Jayasree Kabir

Jayasree Kabir (Bengali: জয়শ্রী কবির; born c. 1952) is a Bengali film actress. The former Miss Calcutta (1968), she got her first break from Satyajit Ray through the film Pratidwandi in 1969.[1][2] She married Bangladeshi film director Alamgir Kabir and starred in two of his films, Shimana Periye and Rupali Shoikotey, which are regarded by the British Film Institute (BFI) as among the finest films to have come out of Bangladesh.[3] Later in life, she moved to London where she now resides.

References

  1. ↑ "Back in showbiz, where she belongs - Ray heroine wants to revive robi ghosh play". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 1 March 2003.
  2. ↑ "Pratidwandi (The Adversary)". Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center. University of California, Santa Cruz.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films". British Film Institute. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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