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On role playing

Still shining Roopa Ganguly

Though she has some impressive roles in Bengali cinema , Roopa Ganguly, even after 20 years, is in public memory for the role of Draupadi in B.R. Chopra’s popular tele-serial “Mahabharat”. Roopa can still be seen on telly. Her latest role is that of a thakurain in “Agle Jam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo” on Zee TV.

“Mine is a subdued role as I play an obedient wife who carries her husband’s (Sudesh Berry) orders,” Roopa says. About her long break from telly, Roopa says: “In my 24-year career, I have taken four deliberate breaks. I took a break to get married and then I took a year-long maternity break.”

Television, she finds, “more strenuous than films. The preparation time for TV is very little, but if an actor wants he / she can put that extra effort in a character.” One other difference she finds between TV and films “is the lens. Otherwise, everything is the same, the concentration, the energy…”.

Besides acting, Roopa has other plans: “I want to do different things, now I intend to do script-writing for Bengali cinema.” She is keen on scripts that deal with day-to-day issues.

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