Debashree Roy 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 Debasree Roy Foundation, a non-profit organisation that works for the cause of stray animals. Roy was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Raidighi constituency since 2011 till 2021.
Nadi Theke Sagare is a 1978 Bengali feature film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. The film was written by Prasanta Chowdhury. The screenplay was written by Sunil Gangopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. It revolves around a prostitute who struggles to get her daughter married to a decent man. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy, Mithun Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar. Debashree Roy was credited as Rumki Roy in the film. The music of the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.
Lathi (transl. Stick) is a 1996 Bengali family drama film directed by Prabhat Roy. The Film stars Victor Banerjee as the protagonist. It also stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Satabdi Roy, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Deepankar De, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Kaushik Sen. The music of the film has been composed by Bappi Lahiri.
Agnipariksha was a popular Indian Bengali television serial, starring Sonali Chowdhury and popular cine-actor Bhaswar Chatterjee in lead roles that was telecasted by Zee Bangla between 2009 and 2014.
Ke Apon Ke Por is an Indian Bengali television soap opera which aired on Bengali Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 25 July 2016. After airing for 4 years, the show went off air on 27 December 2020. The show was produced by Boyhood Productions of Surinder Singh, Gurjit Singh and Sushanta Das.
Rakhi Bandhan was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 28 November 2016 and aired on Star Jalsha. Sayanta Modak, Sraboni Bhunia, and Subhrojit Saha played the lead roles. The show as dubbed in Tamil as Minmini Pookal, airing on Vijay Super. The show's revolved round the unique bonding between the young actors Krittika and Soham, who played Rakhi and Bandhan respectively. Krittika was applauded for her comic timing, dialogue delivery and expressions. The show took a leap of 12 years in September 2018 and the young actors were replaced by Subhrajit and Srabani as Bandhan and Rakhi respectively. The show has been produced by Blues Productions. The show went off air on 3 February after airing 787 episodes and was replaced by Mahapeeth Tarapeeth.
Bokul Kotha is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that aired from 4 December 2017 to 1 February 2020 on Zee Bangla. The show was produced by Acropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and starred Ushasi Ray and Honey Bafna in lead roles and Uponita Bnaerjee, Sumanta Mukherjee, Shreyasree Samanta, Suvajit Kar, Arindam Banerjee and Biplab Banerjee in supporting roles.
Krishnakoli is a 2018 Bengali language television Soap Opera that premiered on 18 June 2018 and airs on Bengali entertainment channel Zee Bangla. It is produced by Susanta Das of Tent Cinema and stars Tiyasha Lepcha and Neel Bhattacharya in the lead roles. After a journey of 3 and a half years, the show went off-air on 9 January 2022 on a happy note to make way for Pilu.
Bhanumotir Khel is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 8 January 2018 and aired on Zee Bangla. Produced by Subrata Roy, it starred Sreyasri Roy and Surya Rubel Das. It replaced Baksho Bodol. This show went off air on 14 June 2019, and in its place Soudaminir Sonsar started from 17 June.
Dhrubatara is an Indian Bengali television Romantic thriller which used to air on Star Jalsha and is also available on digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. It was premiered on 27 January 2020 The show produced by Acropoliis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., starred Shyamoupti Mudly and Indrajeet Bose as the titular protagonists Tara and Dhruba respectively. It ended on 19 September 2021 with a happy note.
Durga was an Indian Bengali language television soap opera, which aired from 8 September 2008 – 26 June 2010 on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha. The show starred Sandipta Sen, Gourab Chatterjee and Swagata Mukherjee and Payel De in lead roles.
Mithai is a 2021 Indian Bengali romantic comedy drama television series that premiered on 4 January 2021 on Zee Bangla. The show is also available on the digital platform ZEE5 before its telecast. The show is produced by Zee Bangla. It stars Soumitrisha Kundu as Mithai Modak and Adrit Roy as Siddhartha Modak.
Rimli was an Indian Bengali Language Drama television series which was broadcast on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla and was also available on the digital platform ZEE5 even before TV telecast. It starred Idhika Paul and John Bhattacharya in the lead roles. It was premiered on 15 February 2021. The series was produced by Acropoliis Entertainment. It was about a farming girl Rimli. The show went off air on 26 September 2021, due to low television ratings.
Kadambini is a daily Bengali soap opera which was premiered on Zee Bangla and digital platform ZEE5. The show starred Ushasi Ray and Manoj Ojha in lead roles. The show was launched on 6 July 2020 and went to off-air within three months on 3 October 2020 owing to its deformability of historical screenplay and low rating.
Jamuna Dhaki is a 2020 Indian Bengali language romantic thriller drama television series that premiered on 13 July 2020 on Zee Bangla. It is produced by Snehasish Chakraborty of Blues Productions and stars Shweta Bhattacharya and Rubel Das in the lead roles. After a successful run of almost 2 years, the show concluded on 1 July 2022.
Khelaghor is an 2020 Indian Bengali language romantic thriller drama television series that premiered on 30 November 2020 on Bengali General Television Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and it also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced by Snehasish Chakraborty of Blues Productions and stars Swikriti Majumder and Syed Arefin in lead roles. On 8 August 2022, an Odia dubbed version of this show was premiered on Star Kiran. After a successful run of almost two years, the show went off-air on 4 September 2022.
Pilu is a 2022 Indian Bengali drama television series that released on 10 January 2022 on Zee Bangla. It is also available on the digital platform ZEE5. The series is produced under the banner of Zee Bangla Productions. It stars Megha Daw and Gourab Roy Chowdhury in lead roles.
Pandab Goenda is an Indian Bengali-language television detective series that premiered on 7 September 2020, and aired on Zee Bangla. The show based on the story of Pandab Goenda, starred Rob Dey, Rishav Chakraborty, Mayukh Chatterjee, Anumita Dutta and Shritama Mitra.
Indrani is an Indian Bengali television series broadcast on Colors Bangla and digital platform Voot. Produced by Shashi Mittal and Sumeet Mittal under the banner of Shashi Sumeet Productions. It premiered on 18 July 2022. It stars Ankita Chakraborty and Rahul Ganguly in the lead role. It ended on 9 April 2023.
Bodhisattwor Bodhbuddhi is an Indian Bengali language comedy drama television series which is broadcast on the Bengali general entertainment channel Zee Bangla from 4 July 2022 and is available on the digital platform ZEE5. It stars Ryan Guhaneogi as titular character 'Bodhisattwo' and Sonali Chowdhury, Biswanath Basu, Saurav Chakraborty, Sumanta Mukherjee, Samata Das in prominent supporting roles.
