
Acting
Debashree Roy
Born
1962-08-08 (64)
Place of birth
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962), also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. As an actress, she is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She has been cited as the reigning queen of Bengali commercial cinema. She acted in more than a hundred films and won over forty awards, including a National Award, three BFJA Awards, five Kalakar Awards and an Anandalok Award. As a dancer, she is known for her stage adaptations of the various forms of Indian folk dances as well as her innovative dance forms imbued with elements from Indian classical, tribal and folk dance. She runs Natraj dance troupe. She is the founder of De…
Known for
NRThe story of Jaya, an ordinary housewife, who decides to break the stereotype to carve an identity for herself and live her dreams with her husbands support.
Sarbojaya
2021
10.0The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on Vivekananda life. Movie's focus is on Vivekananda's internal struggles and questions about the meaning and truth of life.
Swami Vivekananda
1998
NRSucharita Lahiri, a middle-aged homemaker, becomes famous as Chemistry Mashi by imparting free chemistry lessons online. But when highly paid coaching institutes smell trouble, Sucharita must navigate politicised scandals and systemic corruption in the education sector to keep teaching those in need.
Chemistry Mashi
2024
8.5A middle-aged junior artist struggles to taste the success of stardom even after spending 30 years in the industry.
Shukno Lanka
2010
9.0This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.
Daughters of This Century
2001
5.0Inspector Raj Sinha kills Durjo Rai's son in an encounter and arrests Raghab Rai. Durjo Rai kills Raj Sinha's family for revenge. Raj appoints his friend and suspended police officer Abhimanyu for the safety of Nandini and Rimi. Abhimanyu's wife and daughter were killed by Durjo in the past and minister of police Vikram Sen had suspended Abhimanyu. Durjo's men injure Abhimanyu and kidnaps Rimi. Durjo demands Raghab's freedom as ransom; Vikram Sen is also involved. Abhimanyu kills Vikram, Raghab and Durjo and frees Rimi. Will Abhimanyu also gets killed in the process?
Abhimanyu
2006
Film credits
2010s · 7 titles
8.5A middle-aged junior artist struggles to taste the success of stardom even after spending 30 years in the industry.
Shukno Lanka
2010
The lives of a few individuals who frequently visit the famous Park Street in Kolkata get intertwined in an intricate way.
Life in Park Street
2012
5.0Handa and Bhonda both hate their life and they are looking for a miracle to happen.
Handa and Bhonda
2010
5.0It’s a story of Arko and Titas. Both are in love, have a steamy relationship and are about to get married. Through different incident Arko falls for his office boss Mridul and Tiyas falls for Sania. The story revolves around how they find mental peace and love in same sex and how they deal with society.
10th July
2014
NRFour youngsters and a couple take matters into their own hands when a few felonious individuals encroach upon innocent people's land in their village.
Swabhoomi
2013
NRDipto and Riddhi are married working in a corporate office, both have busy work schedules. All was well until Dipto got involved in an extra marital affair with his colleague, Shruti. Currently, they are awaiting a divorce. Both imagine that this will bring a leash of fresh air into their lives but destiny has something else in store for them. There is a sudden rush of happiness by the name of a certain Khushi. But then Khushi remains a mysterious entity, effectively changing the equations of the lives of Riddhi and Dipto. Will Khushi help them start afresh?
Antore Bahire
2012
NRThis story and screenplay has been created with the essence from the poem “Hathat Dekha” by Rabindranath Tagore. Unseparated untouched but with times of age flowed to turn them old but they met each other in a railway compartment.
Hotath Dekha
2017
2000s · 16 titles
9.0This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.
Daughters of This Century
2001
5.0Inspector Raj Sinha kills Durjo Rai's son in an encounter and arrests Raghab Rai. Durjo Rai kills Raj Sinha's family for revenge. Raj appoints his friend and suspended police officer Abhimanyu for the safety of Nandini and Rimi. Abhimanyu's wife and daughter were killed by Durjo in the past and minister of police Vikram Sen had suspended Abhimanyu. Durjo's men injure Abhimanyu and kidnaps Rimi. Durjo demands Raghab's freedom as ransom; Vikram Sen is also involved. Abhimanyu kills Vikram, Raghab and Durjo and frees Rimi. Will Abhimanyu also gets killed in the process?
Abhimanyu
2006
5.0Agnishwar Rai is famous for his notorious attitude towards criminals and gets arrested when he puts an MLA behind bars. Filled with anger, he avenges his wife's death who was murdered by the same MLA.
Yuddho
2005
7.5Bimawl, an honest government officer, lives an apparently happy conjugal life with his wife Mouli. Things change when Mouli's college friend visits their home.
Abaidha
2002
Bhimkanta, a guard at a government office, commits suicide. His friend Dashu steps up to help his pregnant wife collect his dues, but instead gets caught in a web of corruption.
Shatabdir Galpo
2003
A young woman wants to pursue a career in music and desires to become better at the art. However, she faces opposition from her family members who instead want her to get married.
Gandharbi
2002
7.3A small time goon becomes a member of the legislative assembly; the story depicts a week in his life.
M.L.A. Fatakesto
2006
NRThe film explores the complexities of relationships and human life as guests staying at a lodge on Machranga Island face personal crises.
Pakhi
2009
5.8The film revolves around an aging poet Sashi Bhusan Sanyal afflicted with glaucoma and nearly blind whose wife has deserted him because of his reckless lifestyle.
Dekha
2001
NRInspector Rudra becomes Mahaguru.
Mahaguru
2007
9.0Ria, an eighteen-year-old mentally unstable girl, falls in love with her tenant Anjan, who already has a girlfriend. When he rejects her advances, she tries to create difference between the couple.
The Girl
2001
NRKesto lost his parents and comes to his step-sister's house seeking a familial bond. However, he is ill-treated by some family members until he meets a woman who treats him like her own son.
Mej Didi
2003
NRManik, an oppressed man, struggles with the various conflicts he faces in life. His troubles increase when he gets married to a prostitute.
Chaka
2000
NRAfter leaving her family, Teesta seeks solace at the hills and greenery of Kalimpong.
Teesta
2005
NRBased on a story written by renowned Indian Bengali writer Shirshendu Mukhopaday, an artist's fascination with a circus performer who devours live snakes and chicken turns into obsession leading him to marry her just to learn her tricks but it costs him peace and poise.
Colours of Hunger
2003
6.0The film deals with how a teacher along with his students fight corruption.
Tiger
2007
1990s · 17 titles
10.0The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on Vivekananda life. Movie's focus is on Vivekananda's internal struggles and questions about the meaning and truth of life.
Swami Vivekananda
1998
NRJaya is a victim of extreme mental and physical torture by her husband Ranjeet. She tries to free from her husband numerous time but never succeeds. On the other hand Ranjeet gets involved with a smuggler Jagmohan and takes one lac rupees from him. To return the money he pressurises Jaya to fetch one lac rupees from her parents. Thinking about his daughter, Jayas father sells his house but meets with an accident and can't hand over oney to her. Unable to repay the money, Ranjeet agrees to give his wife for a one night stand to Jagmohan. When Jaya comes to know about this she escapes to find refuge in reporter Pallab Chatterjee's house. After some days Jagmohan identifies Jaya residing in Pallab's residence and reports it to Ranjit. After that Ranjit and Jagmohan visit Jaya's mother in the hospital to find her whereabouts and she refuses Jagmohan suffocates her to death.
Bhoy
1996
8.0A singer falls in love with a village beauty and soon they get married. However, their marital bliss is dampened due to an unfortunate event that separates them.
Anutap
1992
NRAtindranath Bannerjee, a retired teacher, faces harassment from his family members and decides to discipline them. Later, he shifts to a slum and starts teaching underprivileged children.
Lathi
1996
7.7A female dancer becomes famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way.
Unishe April
1994
9.0When Mahua's father refuses to acknowledge her relationship with Abheek, she pretends to be a patient who has lost her memory. Her father is forced to unite the two lovers.
Ahankar
1991
7.5Set in the imaginary village of Ajab Gaon (Strange Village) , the story revolves around several characters. Raja Birchandra, is a king without a kingdom who whiles away his time singing songs by Tagore. Dukkharam is a school teacher who lives in a house haunted by an ancestor; Madhab Ghosal is a devotee of Lord Shiva who wants to analyse everything; Madhab Dutta claims to be a great shikari; Tia, Dutta's innocent niece, has resolved to marry the school teacher. Underlying the strands of all of these stories, is the legend of a treasure hidden in the Raja's palace. Birchandra is least concerned about this but there are certain other characters who are out to steal it.
Strange Tale of a Strange Village
1998
NRRanjit is an educated and unemployed young man, desperately looking for a job. He is taught to use a gun by people who promise to show him a new way of life and lead him to a better future.
Kalsandhya: Twilight of Death
1997
NRA police superintendent arrests an unusual person guilty of three murders. There are mass protests for his release outside the jail. The protesting villagers refer to him as "debota", a guardian angel. As the policeman talks to the prisoner he hears a unique tale of heroism and honor.
Debota
1990
10.0Police officer Rupen Roy arrests Jaga Goonda and is directed by the court to imprison him for 21 years. However, Jaga escapes from jail with the help of a corrupt cop Sachin and kills Rupen Roy's family. Rupen's only child is alive because he lives in a missionary school. Jaga also kills the judge and the witness of the case. Their sons unite together and avenge the death of their family.
Rakta Nadir Dhara
1994
NRSabitri, who is married to Nanda, is exploited daily by her mother-in-law. Seeing this, her uncle decides to help her overcome her problems.
Lovely Wife
1999
NRIndraneel is killed on the day of Pratiksha and his wedding. Pratiksha trains herself to take revenge and artfully kills the murderer.
Tomar Rakte Aamar Sohaag
1993
8.0Girish Ghosh, a dramatist, comes across Binodini Dasi, a prostitute who has a knack for theatre. Soon, she manages to garner a lot of attention because of her performances. Her struggles, her eminent role in the formation of Star Theatre in North Kolkata and her sacrifices for the same are shown. She was a pioneering entrepreneur of Indian Bengali stage. Her meeting with Sri Ramkrishna Dev, his liking for her acting and his blessings change her life significantly. She gives up acting which was her life after the sudden demise of the lord.
Nati Binodini
1994
NRKripa Sindhu and Sita undergo torture at the hands of Sita's stepmother. On appealing for justice, they are humiliated and banished from their own home.
Rajdanda
1999
NRA series of murders in a forest compels the owner to file a complaint with the police. The authorities investigate the killings in order to apprehend the perpetrator and uncover their motive.
Mayabini
1992
7.5Sudhamoy is forced to depend on his daughter's earnings. His life takes a drastic turn when his wife falls ill and gets hospitalized.
Asukh
1999
NRTwo young women fall in love with the same man creating several issues for them. Meanwhile, their parents make several sacrifices in order for their children to have a good life.
Srodhanjali
1993
1980s · 16 titles
7.2After the marriage of her niece, an Anglo-Indian school-teacher, Violet Stoneham, lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta. When a former student starts visiting her with her boyfriend, Violet welcomes them eagerly.
36 Chowringhee Lane
1981
7.0Radha, a young man, visits a village to attend the wedding of his friend's sister. However, when the groom runs away, he is forced to marry the devastated bride.
Manaivi Ready
1987
7.0Three brothers go through ups and downs in their lives after the death of their parents.
Jiyo To Aise Jiyo
1981
NRA tough cop must come to terms with his brother and rival, and with his mother's tainted past.
Aakrosh
1989
NRBideshwar Rakshit is a shrewd businessman who has dominance over everyone, except his son Nirmal. When Nirmal falls in love with Bimala, his father refuses to accept their relationship.
Samrat O Sundari
1987
A woman plunges into a river after her boyfriend refused to marry her, but is saved by another man of inferior caste whom she marries.
Seepeeyan
1984
8.0Sumita comes from a simple middle-class family and is forced into prostitution due to circumstances. She becomes the sole bread winner for her family after coming out of a failed marriage. But, things start getting better when she meets her long lost friend, Sarbajit. How will Sarbajit react once he finds out about Sumita’s profession?
Agamikal
1983
NRA family drama that is based on a complicated love story. It tells the story of two friends, one of whom loses his eyesight in an accident. In order to not punish his love, he decides to lie to his love and makes her leave him on purpose. In a tragic turn of events, it happens so that the best friend is to marry the hero's love. Dealing with a lot of complications and emotional turmoil, the truth is known by all and then finally, the two lovers are united with happiness.
Surer Akashe
1988
NRA 1981 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Dilip Mukhopadhyay.
Father
1981
4.7An honest and upright lawyer becomes a judge; marries his disabled daughter to a crook, and is blackmailed to compromise his judicial judgements.
Justice Chaudhury
1983
NRTroyee is the story of a simple man (Mithun), his life, love and relationship.
Troyee
1982
8.5Nivaran Chatterjee lives with his wife and three sons: an elder married, son Kedarnath impaired after a head injury, and youngest Amarnath, a student. Amarnath loves Beeni Mukherjee, whose sister Saraswati studies. Kedarnath admires Saraswati but pretends to be an athlete; she learns his fraud, ends the romance and marries her father's chosen suitor.
Dadar Kirti
1980
NRBinu, a mischievous boy, is forced to leave his village and gets separated from Chandra, his lady love and the local zamindar's daughter. He finds shelter in a theatre group but faces many ups and downs in life before he finally returns home and all problems are thereby solved.
Aagaman
1988
9.0A landlord develops feelings for Kunda but is unable to marry her since he is married to Suryamukhi. Eventually, Kunda marries Suryamukhi's brother, who turns out to be an alcoholic.
Bisha Briksha
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mouna Mukhar
1987
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Chokher Aloye
1989
1970s · 3 titles
5.0A Middle-Aged Woman named Sheba comes to an Obscure town named Nijhumgarh to be the Governess of a Renowned Household called "Ray Kuthi". But little did she know about the Bungalow and the dwellers. She is startled to know that two murders took place there nearly seven years earlier. The Mist of the mysterious happenings get only thicker. Now Sheba could only pray for it to Go Away as incidents transcend the rules of our physical world.
Kuheli
1971
The character played by Mithun Chakraborty undergoes a journey of his life. This is the film where Debashree Roy, for the first time played a leading role. She played the unfathered daughter to the character played by Sandhya Roy and had to enact the adolescence as well as the adulthood of the character she was given.
Nadi Theke Sagare
1978
7.0After returning to his hometown, Gopi happens to meet Geetha and the two fall for each other. However, this does not bode well with Vikram, a good-for-nothing man, who is in love with Geetha.
Ee Ganam Marakkumo
1978
Series credits
NRThe story of Jaya, an ordinary housewife, who decides to break the stereotype to carve an identity for herself and live her dreams with her husbands support.
Sarbojaya
2021
NRSucharita Lahiri, a middle-aged homemaker, becomes famous as Chemistry Mashi by imparting free chemistry lessons online. But when highly paid coaching institutes smell trouble, Sucharita must navigate politicised scandals and systemic corruption in the education sector to keep teaching those in need.
Chemistry Mashi
2024

