Seema Biswas

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Seema Biswas
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Biswas in 2009
Born (1965-01-14) 14 January 1965 (age 60)
Nalbari, Assam, India
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present

Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965 [1] ) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen (1994), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. [1] She won the 2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta's Water (2005). Her other mainstream films include Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), for which she won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bhoot (2003), Vivah (2006) and Half Girlfriend (2017). In addition to films, Biswas has appeared in many television shows.

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Personal life and education

Biswas was born in a Bengali family at Nalbari, Assam, to Jagdish Biswas and Meera Biswas. [2] After completing her primary education, she graduated in political science with honours from Nalbari College, Assam. She studied dramatic arts at the National School of Drama in New Delhi. [1] [3]

Career

Biswas played the lead in Krishnan Kartha's Amshini (Hindi), it entered the Indian Panorama Section of Filmotsav 1988. However, the general belief is that she debuted after Shekhar Kapur watched her perform in the NSD Repertory Company and offered her a role in Bandit Queen. Although she had earlier acted in Assamese cinema, this was her first big break into Hindi cinema.

In 1996, she played the role of Flavy, a deaf and mute woman in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Khamoshi: The Musical opposite Nana Patekar and won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Rooted firmly in theatre, she refuses to be typecast, [4] and has worked in a variety of films and character roles. She has also worked in Marathi, Malayalam and Tamil films. [5] Some of her Marathi films are Bindhast, Dhyaas Parwa and Lalbaug-Parel.[ citation needed ]

She has been honoured with the Life Membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television by the director Sandeep Marwah.[ citation needed ]

In 2014, Biswas was a jury member of the 45th International Film Festival of India, held from 20 to 30 November at Goa. [6]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguage
1988AmshiniSaradaHindi
1994 Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi
1996 Khamoshi: The Musical Flavy J. Braganza
1997 Ladies Only
1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Somu's mother
1999 Bindhaast CBI officerMarathi
Samar DulariHindi
2001 Dhyasparva Malati KarveMarathi
Shantham Malayalam
2002 Deewangee PsychiatristHindi
Company Ranibai
Ghaav: The Wound Tanya
2003 Boom BhartiHindi, English
Bhoot BaiHindi
Iyarkai MercyTamil
Pinjar Pagli- Mad womanHindustani, Punjabi
2004 Kaya Taran Sister AgathaHindi
Dobara
Ek Hasina Thi ACP Malti VaidyaHindi, English
HananMrs. HeeralalHindi, Bengali, English
2005 Water ShakuntalaEnglish, Hindi
Mumbai Godfather Hindi
The White Land Sudha's mother
2006 Vivah Rama
Shoonya Pradhan
Thalaimagan AlankaramTamil
Zindaggi Rocks Hindi
2007SofiaThe MadamEnglish
Risk Devki WardhanHindi
Amal Sapna AgarwalEnglish, Hindi
2008 Striker Siddharth's motherHindi
Shaurya Captain Javed Khan's mother
Heaven on Earth English, Punjabi
Yeh Mera India BaiHindi
2009 Cooking with Stella StellaEnglish, Hindi
Dujone Meghna's auntBengali
2010 Lalbaug Parel MotherMarathi
City of Gold AaiHindi
2011 Queens! Destiny Of Dance Guru Amma
PatangSudhaHindi, Gujarati, English
With Love, Delhi! MotherEnglish
2012 Midnight's Children Mary
2013 Oonga LaxmiHindi, Odia
2014 Chaarfutiya Chhokare JankiHindi
Manjunath Manjunath's Mother
Sold AmmaEnglish
Balyakalasakhi SelviMalayalam
Endless SummerMalayalam
2015 Jai Ho Democracy Mohini DeviHindi
2016 Kothanodi DhoneshwariAssamese
A Yellow Bird Siva's motherTamil, Mandarin, English
Freaky Ali Ali's MotherHindi
Anatomy of Violence
Holding Back
Project Marathwada
2017 Half Girlfriend Rani Sahiba, Madhav's mother
Sameer Mumtaz Khala
Soul Curry Konkani
Dhiya PootaKakiyaBhojpuri
2018 Bhoga Khirikee Assamese
2019Darkness VisibleRakheeHindi
2020IdamBhanuMalayalam
2020 Funny Boy AmmachiEnglish, Tamil, Sinhala
2021 Atrangi Re NaaniHindi
2022 Bachchhan Paandey Mrs. Paandey
2023 Sir Madam Sarpanch Parvati
2024 Political War Sunita Chatterjee
Sarfira Veer’s Mother
Visfot Acid Tai
2025Raktabeej 2Bengali
Jolly LLB 3

Television

YearTitleRole
2014–15 Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani Mai Mui
2019 Leila Madhu
2020 Daadi Amma Daadi Amma Maan Jaao! Daadi Amma

Web series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2020 Code M Asif's mother ALTBalaji/ZEE5
2021 The Family Man Season 2 PM Basu Amazon Prime Video
2022 Human Roma Ma Disney+ Hotstar
2022 Breathe: Into the Shadows Season 2 Dr. Indu Rao Amazon Prime Video
2023 Kaalkoot Ravi's mother JioCinema (now JioHotstar)
2025 Om Kali Jai Kali Kaathadi

Awards

YearAwardFilmCategoryResult
1996 National Film Awards Bandit Queen Best Actress Won [7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Bandit queen used to cry all night, used to act nude in front of director and cameraman". News Track. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Vasisht, Divya (24 June 2003). "Seema Biswas: Beyond the limelight". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
  3. ↑ M, Athira (19 July 2018). "I am a perfectionist, says Seema Biswas". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Kumar, Anuj (3 March 2007). "Beyond the image". The Hindu (Metro Plus Mangalore ed.). Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  5. ↑ Acharya, Anindita (4 June 2022). "Bandit Queen returns after 13 yrs". millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Pranjal Borah (21 November 2014). "Seema Biswas as Jury in 45th International Film Festival of India". KothaSobi. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "43rd National Film Awards – 1996". Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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