
Sandhya Roy
Acting
Biography
Sandhya Roy is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of BFJA Award for three times, and one Filmfare Award East best actress for Ganadevata. Roy made her film debut with Rajen Tarafdar's Antariksha. She starred in the Berlinale 1973 Golden Bear winning film Ashani Sanket a.k.a. Distant Thunder in her only prominent international role. Today the film features in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.
Known For

Byomkesh, a detective, stumbles upon a case of robbery while recuperating from a prolonged illness. With the only object to be stolen being a group photograph, he attempts to solve the mystery.
Abar Byomkesh

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.
Distant Thunder

Film about the lives of people on the banks of the Ganges.
Ganga

Ajay is a musician by hobby and also runs a business. His younger brother Arun wants to become a doctor. After his mother’s death, Ajay becomes the head of the family however, he falls into debt. He decides to take singing lessons to earn money. Bandana is a good singer and she starts taking classes from Ajay. Ajay starts liking Bandana because she is a charming lady and sings well. Arun and Bandana meet and they fall in love. Ajay is forced to sell his inherited property to pay Arun’s fees. His poverty is only short-lived as his popularity spreads and he becomes wealthy. In the meantime, Arun comes to know that Ajay has sold their family property but does not know the reason behind the act. This creates a misunderstanding between the two brothers. However, it is soon cleared and Ajay transfers his wealth to his brother. Arun and Bandana got married.
Monihar

Laxmi finds an abandoned baby at a temple and decides to keep him. When her husband, Shankar, returns from jail, they name the child Ramu. While Laxmi wants him to go to school, study and become someone important, Shankar wants him to gamble, partner him in bootlegging and smuggling. Ramu is unable to fit in school and decides to work with his dad. Thus Ramu grows up accepting crime as his career. Then a young woman named Mala enters his life, and both fall in love with each other. When Mala finds out about Ramu's career, she makes him promise that he will go straight. He does go straight, gets a job, and when he is laid off he takes to helping Dhondu catch fish. Then Ramu's world gets turned upside when Inspector Hemant, while apprehending Shankar, guns down Laxmi. An enraged Ramu decides that he must kill Hemant at any cost. Watch what impact this will have on Hemant's mom, his dad, and Mala herself as she watches Ramu descent into the very hell that she had tried to redeem him from.
Jaane Anjaane

Pradyut Sen is an allopathic doctor who moves to Nabagram to run his practice. However, as the village already has an ayurvedic doctor, Jibon Sen, Pradyut develops a dislike for him.
Arogya Niketan

A mother who is ill-treated by her husband and relatives is forced to abandon her newborn. She's relieved when the boy is adopted by loving parents and watches him grow up to be a handsome young man.
Maa Aamar Maa

Balraj (Dharmendra), affectionately called Raj, by his elder brother (Nana Palsikar) and sister Vija (Madhumati), is a student in college in the arts semester. As the family is not very rich, Raj decides to move from the hostel to the residence of a family. He finds one such family in Gandhinagar, which consists of Choudhury Hukumat Rai (Ashok Kumar), a lawyer by profession, his wife (Nimmi), and only daughter Shanti (Mala Sinha). Hukumat takes an instant liking to Raj, and tells him that his wife will only allow him to take up residence if he tells her that he is already married. Raj reluctantly does so, and thus acquires residence with the Rai family. Eventually Mrs. Rai takes a liking to Raj, so does Shanti. Shanti finds out Raj and her dad had lied to the family about Raj's marital status, she confronts Raj, and he readily admits that he lied.
Pooja Ke Phool

A funny conflict in between two pairs of twin brothers- two identical masters and two identical servants.
Bhrantibilas

A woman feels that her worst fears may come true when she receives a letter from her sister after 22 years.
Maya Mriga

Politician Priyanath forces Sunita for prostitution. She is abducted by the gangster Ranjan, but latter involves and falls in love with Sujit. Sujit, just recovered from mental breakdown also involves with Sunita. While Sunita is going to marry Sujit, Ranjan kills Sunita.
Aparichito

Kabita, a middle-class working woman, looks after and tries to financially support her family. Soon, she sacrifices the love of her life for her widowed sister.
Kabita

After the mysterious murder of Rozima, two friends Shiraj and Sanjay turn into foes. Later, it is revealed that it was Masud who killed Rozima. The two friends reunite again.
Prem Pratigya

Dugga joins Chiranjib in his liquor business and they end up falling in love with each other. Since he does not want her to be a part of his disturbed life, he decides to mend his ways. In order to protect her modesty, Dugga kills rapist Bhola.
Baghini

Estranged sweethearts naive Nawbab and not hot enough Nanndini, who were separated during childhood, reunite at a college and fall in love. Will Nanndini's father and her suitor approve of their courtship?
Nabab Nandini

Another call on "I Married a Dead Man" but with a change- the family hated the DIL and didn't want her, but wanted the child, the heir. The woman and the child had been attacked and couldn't live apart. Aditya's grandparents mistake Kanak for being the other woman in his life and blame her for his death. Kanak develops a strong bond with Aditya's son and everyone accepts her in the family.
Suryatapa

A young boy Manoj, who lives among the chaos and weirdness of his joint family, where the musician uncle feels suicidal after singing a wrong music note and a teacher who won't remember his education if he sits straight. Then there is the great-grandmother who is wreaking havoc around the house. Set in a small town in West Bengal, the story takes an interesting turn when Manoj's cow runs away and at the same time there is a group of vicious dacoits who are planning to rob the King. How things fall back into place is a story filled with drama and action and lots of laughter.
Manojder Adbhut Bari

Anand, the grandson of a rich businessman, walks out of his home to avoid an arranged marriage. But his grandfather goes to great lengths to bring the boy back, even if it means exploiting the sore spots of Anand's newfound lady love.
Asli Naqli

A stony-hearted mother-in-law treats her daughters-in-law, Mamata, Tandra and Deepa, according to their husband's income. However, when she falls ill and needs a pacemaker, she realises her acts of sheer folly.
Chhoto Bou

Heeru, Naren, and Chandranath were friends. From his college days, Chandranath had been aspiring and ambitious. He is also a man of strict principles in life. He leaves his brother and sister-in-law and goes away to gain immense power and knowledge. In the meantime, he marries and is blessed with a kid. However, Chandranath's quest to learn more drives him to leave his new family as well as he sets off to achieve new goals in life. He not only fails to fulfill his request but ends up losing his family too. On the other hand, Naren hails from a rich family and is a happy-go-lucky-natured man. He appreciates the finer aspects of life. He falls in love with a courtesan and brings her home. Caught between the two friends who have opposite ambitions in life, Heeru wonders which path would bring contentment in one's life. However, Heeru loses control of his life and slowly realizes that his life has become a mirror of Chandranath's life.