Debashree Roy

Debashree Roy, also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. She was a bankable star of Bengali cinema during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. She has received more than 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 from 2011 till 2021. Her first acting assignment was Hiranmoy Sen's Bengali devotional film Pagal Thakur where she was cast as an infant Ramakrishna Paramhansa. Her first leading role in Bengali cinema came with Arabinda Mukhopadhyay's film Nadi Theke Sagare. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debashr...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)