Debashree Roy

Some Lesser Known Facts About Debashree Roy

• Does Debashree Roy smoke?: No

• Does Debashree Roy drink alcohol?: No

• Debashree is is truly multi-talented as she is a fine actress, dancer, and choreographer.

• She gave her first dance stage performance at the tender age of 3.

• She started her acting career as a child artist at the age of 6.

• She got fame as a child artist at the age of 9, for her role of ‘Ranu’ in the Bengali film ‘Kuheli’ (1971). 

• She is a trained Indian classical, tribal and folk dancer.

• Initially, she learned dancing skills from her mother and eldest sister and then Bandana Sen, but later on, she was trained by Kelucharan Mahapatra.

• She has worked in 100+ movies in various languages, such as – Bengali, Tamil, and Hindi.

• She has won several awards including a ‘National Film Award’, ‘Banga Bibhushan’, 3 ‘BFJA Awards’, 5 ‘Kalakar Awards’, an ‘Anandalok Puraskar’ and ‘Bharat Nirman Award’.

• She is the maternal aunt of Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji. 

• In 1995, she was married to popular Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee,which lasted for 3 years.

• She participated in many classical and folk dance dramas like ‘Bichitro’, ‘Vasavdatta’ (production of Natraj Troupe), ‘Swapner Sandhane’ etc.

• In 2011, she became the Member of the Legislative Assembly from ‘Raidighi constituency’.
  

• She runs a non-profit organization namely ‘Debasree Roy Foundation’ for the cause of stray animals.