Alokananda Roy
{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox Actress
| name = Alokananda Roy
| nationality = Indian
| yearsactive = 1957 – 1962
1978 – present
| awards = BFJA Awards
}}
Alokananda Roy is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and theatre. She made her thespian debut at the age of seven in the 1951 and later on became part of numerous Bengali plays. She made her screen debut with Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha (1962).{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Debaleena |date=20 May 2012 |title=I knew who Monisha was: Alokananda Roy |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/i-knew-who-monisha-was-alokananda-roy-112052000022_1.html |access-date=21 December 2020}} She received a BFJA Award for her role in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bengali film Phera (1988). She appeared in National Award winning films such as Paromitar Ek Din, Utsab, Prohor and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero.{{Cite web |title=Bravely told heroic tale |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bravely-told-heroic-tale/cid/968821 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=The Telegraph (India)}}
Acting career
While searching for a new face to portray the character of Manisha in Kanchenjungha (1962), Satyajit Ray ultimately chose Alokananda Roy for the role. Ray had to convince her father and her uncle as well that the role was sober enough to play.{{Cite web |title=Goopy Bagha on Ray birthday |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/goopy-bagha-on-ray-birthday/cid/1689867 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=The Telegraph (India)}} The film did not perform well at the box office.
In 1978, She returned to stage with the Bengali play Acharya directed by Shekhar Chatterjee. She featured opposite Soumitra Chatterjee for near about ten years, in the Bengali play Homapakhi directed by the latter.{{Cite web |title=দুই নাটকে জন্মদিন পালন সৌমিত্রর |url=https://www.aajkaal.in/news/entertainment/26936 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=aajkaal.in |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She starred as Rangapishima in Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali thriller TV series Tahar Namti Ranjana.{{Cite web |title=Ranga Pishima to come alive through Tahar Namti Ranjana |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Ranga-Pishima-to-come-alive-through-Tahar-Namti-Ranjana/articleshow/20571937.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026063943/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Ranga-Pishima-to-come-alive-through-Tahar-Namti-Ranjana/articleshow/20571937.cms |archive-date=26 October 2019 |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} Due to the sudden demise of Ghosh, the series was never carried on after completion of the first episode.{{Cite web |date=30 August 2020 |title=ঋতুপর্ণ ঘোষ |url=https://sobbanglay.com/sob/rituparno-ghosh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930021359/https://sobbanglay.com/sob/rituparno-ghosh/ |archive-date=30 September 2020 |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=সববাংলায় |language=bn-BD}}
Awards
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!Award !Year !Category !Film !Result !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| BFJA Award
|1989 |Best Actress in a Leading Role |{{won}} |
|---|
| Anandalok Puraskar
|1998 |Best Actress in a Supporting Role |Sedin Chaitramas |{{won}} |
| Filmfare Award Bangla
|2022 |Best Actress in a Supporting Role |Ekannoborty |{{nom}} |
Filmography
=Hindi film=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Film !Role !Notes !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2004
|Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero |Prabhabati Devi | |
=Bengali film=
| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 1962
|Manisha |directed by Satyajit Ray |
| 1988
| |directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |
| 1997
|Sedin Chaitramas | | | |
| rowspan="2" |2000
| |directed by Aparna Sen | |
| Utsab
| |directed by Rituparno Ghosh | |
| 2004
| | | |
| 2006
| | | |
| 2007
| | | |
| 2015
|Family Album | | | |
| 2016
|Benche Thakar Gaan | | |
| 2021
|Ekannoborti | |directed by Mainak Bhaumik | |
=Bengali TV series=
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ !Year !Title !Channel !Role |
| 1999
| rowspan="2" |Zee Bangla |Nandini's mother. |
| 2008
|Tista's mother. |
| 2010
| rowspan="2" |Star Jalsha |Sucharita Sanyal. |
| rowspan="2" |2013
|Rangama. |
| Raage Anuraage
|Mallar's mother. |
| 2016
|Gora's paternal grandmother. |
| 2017
|Nilasha's maternal grandmother |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| rowspan="2" |Star Jalsha | |
| Sreemoyee
|Sreemoyee's Mother. |
| 2021
|Amader Ei Poth Jodi Na Shesh Hoy |Rama Sarkar:Satyaki's Grandmother |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=9704937}}
- [https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/adver/107172as-an-actress.html Alokananda Roy] on [https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com calcuttayellowpage]