Sandhya Roy

Sandhya Roy
Born Nabadwip
Political party Trinamool Congress
Sandhya Roy
Member of the India Parliament
for Medinipur
Assumed office
2014
Preceded by Prabodh Panda

Sandhya Roy (Bengali: সন্ধ্যা রায়) is an Indian actress and politician. She is one of the most famous actresses of Bengali cinema and is widely acknowledged for her great acting skills and sweet and cherubic face from 1960 to 1985. Being a versatile actress, she has experimented successfully with character-roles and second leads such as playing the sister-in-law in the first movie of Tapas Paul, Dadar Kirti, or in Sriman Prithviraj.

She was born in Nabadip, West Bengal. She later immigrated to Bangladesh with her family. Her grandfather was a landlord ("Jamindar") in Bangladesh. She lost her father and mother at the age of 7 and 9 respectively. She has a brother. After losing her parents she went to her maternal uncle's house and took admission in school. In 1957, she returned back to India. Her first film was Mamlar fol starring Sabitri Chatterjee where she appeared as an extra.

She has been equally comfortable in critically acclaimed ventures such as Satyajit Ray's Ashani Sanket and Tarun Majumdar's Thagini, as well as out-and-out commercial ventures such as Baba Taraknath. She also acted in Manihar, a romantic movie, alongside Biswajeet and Soumitra Chatterjee and in the thriller Kuheli ( where she played a double role) opposite Biswajeet. Other prominent actors in the film included Chhaya Devi, Ajitesh Banerjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Sumita Sanyal and Satya Bandopadhyay.

Political career

In 2014 she contested a seat in the Lok Sabha election for the All India Trinamul Congress and won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Medinipur constituency and became a member of the Parliament of India. [1]

Films

Award

References

  1. ↑ "West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results 2014, WB Constituency List". indianballot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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