Roopa Ganguly

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Roopa Ganguly Biography

Kolkata based actress turned politician Roopa Ganguly is a Member of Parliament in Rajyasabha. She was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janta Party in October 2016 in place of cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned earlier. She is an actress, playback singer, social worker and politician. If you talk about her student life, then she did her schooling from Beltala Girls' High School and obtained a bachelor's degree from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of University of Calcutta, in Kolkata. She has acted in numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning films and television serials. She is best known for her rendition of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series Mahabharat (1988).

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Roopa Ganguly Personal Life

Full Name	Roopa Ganguly
Date of Birth	25 Nov 1966 (Age 59)
Place of Birth	Kolkata (West Bengal)
Party Name	Bharatiya Janta Party
Education	Graduate
Profession	Artist, Politician
Father's Name	Samarendra Lal Ganguly
Mother's Name	Juthika Ganguly
Spouse's Name	Dhruba Mukherjee (Separated after Divorce)
Spouse's Profession	Engineer
Children	1 Son(s)
Website	https://www.roopagangopadhyay.com/

Roopa Ganguly Net Worth

Net Worth

₹3.15 CRORE

ASSETS

₹3.23 CRORE

Liabilities

₹8.08 LAKHS

Interesting Facts about Roopa Ganguly

Roopa Ganguly is also a trained Rabindra Sangeet vocalist and a classical dancer.
Before accepting the role of Draupadi in Mahabharat, she was featured in Bengali TV serial 'Streer Patra' in 1985 and Hindi TV serial Ganadevta in 1986.
In 2011, Ganguly got national film award for best female playback singer for the film "Abosheshey."

Political Timeline of Roopa Ganguly

• 2016 : She became Member of Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers.
• 2016 : She contested from Howrah North as a BJP candidate in WB assembly elections but lost against Trinamool Congress candidate and cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla.
• 2015 : After a long inning in the field of cinema, Roopa Ganguly entered in Politics with Bhartiya Janta Party. She joined BJP months before West Bengal Assembly Elections. She was made the president of state wing of Mahila Morcha.

Roopa Ganguly Achievements

Ganguly had won numerous awards including:
Bengal Film Journalists' Association, Best Supporting Actress Award (1996) for Ujan
Bengal Film Journalists' Association, Best Supporting Actress Award (2006) for Antarmahal
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2011) for Abosheshey in Aditi Roy's Bengali film
Smita Patil Memorial Award for Mahabharat
Kalakar Awards three times.
She was awarded for her husky and haunting voice in the songs Dure Kothay and Aji Bijan Ghare.

Won awards in various Car rallies, social works Notable TV Series:
Muktabandha
Streer Patra
Mahabharat
Sukanya
Janmabhoomi

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