , chiranjeet chakraborty. paired chiranjeet chakraborty first time in madhumoy (1986) stars prosenjit chatterjee , mahua roychoudhury. pairing chakraborty conveyed major hits mouna mukhar (1987), heerer shikal (1988), papi (1990), tomar rakte amar sohag (1993), bhoy (1996), beyadap (1996), jiban jouban (1997), joddha (1987), debanjali (2000).

in 1987, paired prosenjit chatterjee in bimal ray s samrat o sundari. film major hit , gave acknowledgement roy s pairing prosenjit chatterjee bankable one. other hits chatterjee ora charjon (1988), jhankar (1989), ahankar (1991), raktelekha (1992), purushottam (1992), rakter swad (1993), shraddhanjali (1993), nati binodini (1994). roy paired chatterjee last time in rituparno ghosh s acclaimed film unishe april (1994). roy essayed role of aditi decides commit suicide after boyfriend refused marry gets interrupted mother. india today described performance inspired performance roy, has far been mired in bengali commercial cinema. film won national film award best actress category. in same year appeared in cinemay jeman hoy.

roy portrayed role of sarada devi in swami vivekananda(1998 film). appeared in tapan sinha s bengali film ajab ganyer ajab katha (1998) under banner of shree venkatesh films. appeared in cameo role in tapan sinha s hindi film daughters of century (1999). in 1999, appeared in rituparno ghosh s asukh landing character of rohini choudhury, actress suspicious nature , begins suspect father hiv positive due illegitimate relation not aware of.

the film became commercial major critical success. won bengal film journalists association – best actress award in 2000.

she appeared in subrata sen s ek je achhe kanya (2001) major commercial successs. paired sabyasachi chakrabarty in film. appeared in goutam ghose s acclaimed bengali film dekha (2001) alongside soumitra chatterjee. in 2002, appeared in bappaditya bandopadhyay s acclaimed film shilpantar. played character of woman works in circus , draws mass act of eating raw live snake or hen. in same year played character of kadambari devi in sukanta ray s film chhelebela alongside jisshu sengupta playing rabindranath tagore. in 2004, appeared in subhadro chowdhury s national award winning film prohor played character of nadita donates blood man raped earlier. in 2005, appeared in bratya basu s teesta. film critical , commercial failure, still earns anandalok award best actress in 2005. after series of flops satabdir golpo (2004), sagar kinare (2004), ami je ke tomar (2004) , teesta (2005) paired mithun chakrabarty in blockbuster films yuddho (2005), mla fatakesto (2006) , mahaguru (2007).

setback (2008–2013)

from 2008 roy made impolitic choices of selecting films did not equalize stature , led career major setback. had series of flops antarbas (2010), thikana rajpath (2010), jibon rong berong (2011), bhalo meye mondo meye (2012), life in park street (2012), antare bahire (2012), swabhumi (2013) name few. appeared in goutam sen s bengali feature film pakhi once again became box office failure roy credited performance in film. times of india wrote, debasree roy gives steller performance act of blind girl. in 2010, appeared in gaurav pandey s film shukno lanka portrayed character of loving woman husband indifferent her. film major hit @ box office , dance popular number sundari kamala enormously loved audience.