Gargi Roychowdhury

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The Team of MEGHNADBADH RAHASYA at the screening of their film, during the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017), in Panaji, Goa on November 22, 2017.jpg
Gargee Roychowdhury, IFFI (2017)
Born
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Occupation(s)Acting, modelling
Years active1995-present

Gargi Roychowdhury is an Indian actress. She works in Bengali movies in Tollywood and serials in television. Gargi Roychowdhury is one of the popular actresses of the Bengali screen. She began her career as a theatre artist, performing in Uttaran and later Bohurupee. She has also been a newscaster and radio artist. She is an alumnus of Patha Bhavan, Kolkata.

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Career

Gargee Roychowdhury rose to fame for the Bengali long running soap opera Sisirer Sabdo Sona Jai, in which she played a lawyer.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmDirectorRef
2004 Shudhu Tumi Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha
2010 Iti Mrinalini Aparna Sen
2012 Teen Yaari Katha Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha
2014 Khaad Kaushik Ganguly
Ramdhanu Shiboprosad Mukherjee &

Nandita Roy

[1]
Buno Haansh Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
2015 Naxal Debaditya Bandopadhyay
Bitnoon Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha
2016 Hemanta Anjan Dutta
Beche Thakar Gaan Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha
2017Chawlochitra Circus Mainak Bhaumik
Meghnad Badh Rahasya Anik Dutta [2]
Mayurakshi Atanu Ghosh
2018 Haami Shiboprosad Mukherjee &

Nandita Roy

[3]
Uma Srijit Mukherji
Kuasha JokhonAbhisekh & Meenakshi
2019 Jyeshthoputro Kaushik Ganguly
2020 Sraboner Dhara Sudeshna Roy

& Abhijit Guha

2022 Mahananda Arindam Sil [4]
Haami 2 Shiboprosad Mukherjee & Nandita Roy [5]
2023 Shesh Pata Atanu Ghosh [6]

Recent works

Gargee Roychowdhury was in the news for her performance in the movie Ramdhanu - The Rainbow . [7] It also starred Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Rachna Banerjee, Kharaj Mukherjee. [8] She also played the role of Reena Sen in the film Naxal . In 2017 she starred in Anik Dutta's movie Meghnad Badh Rahasya. [9] She also made popularity by acting in Shiboprosad Mukherjee's film Haami (2018). [10]

Roychowdhury has been featured in the Bengali version of the latest Horlicks advertisement. [11]

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References

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  11. "Horlicks ad".