Rupali Ganguly

Rupali Ganguly
Rupali Ganguly at C.I.D Veerta Awards 2013
Born (1977-04-05) 5 April 1977
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation

Actress

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Spouse(s) Ashwin K Verma (2013–present;)
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Rupali Ganguly is an Indian television and theatre actress. She became popular after her role as Dr. Simran Chopra in the STAR Plus serial Sanjivani and later as Monisha Sarabhai in Sarabhai VS Sarabhai. She was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2006.[1][2]

Biography

Rupali was born in Kolkata to a Hindu Bengali family. She is the daughter of acclaimed director Anil Ganguly, who made films like Kora Kagaz (1974) and Tapasya (1976).[3] In one of the reunion interviews, Sumeet Raghavan disclosed that she is a Maharashtrian as well. She started acting when she was 7 years old with a role in the film Saaheb, following it up with an award winning performance in her father's film, Balidan. Her latest TV serials include the comedy serial on Star One Sarabhai vs Sarabhai in which she plays the character of Monisha. Ganguly once revealed in an interview that her father didn’t want her to become an actor and set her school examination performance as a benchmark to allow her to act. She did hotel management and theatre before bagging lead role in television show,Sukanya.[4]

She has participated in dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha, and Bigg Boss (Season 1) (2006)[5][6] and stunt/dare reality game show, Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 2 (2009).[7] She also gave voice over in animation film, Dashavatar (2008)[8]

In 2000, she established an advertising agency in Mumbai.[3]

She has been a regular anchor of Bioscope; a films-based TV show telecast on national channel of Doordarshan. She also played in a New York Life commercial with Ravi Kishen.

Personal life

Rupali got married to her longtime boyfriend, Ashwin K Verma on 6 February 2013. She gave birth to a baby boy Rudransh on 25 August 2013. [9]Ganguly was left injured in a road rage incident on August 4, 2018. Ganguly's car accidentally brushed a passing bike. While she apologised, the duo still smashed her car's window pane and also hurled abuses at her. She lodged an FIR, and the police were able to track down the miscreants within a couple of hours.[10]

Television

Fiction shows

Year Show Channel Role Notes
2000–2001SukanyaB4USukanya
2002Dil Hai Ki Manta NahiSony TVPriya/AnjaliPlayed double role in the show
2003–2004Zindagi...Teri Meri KahaniSahara OneRiya
2003–2005SanjivaniSTAR PlusDr. SimranNominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role (2004)
2004BhabhiSTAR PlusRoshni
2004–2006Sarabhai vs SarabhaiSTAR OneMonisha SarabhaiNominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Comic Role (2005)
2005–2007Kahaani Ghar Ghar KiiSTAR PlusGayatri Gill-Agarwal
2005KkavyanjaliStar PlusMona
2008Ek Packet UmeedImagine TVSujata
2009Aapki AntaraZee TVAnuradha
2005-2010Baa Bahoo Aur BabySTAR PlusRekha
2011AdaalatSony TVRohini Mallik
2011Mujhe Meri Family Se BachaoMastiiiSweetie Awasthi
2011–2013Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh MeethiSony TVPinky Jeet Ahuja
2017Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Take 2HotstarMonisha Sarabhai

Reality shows

Year Show Channel Notes
2006Bigg Boss 1Sony TVContestant
2008Zara Nachke Dikha 1STAR OneContestant
2009Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 2ColorsContestant
2010Kitchen Champion 2ColorsContestant
2010Meethi Choori No.1Imagine TVParticipant
2012The Late Night ShowColorsGuest
2013BioscopeDD 1Host

Films

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References

  1. ↑ "Chat with Khiladi Rupali Ganguly!". Rediff.com Movies. 15 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Women find Akshay tough, real & simply super!". The Times of India. 9 August 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Rupali Ganguly may tie the knot". DNA.
  4. ↑ {https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JgOe_RB-BXA}
  5. ↑ "Controversy spices up reality TV". Financial Express. 21 January 2007.
  6. ↑ "'Bigg Boss' opens house". Indian Express. 7 November 2006.
  7. ↑ "Akshay madness spreads over". The Times of India. 16 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Shatrughan Sinha gives narration for animation film 'Dashavatar'". DNA. 14 December 2007.
  9. ↑ {cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/rupali-ganguly-want-her-son-to-be-a-farmer-sarabhai-vs-sarabhai-lifetv-1146584-2018-01-16}
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ {https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JgOe_RB-BXA}
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