Tanu Roy

Tanu Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata.[1] She is a commerce graduate.[1] 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.[2] She appeared in Avunu Nijame [3] and Kodi Ramakrishna's Keelugurram.[4] Later, she starred in low budget B movies and did many item numbers in films including Satyam,[5] Mass, No,[6] Viyyalavari Kayyalu [7] and Pellikani Prasad.[8]

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,[9] and in the Kannada films Love Story, which is a remake of the Telugu film Maro Charitra and was earlier titled Prema Charitra.[10] The first Kannada film she shot for, Preethi Maadabaaradu, [11] was shelved in the middle.[12] In Tamil, she starred in the films Indru [13] and Girivalam, a remake of the Hindi film Humraaz.[14]

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.[15] In Orissa, she played a social activist, who works for the welfare of tribal people in a village.[15]

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.[16] She has also shot for a cameo in Hashim Marrikar's Preview.[16]

She also participated in the Telugu television shows Naacho Rrey [17] and Humma Humma.

• Tanu Roy on IMDb
• Tanu Rai on IMDb