Sandhya Roy

Acting

Sandhya Roy

Born April 11, 1941 (age 85)

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. T…

Known For

BhrantibilasBhrantibilas · 1963
Bhrantibilas
6.01963
MovieComedy
A funny conflict in between two pairs of twin brothers- two identical masters and two identical servants.
Lalan FakirLalan Fakir · 1987
Lalan Fakir
1987
MovieDrama
The heartwarming story of a fakir named Lalon Kar that traces his journey from being a family man to a wandering minstrel and how he spread the message of love everywhere. Note: Though poster art is in color, the movie is B&W. And while released in '87, it had to have been filmed in '84 or earlier, since Baran died in Nov 1984
KabitaKabita · 1977
Kabita
1977
MovieDramaFamily
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.
Maya MrigaMaya Mriga · 1960
Maya Mriga
8.01960
MovieDrama
A woman feels that her worst fears may come true when she receives a letter from her sister after 22 years.
FuleswariFuleswari · 1974
Fuleswari
10.01974
Movie
Fuleshwari, a beautiful young woman, falls in love with Brindaban, a simpleton who arrives in her village. She plans to marry him but is hesitant when she learns that he is involved in a crime.
BadhuBadhu · 1962
Badhu
1962
Movie
Kalyani is married into an aristocratic family. Bhuban Mohan Choudhury is unhappy because his daughter-in-law, Kalyani, has dark skin and is illiterate. Despite this, Kalyani becomes the heart of the family. Over time, Bhuban undergoes a transformation as he witnesses how lovingly Kalyani takes care of everyone in the household. However, Bhuban’s son-in-law, Phatik Chand Basu, who lives in the house, conspires and breaks the unity of the family. Can Kalyani bring the family back together?
Dolon ChapaDolon Chapa · 1987
Dolon Chapa
1987
MovieDramaFamily
Charan is a simple and honest man who is accused of a crime. Rather than accepting his fate, he fights for his innocence and tries to get acquitted of all charges.
PalankaPalanka · 1975
Palanka
9.01975
MovieDrama
Rajmohan remains in Pakistan at the time of partition and sells Maqbool a giant bed, which upsets the local Muslims.

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Jaane AnjaaneJaane Anjaane · 1971
Jaane Anjaane
8.01971
MovieDrama
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.