Soma Dey

Soma Dey (Bengali: সোমা দে; born 1947) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema.^[2][3][4] She is best known for her role as Chintamani in Govinda Ray's Bilwamangal (1976).

Soma Dey
Born	(1947-10-18) 18 October 1947 (age 77) Kolkata, India
Nationality	Indian
Years active	1974―Present
Spouse	Bibek Chatterjee
Children	Syamantak Chatterjee Jagyaseni Chatterjee[1]
Parent(s)	Upen Chandra Dey (father) Parul Dey (mother)

Soma Dey made her big screen debut with Haraye Khunji (1974) and subsequently appeared in films such as Janmabhumi (1974), Bilwamangal (1976), Bondi Bidhata (1976), Shankhabish (1976), Sudur Niharika (1976) and Barbadhu (1978).

Career

Soma Dey made her big screen debut with Swadesh Sarkar's Haraye Khunji (1976). In the same year she starred in Piyush Kanti Ganguly's Janmabhumi (1974). She was Bilwamangal (1976) and Byapika Biday (1980) gave her prominence.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Role played	Ref.
1974	Haraye Khunji	Swadesh Sarkar		[8]
	Janmabhumi	Piyush Kanti Ganguly		[9]
1975	Selam Memsaheb	Mrinal Guhathakurta		[10]
1976	Bilwamangal	Gobinda Ray		[11]
	Bondi Bidhata	Prabhat Mukhopadhyay		[12]
	Shankhabish	Rathish Dey Sarkar
	Sudur Niharika	Sushil Mukhopadhyay		[13]
1978	Barbadhu
	Tusi
1979	Lattu	Ajit Ganguly		[14]
1980	Byapika Biday	Archan Chakraborty		[15]
1981	Shahar Theke Dure	Tarun Majumdar		[16]
1982	Mayer Ashirbad
1983	Jini Ram Tini Krishna — Eki Dehe Ramkrishna
1984	Rajeswari
	Sagar Balaka
1985	Aloy Phera
1989	Aamar Shapath
	Natun Surya
1990	Kalanka
1996	Bhai Amar Bhai
1999	Gunda
	Priyojon
2000	Ashray
	Bastir Meye Radha
	Debanjali
	Madhur Milan
	Rupasi Dohai Tomar
	Shapath Nilam
2001	Aami Jibonpurer Pathik
	Ostad
2002	Nishana
2003	Jua
	Rasta
2004	Abhishek
	Akritagya
	Atotayee
	Bandhan	Ravi Kinagi		[17]
	Mon Jake Chay
	Ram Lakshman
	Swapne Dekha Rajkanya
2005	Dwiragaman
	Manik
	Shunya E Buke	Kaushik Ganguly		[18]
2006	Eri Naam Prem
	Tobu..Aste Habe Phire
2007	Ballyganj Court	Pinaki Chaudhury		[19]
2009	1 No. Plum Villa		Amma
	Brake Fail		Pratima
2010	Banshiwala		Pishi
	Prem By Chance		Grandmother of Purna	[20]
2011	Mone Mone Bhalobasa		Ganga's Mother
	Punorutthan		Mahendra Mallick's Wife
	Ekdin Thik		Soumen's Wife
2012	Palatak		Srinath's Wife
2013	Encounter		Bijoy's Mother

TV shows

Year	Title	Role	Production Company	Channel
2000– 2005	Ek Akasher Niche	Amma	Ravi Ojha Productions	Zee Bangla
2009–2014	Agnipariksha	Nirupoma	Acropoliis Entertainment
2010–2013	Behula	Behula's grandmother	Svf Production	Star Jalsha
2020–2022	Jamuna Dhaki	Bindubashini Debi	Blues Productions	Zee Bangla
2021–2022	Khukumoni Home Delivery	Basudha Chowdhury		Star Jalsha
2022	Madhabilata	Sabuj's grandmother
2022–Present	Jagaddhatri	Mahasweta Sanyal		Zee Bangla
2023	Mukut	Suhashini Roy Chowdhury
2023	Nayika No.1	Labonyyo Prova Sen		Colors Bangla
2023– 2024	Tumi Ashe Pashe Thakle	Thammi	Svf Production	Star Jalsha
2024–Present	Diamond Didi Zindabad	Rani Pisi	Tanirika Talkies	Zee Bangla

References

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