Debashree Roy

Debashree Roy is a National Award Winning Bengali Film Actress. She is similarly apt in dancing.

She acted in more than 100 films and has 40 awards, including a National Film Award for Best Actress for the film Unishe April in 1995.

She was born and brought up in Calcutta. Entered in the film industry at a very young age as a 4 year old in the classic "Rebecca" inspired film "Kuheli", the Bengali pre-cursor to the later Hindi hit "Kohra".

In the Indian epic Mahabharata,directed by B.R.Chopra-she portrayed the role of Satyavati,second wife of King Shantanu of Hastinapur,step mother of Ganga putra Bheeshma.

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Date added : September 29th, 2009