Jayashree Kabir Explained

Jayasree Kabir
Native Name:জয়শ্রী রায় কবির
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Name:Jayashree Roy
Occupation:Actress

Jayashree Kabir (; born 1952) is a Bengali film actress.[1] She acted in around 30 films in West Bengal and Bangladesh.[1]

Career

While studying in South Point School Jayashree Roy earned Miss Kolkata title in 1968.[1] She got her first break from Satyajit Ray through the film Pratidwandi in 1969.[1] [2] She married Bangladeshi film director Alamgir Kabir and starred in two of his films, Simana Periye and Rupali Soikote, which are regarded by the British Film Institute (BFI) as among the finest films to have come out of Bangladesh.[3] Later in life, she moved to London where she now resides. She teaches English at a higher education college.[1]

Films

Personal life

Jayashree Roy has a son, Lenin Saurav Kabir, with her husband Alamgir Kabir.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1 March 2003 . Back in showbiz, where she belongs - Ray heroine wants to revive robi ghosh play . Reshmi . Sengupta. 20 January 2019 . The Telegraph . Calcutta .
  2. Web site: Pratidwandi (The Adversary) . Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center . . 17 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150630002600/http://satyajitray.ucsc.edu/films/pratidwandi . 30 June 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: Top 10 Bangladeshi Films . 17 July 2007 . British Film Institute . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527125002/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/bangladesh/index.html . 27 May 2009 . 17 October 2015.
  4. News: The red and green silver screen. 4 February 2006. 5 May 2016. The Daily Star.
  5. News: Out of sight, not out of mind. 9 November 2010. 5 May 2016. The Daily Star.