Sandhya Roy

Acting

Sandhya Roy

Born 1941-04-11

Sandhya Roy is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of BFJA Award for three times, and one Filmfare Award East best actress for Ganadevata. Roy made her film debut with Rajen Tarafdar's Antariksha. She starred in the Berlinale 1973 Golden Bear winning film Ashani Sanket a.k.a. Distant Thunder in her only prominent international role. Today the film features in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.

Acting credits

Bhrantibilas poster
6.0

A funny conflict in between two pairs of twin brothers- two identical masters and two identical servants.

Bhrantibilas

1963

Lalan Fakir poster
NR

The heartwarming story of a fakir named Lalon Kar that traces his journey from being a family man to a wandering minstrel and how he spread the message of love everywhere. Note: Though poster art is in color, the movie is B&W. And while released in '87, it had to have been filmed in '84 or earlier, since Baran died in Nov 1984

Lalan Fakir

1987

Kabita poster
NR

Kabita, a middle-class working woman, looks after and tries to financially support her family. Soon, she sacrifices the love of her life for her widowed sister.

Kabita

1977

Maya Mriga poster
8.0

A woman feels that her worst fears may come true when she receives a letter from her sister after 22 years.

Maya Mriga

1960

Fuleswari poster
10.0

Fuleshwari, a beautiful young woman, falls in love with Brindaban, a simpleton who arrives in her village. She plans to marry him but is hesitant when she learns that he is involved in a crime.

Fuleswari

1974

No artwork available
9.0

Thagini (The Lady Thug) is a Bengali suspense drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar based on a short story of Subodh Ghosh. This film was released on 13 December 1974 in the banner of Chaya O Chabi Production. Music of the film was scored by Hemanta Mukherjee.

The Lady Thug

1974

Badhu poster
NR

Kalyani is married into an aristocratic family. Bhuban Mohan Choudhury is unhappy because his daughter-in-law, Kalyani, has dark skin and is illiterate. Despite this, Kalyani becomes the heart of the family. Over time, Bhuban undergoes a transformation as he witnesses how lovingly Kalyani takes care of everyone in the household. However, Bhuban’s son-in-law, Phatik Chand Basu, who lives in the house, conspires and breaks the unity of the family. Can Kalyani bring the family back together?

Badhu

1962

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jamai No. 1

1998

Dolon Chapa poster
NR

Charan is a simple and honest man who is accused of a crime. Rather than accepting his fate, he fights for his innocence and tries to get acquitted of all charges.

Dolon Chapa

1987

Palanka poster
9.0

Rajmohan remains in Pakistan at the time of partition and sells Maqbool a giant bed, which upsets the local Muslims.

Palanka

1975

No artwork available
8.0

Endearingly realist love story between a prostitute and a thief. Rajani (Roy), a streetwalker, shelters the thief Aghor (So. Chatterjee) but he steals her money.

Sangsar Simantey

1975

Aagaman poster
NR

Binu, 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

Asli Naqli poster
6.0

Anand, the grandson of a rich businessman, walks out of his home to avoid an arranged marriage. But his grandfather goes to great lengths to bring the boy back, even if it means exploiting the sore spots of Anand's newfound lady love.

Asli Naqli

1962

Sriman Prithviraj poster
8.0

Social comedy about two young newlyweds against the backdrop of pre-Independence Bengal.

Sriman Prithviraj

1973

No artwork available
10.0

A young man faces several hurdles but plays a huge role in the pioneering of Tappa music in Bengal.

Amar Geeti

1983

Prem Pratigya poster
NR

After the mysterious murder of Rozima, two friends Shiraj and Sanjay turn into foes. Later, it is revealed that it was Masud who killed Rozima. The two friends reunite again.

Prem Pratigya

1999

Palatak poster
6.8

A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.

Palatak

1963

Distant Thunder poster
6.7

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Distant Thunder

1973

Nimantran poster
8.0

Hiru Ganguly is unable to marry Kumudini, his lover, after her father rejects his marriage proposal. Years later, although married to another woman, he once again desires to win her back. As old feelings are rekindled, will they take any steps to go against the social customs?

Nimantran

1971

Jaane Anjaane poster
8.0

Laxmi finds an abandoned baby at a temple and decides to keep him. When her husband, Shankar, returns from jail, they name the child Ramu. While Laxmi wants him to go to school, study and become someone important, Shankar wants him to gamble, partner him in bootlegging and smuggling. Ramu is unable to fit in school and decides to work with his dad. Thus Ramu grows up accepting crime as his career. Then a young woman named Mala enters his life, and both fall in love with each other. When Mala finds out about Ramu's career, she makes him promise that he will go straight. He does go straight, gets a job, and when he is laid off he takes to helping Dhondu catch fish. Then Ramu's world gets turned upside when Inspector Hemant, while apprehending Shankar, guns down Laxmi. An enraged Ramu decides that he must kill Hemant at any cost. Watch what impact this will have on Hemant's mom, his dad, and Mala herself as she watches Ramu descent into the very hell that she had tried to redeem him from.

Jaane Anjaane

1971

Abar Byomkesh poster
6.9

Byomkesh, a detective, stumbles upon a case of robbery while recuperating from a prolonged illness. With the only object to be stolen being a group photograph, he attempts to solve the mystery.

Abar Byomkesh

2012

Path O Prasad poster
7.0

Nilu and his mother Dipannita are not accepted by his grandfather, Aditya, as he thinks she married his son for money. However, things change when Aditya adopts Nilu.

Path O Prasad

1991

Chithi - The Letter poster
8.0

The Letter.

Chithi - The Letter

1973

Baghini poster
8.0

Dugga joins Chiranjib in his liquor business and they end up falling in love with each other. Since he does not want her to be a part of his disturbed life, he decides to mend his ways. In order to protect her modesty, Dugga kills rapist Bhola.

Baghini

1968