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Tanu Roy

Indian actress and model (born 1980)

Tanu Roy is an Indian actress and model. A Bengali by birth, she has predominantly appeared in Telugu films apart from some Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Kannada films. She is mostly known for her item numbers in films like Mass and Hero. She is known for her role in the Malayalam movie Ee Adutha Kalathu.

01Career

Tanu Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata. She is a commerce graduate. She made her acting debut in 2001 with Puri Jagannadh's Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, after which she played small roles in Anandam and Manasantha Nuvve. She appeared in Avunu Nijame and Kodi Ramakrishna's Keelu Gurram. Later, she starred in low budget B movies and did many item numbers in films including Satyam, Mass, No, Viyyalavari Kayyalu and Pellikani Prasad.

She was seen in two Bengali films; Basho Na, in which she portrayed the role of a young widow, and Moner Majho Tumhi, a remake of Mansantha Nuvve, and in the Kannada films Love Story, which is a remake of the Telugu film Maro Charitra and was earlier titled Prema Charitra. The first Kannada film she shot for, Preethi Maadabaaradu, was shelved in the middle. In Tamil, she starred in the films Indru and Girivalam, a remake of the Hindi film Humraaz.

Tanu made her debut in Malayalam in the 2012 film Ee Adutha Kaalathu as Tanushree Ghosh and won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Madhuri, the mother of a 10-year-old boy. In Orissa, she played a social activist, who works for the welfare of tribal people in a village.

Her upcoming film is Amar Babu's Ala Jarigindi Oka Roju, which is the Telugu remake of the 2006 British crime comedy flick, Big Nothing. She has also shot for a cameo in Hashim Marrikar's Preview.

She also participated in the Telugu television shows Naacho Rrey and Humma Humma.

02Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2001Itlu Sravani SubramanyamSravaniTelugu
AnandamDeepikaTelugu
Manasantha NuvveShrutiTelugu
2003IndruJenifferTamil
SatyamTeluguSpecial appearance
Moner Majhe TumiShrutiBengali
2004Avunu NijameRuchitaTelugu
MeghamTelugu
NoTeluguSpecial appearance
MassTeluguSpecial appearance
Pellikani Pellam AvuthundiTelugu
2005Keelu GurramRajaniTelugu
PrayatnamTelugu
GirivalamPriyaTamil
Meghamala - O Pellam GolaMeghamalaTelugu
NammannaKannadaSpecial appearance
Love StorySwapnaKannada
2007Akhari PageTelugu
Viyyalavari KayyaluTeluguSpecial appearance
RudramaniTelugu
2008Pellikani PrasadTeluguSpecial appearance
HeroTeluguSpecial appearance
2011Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam AppalarajuSaralaTeluguSpecial appearance
2012Ee Adutha KaalathuMadhuri KurienMalayalam
Ala Jarigindi Oka RojuTelugu
2013OrissaMeera BhaiMalayalam
D CompanyZarina MohammedMalayalam
PreviewMalayalam
O Manjula KathaTelugu
BalyakalasakhiShabnamMalayalam
2017GeminiAnusreeMalayalam
PrachayiRadhika NairMalayalam
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