Angana Roy

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Angana Roy
OccupationActress
Years active2013-present

Angana Roy is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. recently, her upcoming film Dahini is slotted to release in Cannes Film Festival.[citation needed] She was seen in Srimanthudu and Kalaga Thalaivan, her upcoming releases are Arasi with Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Dahini.[1]

Career

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Angana is a south Indian film industry actress. Before venturing into films she pursued her academics in commerce and finance and holds a master's degree in the field. She was also a corporate HR in a fortune 500 firm. Alongside her education she is also trained in classical Hindustani music and a very strong sports enthusiast. Being tall, she created a model portfolio and endorsed several brands across India, walked the ramp for many shows and later was approached by director Manohar to feature in his Tamil film Ragalaipuram, a comedy which starred Karunas. Before the release of the film, she also began work on Kabadam and the AR Murugadoss production Vathikuchi. by June 2012[2][3] She has since signed on to appear in Telugu and Kannada language films.[4]

2014 she played a role with dual shades in Kabadam and was seen as a nurse in Megha.[5] Her first 2015 release was her maiden Malayalam film Picket 43 directed by Major Ravi. In her next Tamil film, Mahabalipuram she played a "newly married, office going girl".[5]

She has acted in Telugu projects, one of which is a movie of Koratala Siva called Srimanthudu starring Mahesh Babu. which was a massive hit in Telugu after Baahubali. She had two more releases in Telugu in 2016, Sri Sri with Krishna as his daughter which is an official remake of a state awarded Marathi film and another untitled project. In 2016 she was also awarded with two awards namely 'Bharat Icon Awards' in Mumbai and as a 'Multi lingual actress' to have worked with all 4 languages in south Indian cinema.. In 2017 she received the Women Achievers State Award by the Karnataka Chief Minister "Siddaramaiah" and by the Mayor of Bangalore Miss "Padmavathi" for her long time contribution to the field of fashion and modelling and for her work in films and social welfare activities.

She was also the lead for a mega series in Colors Tamil television in prime time slot and another project with Star Vijay television which will be the first Fantasy series of Vijay TV.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Language Notes
2013 Vathikuchi Tamil
Ragalaipuram Kalyani Tamil
2014 Kabadam Padmini Tamil
Megha Thulasi Tamil
2015 Picket 43 Hanara Malayalam
Mahabalipuram Sangeetha Tamil
Srimanthudu Harsha's cousin Telugu
2016 Manithan Priya's sister Tamil
Sri Sri Telugu
Chal Chal Gurram Telugu
2017 7 Naatkal Jennifer Tamil
Kadaisi Bench Karthi Divya Tamil
2018 Who Neena Malayalam
2022 Kalaga Thalaivan Reba Tamil

TV Series

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Year Title Role Language Channel
2018 Gramathil Oru Naal Contestant Tamil Sun TV
2019 Thari Nakshatra Tamil Colors Tamil
2019 Thazhampoo Vasuki Tamil Star Vijay

References

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  1. ^ "Sandalwood Welcomes Angana with Cobra". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ Manigandan, K. R. (16 June 2012). "Dream debut". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Sachin and Angana Roy pair up for Kabadam". Deccan Chronicle. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Angana Roy replaces Shona in Cobra?". The Times of India. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Angana Walks the Road to Success". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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