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Nirupa Roy

She was also known as the “queen of misery” in mumbai film circles of the 1970’s for her roles . I think this should be added

Nirupa Roy was an actress in Hindi films known for portraying the role of the Indian mother stereotype. She was notorious for always playing the mother that was either blind, handicapped, poor. She almost always mangaged to lose her kids somehow in every movie. She played the heroine in her early films, and the hero’s mother in her films of the 1970s and 80s. Her acting career spanned more than 50 years and she acted in more than 250 films.

Personal life and education

Nirupa Roy was born to Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad, Gujarat.

She was married to Kamal Roy when she was 15, and moved to Mumbai. They have a son yogesh and a daughter.

She died, after having a cardiac arrest, in Mumbai on 13 October 2004 at the age of 73.

Career

In 1946, She and her husband responded to an advertisement in a Gujarati paper looking for actors. She was selected and started her acting career with the Gujarati film Ranakdevi. The same year she acted in her first Hindi film Amar Raj. Among her popular films was Do Bigha Zameen (1953). She largely played mythological characters in the films of the 1940s and 50s. Her image of a goddess was very strong and people would visit her home and seek her blessings.

Among her co-stars were Trilok Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Balraj Sahni and Ashok Kumar.

In the 1970s, her roles as mother to the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother. Her role in Deewar (1975) and its dialogues with reference to a mother and son are used as clichés. She often lost her kids in her movies and was given the worst babysitter award in MTV fully faltoo awards. (the ceremony was a parody of the filmfare awards)

Controversy

Her son is Kiran, who was married to U.S. born Una. Known to be a very dominating woman, she was very close to her son, but not to her daughter. She had problems on the homefront . Although Nirupa denied these charges, it eventually led to a divorce between Kiran and Una.

Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (November 2009)

• She was very friendly with yesteryear actress Shyama.

Awards

• 1955 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Munimji

• 1961 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Chhaya

• 1961 – BFJA Best Actress in Supporting Role, Chhaya [1]

• 1964 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, Shehnaai

• 2003 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmography

• Baazigar (1959)
• Dr. Z (1959)
• Kangan (1959)
• Kavi Kalidas (1959)
• Chaalbaaz (1958)
• Do Roti (1957)
• Janam Janam Ke Phere
• Krishna Sudama (1957)
• Laxmi Pooja (1957)
• Naag Mani (1957)
• Ram Hanuman Yuddha (1957)
• Bajrang Bali (1956)
• Sati Naag Kanya (1956)
• Raj Durbar (1955)
• Shri Ganesh Vivah (1955)
• Shiv Kanya (1954)
• Raj Ratan (1953)
• Shuk Rambha (1953)
• Rajrani Damayanti (1952)
• Shiv Shakti (1952)
• Dasavtaar (1951)
• Jai Mahakali (1951)
• Kashmir (1951)
• Lav Kush (1951)
• Shri Ganesh Janma (1951)
• Shri Vishnu Bhagwan (1951)
• Gadano Bel (1950)
• Har Har Mahadev (1950)
• Man Ka Meet (1950)
• Veer Bhimsen (1950)
• Garibi (1949)
• Hamari Manzil (1949)
• Mangalphera (1949)
• Gunsundari (1948)
• Hip Hip Hurray (1948)
• Nanand Bhojai (1948) – Gujrati
• Nanand Bhojai (1948) – Hindi

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