Sandhya Roy
Sandhya Roy (Bengali: সন্ধ্যা রায়) is an actress in the Bengali film industry of West Bengal India. She is one of the most famous actresses of romantic 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 fist movie of Tapas Paul - Dadar Kirti or in Sriman Prithviraj.
She was born in Nabadip,West Bengal. After some day, she went to Bangladesh with her family. Her grandfather was 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 again come back to India. Her first film was "Mamlar fol" starring Sabitri Chatterjee where she played role as crowd.
It is her effortless acting prowess that made her equally comfortable in the critically acclaimed ventures such as Satyajit Ray's Ashani Sanket and Tarun Majumdar's 'Thagini' and the out-and-out commercial venture such as Baba Taraknath. She also acted in "Manihar" a romantic movie against Biswajeet and Soumitra Chatterjee and in a thriller"Kuheli" (double role)opposite Biswajeet. This film had a stellar cast including Chhaya Devi, Ajitesh Banerjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Sumita Sanyal and Satya Bandopadhyay.
Films
- * Ganga
- Maya Mriga (1960)
- Kathin Maya (1961)
- Arghya aka Offering to the Gods (1961)
- Subha Dristi aka Holy Meeting of Eyes (1962)
- Rakta Palash (1962)
- Nav Diganta aka New Horizon (1962)
- Dhoop Chhaya aka Sunlight and Shade (1962)
- Bandhan (1962)
- Asli-Naqli (1962)
- Palatak (1963)
- Bhrantibilas (1963)
- Pooja Ke Phool (1964)
- Surya Tapa aka Blessed by the Sun (1965)
- Ek Tuku Basa (1965)
- Antaral aka Distance (1965)
- Alor Pipasa (1965)
- Prastar Swakshar (1967)
- Teen Adhaya (1968)
- Baghini (1968)
- Rahgir (1969)
- Aparachita (1969)
- Arogya Niketan (1969)
- Nimantran (1971)
- Jaane-Anjaane (1971)
- Sriman Prithviraj (1973)
- Ashani Sanket aka Distant Thunder (1973)
- Thagini (1974)
- Fuleswari (1974)
- Sansar Seemantey (1975)
- Palanka (1975)
- Baba Taraknath (1977)
- Ganadevata (1979)
- Dadar Kirti (1980)
- Shahar Theke Dooray (1981)
- Meghmukti (1981)
- Khelar Putul (1981)
- Amar Geeti (1983)
- Pathbhola (1986)
- Path-o-Prasad (1991)
- Nabab (1991)
- Satya Mithya (1992)
- Debipaksha (2004)
- Maa Amar Maa (2009)
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