title: Debashree Roy filmography
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Ghantasala (singer)
Abhishek Bachchan
Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Kaalbela
Drive (2018 film)
Madhu Mantena
Koochie Koochie Hota Hai
Dostana (2008 film)
sentences: Debashree Roy is an Indian actress who has performed in over hundred films.
 She is a National Award winner actress and known for her work in Bengali cinema.
 She has been a highly successful leading actress in Bengali cinema throughout eighties and nineties as well as a critically acclaimed actress.
 She started her career as a child artist in a Bengali film named "Pagal Thakur" (1966) directed by Hiranmoy Sen. She was launched as an adult actress in Arabinda Mukhopadhyay's Bengali flick "Nadi Theke Sagare" (1978).
 In 1980, Tarun Majumdar cast her in his romantic flick "Dadar Kirti" which literally made her a star.
 She acted in Aparna Sen's directorial debut 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981).
 She appeared in Hindi films like Kanak Mishra's "Jiyo To Aise Jiyo" (1981), Desh Gautam's "Bura Aadmi" (1982), Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao's "Justice Chaudhury" (1983), Mukul Dutt's "Phulwari" (1984), Akash Jain's "Seepeeyan" (1984), Vijay Singh's "Kabhi Ajnabi The" (1985), Bhabendra Nath Saikia's "Kaal Sandhya" (1997).
 Her "Kabhi Ajnabi The" was assumed to be a huge hit at box office but it turned out to be a major flop at box office causing a doom to her Bollywood career.
 In 1985, she acted in Tarun Majumdar's romantic flick Bhalobasa Bhalobasa which was a major success at box office.
 This film ensured Roy's pairing with Tapas Paul as the leading on-screen pairing of nineteen eighties.
 Her other major hits with Paul are "Lalmahal" (1986), "Uttar Lipi" (1986), "Arpan" (1987), "Shankhachur" (1988), "Surer Sathi" (1988), "Surer Akashe" (1988), "Nayanmani" (1989), "Chokher Aloy" (1989), "Shubha Kamana" (1991), "Mayabini" (1992), "Phire Paoa" (1993), "Tobu Mone Rekho" (1994), "Putrabadhu" (1998).
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (English: "A Match Made By God") is a 2008 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under the banner Yash Raj Films.
 The film is inspired by "The World of Apu" of legendary Bengali film maker Satyajit Ray.
 The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles.
 Khan plays a mild-mannered office worker named Surinder Sahni, whose love for the beautiful and vivacious Taani (Anushka Sharma) causes him to transform himself into the loud and fun-loving "Raj" to win her love.
 It was released worldwide on 12 December 2008 and marked Aditya Chopra's return to directing after an eight-year break, following his previous film, "Mohabbatein".
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (4 December 1922 – 11 February 1974) was an Indian film, composer, playback singer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and a few Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi language films.
 In 1970, he received the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
 According to "The Hindu" and "The Indian Express", Ghantasala was "Such a divine talent and with his songs he could move the hearts of the people."
 "Ghantasala's blending of classical improvisations to the art of light music combined with his virtuosity and sensitivity puts him a class apart, above all others in the field of playback singing"."
 "Gifted with what Indian Film Historian V. A. K. Ranga Rao called "the most majestic voice", Ghantasala helped Telugu film music develop its own distinct character which remains unparalleled".
 He is referred to as the "Gaana Gandharva" for his mesmerising voice and musical skills.
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian film actor, producer and playback singer known for his works in Bollywood and Bengali cinema.
 Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan, and Jaya Bachchan.
 He made his screen debut with the 2000 War film, "Refugee".
Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (born in Bijapur, Karnataka) is a two-time National Award winning Indian classical singer who is active mostly in Marathi, Konkani and Hindi film Industry.
 She is known for her unique high-pitch singing and style which she has earned in Agra as well as Gwalior and Jaipur- Atrauli gharanas.
 Arati's performances are marked by her command over both rhythm and melody.
 She received her first National Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the Konkani film 'Anternaad', based on the life of a classical singer for the year 2006.
 She has also received Maharashtra State Award (best playback singer), V.Shantaram Award and Maharashtra Times Award for a Marathi Film De Dhakka (2008).
 Later in 2013, she was awarded with National Award for Best Female Playback singer for the second time for a Marathi movie, Samhita.
 She is married to Indian film actor Uday Tikekar.
 Her daughter Swanandi Tikekar who is in her mid-twenties dabbles in acting as well.
kaalbela (Bengali: কালবেলা "Calcutta My Love") is a 2009 Bengali film directed by Goutam Ghose .
The film stars Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Soumitra Chatterjee and Santu Mukherjee.
 This film is set against the background of the Naxalite movement.
 Based on a 1980s novel by Samaresh Majumdar, the film sets itself up, quite self-consciously, within a certain tradition of films, namely radical political Bengali cinema of the 1970s and 1980s.
 It thus establishes an intertextuality and a certain connection with them.
 By situating itself and the story it has to tell, within this matrix of the 1970s radical Bengali cinema, Ghose anchors the film squarely within that time.
 The mood and the events certainly, but even the way black and white shots are used, underlines a somewhat documentary – and thus temporally limited – way these sequences are put to use.
Drive is an upcoming Indian action comedy Hindi film.
 It is directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Karan Johar.
 It stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vikramjeet Virk and Sapna Pabbi.
 in the lead roles.
Madhu Mantena Varma is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur involved in the production and distribution of films across Bollywood, Telugu cinema, and Bengali cinema.
 In 2008, Madhu Mantena co-produced "Ghajini" (2008) which was the highest grossing Indian film for that year.
 Since then Madhu has produced films such as the trilingual sleeper-hit Rakht Charitra (2010), the political thriller "Rann" (2010) screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Bengali hit Autograph.
Koochie Koochie Hota Hai is a delayed-release computer-animated Bollywood film directed by Tarun Mansukhani and co-produced by Dharma Productions and Prana Studios.
 The voice-over for the lead anthropomorphic characters has been given by Sanjay Dutt, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji and Ritesh Deshmukh.
 It is an animated remake of the hit 1998 Hindi film, "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai".
Dostana ("Friendship") is a 2008 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Karan Johar and Hiroo Yash Johar.
 The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra, with Bobby Deol, Kirron Kher, Sushmita Mukherjee and Boman Irani in supporting roles.
 "Dostana" tells the story of two men who pretend to be gay to share an apartment with a girl; eventually, both fall in love with her.

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 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (English: "A Match Made By God") is a 2008 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under the banner Yash Raj Films.
 The film is inspired by "The World of Apu" of legendary Bengali film maker Satyajit Ray.
 The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles.
 Khan plays a mild-mannered office worker named Surinder Sahni, whose love for the beautiful and vivacious Taani (Anushka Sharma) causes him to transform himself into the loud and fun-loving "Raj" to win her love.
 It was released worldwide on 12 December 2008 and marked Aditya Chopra's return to directing after an eight-year break, following his previous film, "Mohabbatein". 

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 Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (4 December 1922 – 11 February 1974) was an Indian film, composer, playback singer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and a few Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi language films.
 In 1970, he received the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
 According to "The Hindu" and "The Indian Express", Ghantasala was "Such a divine talent and with his songs he could move the hearts of the people."
 "Ghantasala's blending of classical improvisations to the art of light music combined with his virtuosity and sensitivity puts him a class apart, above all others in the field of playback singing"."
 "Gifted with what Indian Film Historian V. A. K. Ranga Rao called "the most majestic voice", Ghantasala helped Telugu film music develop its own distinct character which remains unparalleled".
 He is referred to as the "Gaana Gandharva" for his mesmerising voice and musical skills. 

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 Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian film actor, producer and playback singer known for his works in Bollywood and Bengali cinema.
 Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan, and Jaya Bachchan.
 He made his screen debut with the 2000 War film, "Refugee". 

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 Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (born in Bijapur, Karnataka) is a two-time National Award winning Indian classical singer who is active mostly in Marathi, Konkani and Hindi film Industry.
 She is known for her unique high-pitch singing and style which she has earned in Agra as well as Gwalior and Jaipur- Atrauli gharanas.
 Arati's performances are marked by her command over both rhythm and melody.
 She received her first National Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the Konkani film 'Anternaad', based on the life of a classical singer for the year 2006.
 She has also received Maharashtra State Award (best playback singer), V.Shantaram Award and Maharashtra Times Award for a Marathi Film De Dhakka (2008).
 Later in 2013, she was awarded with National Award for Best Female Playback singer for the second time for a Marathi movie, Samhita.
 She is married to Indian film actor Uday Tikekar.
 Her daughter Swanandi Tikekar who is in her mid-twenties dabbles in acting as well. 

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 kaalbela (Bengali: কালবেলা "Calcutta My Love") is a 2009 Bengali film directed by Goutam Ghose .
The film stars Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Soumitra Chatterjee and Santu Mukherjee.
 This film is set against the background of the Naxalite movement.
 Based on a 1980s novel by Samaresh Majumdar, the film sets itself up, quite self-consciously, within a certain tradition of films, namely radical political Bengali cinema of the 1970s and 1980s.
 It thus establishes an intertextuality and a certain connection with them.
 By situating itself and the story it has to tell, within this matrix of the 1970s radical Bengali cinema, Ghose anchors the film squarely within that time.
 The mood and the events certainly, but even the way black and white shots are used, underlines a somewhat documentary – and thus temporally limited – way these sequences are put to use. 

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 Drive is an upcoming Indian action comedy Hindi film.
 It is directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Karan Johar.
 It stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vikramjeet Virk and Sapna Pabbi.
 in the lead roles. 

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 Madhu Mantena Varma is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur involved in the production and distribution of films across Bollywood, Telugu cinema, and Bengali cinema.
 In 2008, Madhu Mantena co-produced "Ghajini" (2008) which was the highest grossing Indian film for that year.
 Since then Madhu has produced films such as the trilingual sleeper-hit Rakht Charitra (2010), the political thriller "Rann" (2010) screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Bengali hit Autograph. 

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 Dostana ("Friendship") is a 2008 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Karan Johar and Hiroo Yash Johar.
 The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra, with Bobby Deol, Kirron Kher, Sushmita Mukherjee and Boman Irani in supporting roles.
 "Dostana" tells the story of two men who pretend to be gay to share an apartment with a girl; eventually, both fall in love with her. 

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Answer: Abhishek Bachchan