indian celebrities: Roopa Ganguly

Monday 2 July 2012

Roopa Ganguly

Rupa Ganguly or Roopa Ganguly (Bengali: রূপালী গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়, rupali gônggopaddhae) (born 25 November 1966) is an Indian actress and National Film Award Winning female playback singer in the Hindi and Bengali languagefilm industry, as well as television^[1] She became popular after playing Draupadi in the hit Television seriesMahabharat (1988), and in film is most known for her roles in films like Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) by Gautam Ghose, Yugant (1995) by Aparna Sen, and Antarmahal (2006) by Rituparno Ghosh.^[2]Rupa Ganguly debuted in the Anil Kapoor starrer, Saaheb 1985, after her graduation from Calcutta. Her second role was in Malayalam film, Ithile Iniyum Varu (1986), with Mamoothy as lead. Though her first role as a lead actress, was the pivotal role of Draupadi, in B.R. Chopra's mythological TV series, Mahabharat (1988), which immediately got her attention