Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress and playback singer and politician. She made her acting debut with Bijoy Chatterjee's Hindi telefilm Nirupama (1986) based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali short story Dena Paona. She rose to wider fame for her role as Mrinal in Soumitra Chatterjee's directorial venture Stree Ki Patra (1986) which was also based on Tagore's Bengali short story Streer Patra.
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English films Year Title Director Notes 2004 Bow Barracks ForeverAnjan Dutt2012ChaurahenRajshree Ojha
Italian film Year TitleRole Director Notes 1996 Vrindavan Film StudiosAnnapurnaLamberto Lambertini
Hindi films Year Title Director Notes 1989 Ek Din Achanak Mrinal Sen Kamla Ki Maut Basu Chatterjee1990Bahaar Aane Tak Tariq Shah1991 Inspector DhanushTulsi RamsayShyam RamsayMeena BazarP. Chandrakumar Pyar Ka Devta K. Bapayya SaugandhRaj Sippy1992 Nishchaiy Esmayeel Shroff Virodhi Rajkumar Kohli1994 Gopalaa Akash Jain2008Dashavatar2009 Luck Dhillin Mehta 2012Barfi! Anurag Basu2013Mahabharat Aur BarbareekDharmesh Tiwari2014Children of WarMrityunjay DevratKuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho GayiAman Sachdeva2015Ek Adbhut Dakshina Guru DakshinaKiran Phadnis 2016 Aman Ke Farishtey Kader Kashmiri 2017Main Khudiram Bose HunManoj GiriSonagachi Sudipto Chattopadhyay
Bengali films Year Title Director Notes 1988 PratikPrabhat Roy1989 Agnitrishna Amanat Shantanu Bhowmik Tufan Biresh Chatterjee1990 Agnikanya Gopal Gupta Garmil Dilip Roy Manasi Amal Ray Ghatak1991 Sadharan Meye Shamit Bhanja1992 Dharma Yuddha Shamit Bhanja Pitrireen Sukanta Ray Padma Nadir Majhi Goutam GhoseIndo-Bangladesh joint production Surer Bhubane Prabir Mitra 1993 Janani Sanat Dasgupta Prithibir Shesh Station Lalit Mukherjee1994 Rajar RajaShamit Bhanja1995 Ujan Amal Ray Ghatak 1996 YugantAparna Sen2000 BariwaliRituparno Ghosh Bastir Meye RadhaChiranjeet Chakraborty Rupasi Dohai Tomar2001 Dekha Goutam Ghose Shesh Bichar2002 Anamni Angana Dr Swapan Saha Bangali BabuAnjan Chowdhury 2003 Abar AranyeGoutom Ghosh 2004 Mahulbanir SerengSekhar Das2005Abiswashi AntarmahalRituparno GhoshKrantikaalSekhar DasMayer RajaNagordolaRaj Mukherjee Shunyo E BukeKaushik Ganguly Tarpor BhalobasaAnjan Dutt2007Chirosakha HeBidhatar Lekha Raja MukerjiJara Bristite BhijechhiloAnjan DasRatbhor2008 KhelaRituparno Ghosh2009Chowrasta - Crossroads of LoveAnjan DuttKaaler RakhalSekhar Das2010Rahmat Ali2011Jaani Dyakha HawbeBirsa Dasgupta2012Abosheshey Aditi RoyDutta Vs DuttaAnjan DuttHemlock Society Srijit Mukherjee Mayabazaar Na Hannyate Ringo Banerjee Nobel Chor Suman Ghosh2013Aashbo Arek din Half Serious Utsav MukherjeeNamte Namte Rana Basu Shantiniketane2014Bonku BabuAnindya Bikash Dutta Nayanchapar DinratriSekhar DasPiyalir PasswordRaj Basu Punascha Shouvik Mitra2015 Natoker Moto - Like a PlayDebesh ChattopadhyayAro EkbarAriziet Halder ArshinagarAparna Sen2016Onyo OpalaaSatarupa Sanyal2017GolmaalNarayan Roy2025 Raghu DakatDhruba Banerjee2026PratyabartanSamarpan SenguptaCoffee Houser Sei Addata Kaancher Dewal Anindya Sarkar
Odia Film Year Title Director Notes 1995Rana Bhumi Pranab Das
Telugu films Year Title Director Notes 1990Sasirekha Sapadham 1991 Naa Ille Naa Swargam K. R. Reddy1992 Inspector Bhavani
Kannada films Year Title Director Notes 1991 Police Matthu Dada Tulsi RamsayShyam Ramsay Kadana K V Raju CBI Vijay V. Uma Shankar1993 Bahaddur Hennu A. V. Sheshagiri Rao
Malayalam film Year Title Director Notes 1993Agnishalabhangal
Assamese film Year Title Director Notes 1992Ranangini Chandra Mudoi
Telefilms Year Title Director Notes 1986NirupamaBijoy ChatterjeeStree Ki PatraSoumitra ChatterjeeManjulika2001ObhinoyRituparno Ghosh2002Ushnotar JonyoKaushik GangulyAbhinetriDui Bon
TV series
Hindi TV series Year Title Role Director Notes 1988GanadevtaDurgaP. Kumar Vasudev1989-90MahabharatDraupadiRavi Chopra1993Krishnakant Ka VasiyatnamaRohiniShyamanand Jalan1995KanoonMrs. MathurBR ChopraChandrakantaDaminiNirja GuleriParamparaParivartanBharat RungacharyVirasatRakesh Chowdhary1997Mahabharat KathaDraupadiRavi Chopra1999TarkashGeeta2000-01Jai GaneshaParvati2004Sahib Biwi GulamRituparno Ghosh2006KrishnakaliAmol Palekar2007Karam Apnaa ApnaaLove Story2008Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya2009HeroineKasturiSacch Ka Saamna GuestAgle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo Sumitra Singh2011Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil2011Kahani Chandrakanta Ki2014Khamosh Sa AfsanaVaani's motherYeh Dil Sun Raha HaiRamesh Pandey2015Kuch Toh Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan2016Badho Bahu PayalSumit Sodani2017Class of 2017Suyash Vadhavkar
Bengali TV series Year Title Role Director Notes 1986MuktabandhaRamaprasad BanikParashuramer GalpoAshok Mukherjee1988GoraSucharitaMrinmoy ChakrabortyJiban JerakamJodi Emon HotoBasu Chatterjee1989Bharat PremkathaSvahaPaliyeGyanesh Mukherjee1992Muktabandha 2Ramaprasad Banik1993ShubhoratriRatri RoyJatak KanyaAmal SurOgo Priyotama1997JanmabhoomiPiyaribaiInder Sen1999Draupadi DraupadiAbhijit DasguptaJhora Samayer UpokathaChena Mukher SariSonar BanglaRani BhabaniInder SenPratibimbaKaberi SinghIngeetSrotTithir AtithiKari Diye Kinlam2011KanakanjaliArindam Ganguly2023MeyebelaBithika MitraLater Replaced by Anushree Das
Music video YearTitleNote2017Dekha Hobe Ei Banglay
Music albums Year Album Label Notes 1989MahabharatAamare Bhulona PriyoMegaphone CalcuttaAnek diyechho NathBhavna RecordsEktuku Chhonya LageHridoy MajheNatun Kore Pabo Bole2011Abosheshey
Radio programme Year Title Radio station Notes 2009Hello Roopa BolchiFriends FM
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