Seema Biswas

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Seema Biswas
সীমা বিশ্বাস

Seema Biswas
Born January 14, 1965 (1965-01-14) (age 43)
Guwahati , India

Seema Biswas (Hindi: सीमा बिस्वास, Assamese: সীমা বিশ্বাস) is an Indian film and theatre actress from Assam who shot into prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen (1994).

Seema Biswas won the 1996 National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. She has a reputation for performing strong character roles.

She won the 2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta's Water (2005).

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Early life

Seema Biswas was born on January 14, 1965 in Guwahati, Assam, to Jagdish and Meera Biswas.[1]

Her mother, an early influence, was a history teacher and a pioneering figure for female theatre artistes in Assam; and she came into contact with artists like Bhupen Hazarika, Phani Sarma and Bishnuprasad Rabha early in life.

Education

She studied Political Science at Nalbari College, and later joined the National School of Drama at New Delhi. After completing her studies at NSD in 1984, she joined the NSD Repertory Company.jhg

Career

Shekhar Kapur watched her perform in Khubsurat Bahu, a play produced by NSD Repertory Company, and offered her a role in Bandit Queen. Although she had earlier acted in Assamese cinema this was her first big break into Hindi cinema, and she arrived with a bang.

Career

Rooted firmly in theatre, she refuses to be typecast,[2] and have worked in a variety of films and character roles. She has also worked in a number of Malayalam, and a Tamil film.[3]

Awards

Filmfare Awards

Star Screen Awards

National Film Awards

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

2001 - Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Genie Award

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ Vasisht, Divya: "Seema Biswas: Beyond the limelight" The Times of India (online) , June 24, 2003
  2. ^ Kumar, Anuj: "Beyond the image", The Hindu, Metro Plus Mangalore edition, March 3, 2007.
  3. ^ George, Liza (interview) "`Each role is a challenge'" The Hindu, December 16, 2005.

Awards

Awards
Filmfare Award
Preceded by
Twinkle Khanna
for Barsaat		 Best Debut
for Bandit Queen
1996		 Succeeded by
Mahima Chaudhary
for Pardes
National Film Award
Preceded by
Debashree Roy
for Unishe April		 Best Actress
for Bandit Queen
1996		 Succeeded by
Tabu
for Maachis
Genie Award
Preceded by
Pascale Bussières
for Ma vie en cinémascope		 Best Actress
for Water
2006		 Succeeded by
Julie LeBreton
for Maurice Richard

External links

v • d • e
National Film Award for Best Actress
1968-1970

Nargis Dutt (1968) · Sharada (1969) · Madhabi Mukherjee (1970) ·
1971-1980

Rehana Sultan (1971) · Waheeda Rehman (1972) · Sharada (1973) · Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) · Shabana Azmi (1975) · Sharmila Tagore (1976) · Lakshmi (1977) · Smita Patil (1978) · Sharada (1979) Shobha (1980) ·
1981-1990

Smita Patil (1981) · Rekha (1982) · Shabana Azmi (1983) · Shabana Azmi (1984) · Shabana Azmi (1985) · Suhasini Mani Ratnam (1986) · Monisha Unni (1987) · Archana (1988) · Archana (1989) · Sreelekha Mukherji (1990) ·
1991-2000

Vijayashanti (1991) · Moyola Goswami (1992) · Dimple Kapadia (1993) · Sobhana (1994) · Debashree Roy (1995) · Seema Biswas (1996) · Tabu (1997) · Indrani Haldar / Rituparna Sengupta (1998) · Shabana Azmi (1999) · Kirron Kher (2000) ·
2001-present

Raveena Tandon (2001) · Tabu / Sobhana (2002) · Konkona Sen Sharma (2003) · Meera Jasmine (2004) · Thaara (2005) · Sarika (2006) · Priyamani (2007)
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