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Seema Biswas

Actress | * 01/14/1965 (59) | Nalbari, Assam (India)
Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen (1994), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. 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). Her other mainstream films include Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), for which she won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bhoot (2003), Vivah (2006) and Half Girlfriend (2017). In addition to films, Biswas has appeared in many television shows. ()
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Seema Biswas is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Bengali films and the theatre. She came to prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's 1995 film Bandit Queen, for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Thriller

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Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacin ...

Company

Certification unknown

2002 | 3.3/5 | 2h 36min
Action, Crime, Drama
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The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence ...

Water

PG

2005 | 3.5/5 | 1h 55min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Dev ...

Bandit Queen

NR

1995 | 3.4/5 | 1h 59min
Drama, Crime, Action
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The daughter of deaf-mute parents seeks their understanding when she discovers a love for music. ...

Khamoshi: The Musical

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1996 | 3.4/5 | 2h 39min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Seema Biswas

Genie Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Filmfare Awards National Film Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Seema Biswas as Actress(54)

as Sunita Chatterjee2024 Political War
as Dulhayen2021 Atrangi Re
2020 Funny Boy
as Rakhee2019 Darkness Visible
2019 Abode
2018 Bhoga Khirikee
as Mumtaz Khala2017 Sameer
as Madhav's Mother2017 Half Girlfriend
as Amma2016 Sold
2016 A Yellow Bird
as Sulbha2016 Freaky Ali
as Saku2016 Project Marathwada
as Dhoneshwari2015 The River of Fables
as Janki2014 Chaarfutiya Chhokare
as Selvi2014 Balyakalasakhi
as Manju's Mother2014 Manjunath
as Mary Pereira2012 Midnight's Children
2012 Patang
2011 Yeh Faasley
as Saralaka2010 Red Alert: The War Within
as Stella Elizabeth Matthews2010 Cooking With Stella
as Lakshmi G. Dhuri / Aai2010 City of Gold
as Surya's Mother2010 Striker
as Dr. Vandana2009 Aasma: The Sky Is the Limit
2009 Dujone
as Ram's Mom2009 Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya!
as Sharada Bai2009 Yeh Mera India
as Mrs. Khan2008 Shaurya
as Devki Wardhan2007 Risk
as Advocate Sapna Agarwal2007 Amal
as Rama Mishra2006 Vivah
2006 Katputtli
as DCP Gazala Qadri2006 Zindaggi Rocks
as Alangaram2006 Thalaimagan
as Pradhan2006 Shoonya
as Yashoda2005 Maa Where Are You...
as Shakuntala2005 Water
as Sister Agatha2004 Chrysalis
2004 Dobara
2004 Hanan: An Assault on Faith
as ACP Malti Vaidya2004 Ek Hasina Thi
as Bharti2003 Boom
as Bai2003 Bhoot
as Mad woman2003 Pinjar
as Mercy2003 Iyarkai
as Psychiatrist2002 Deewangee
as Tanya2002 Ghaav
as Ranibai2002 Company
2001 Shantham
2000 Scribbles on Akka
1999 Samar
1999 Bindhaast
as Flavy1996 Khamoshi: The Musical
as Phoolan Devi1995 Bandit Queen

TV Shows/Series with Seema Biswas as Actress(4)

as Ravi's Mother2023 Kaalkoot
2022 Human
as Urmila Pradhan2020 Dadi Amma.. Dadi Amma Maan Jaao!
as MaiMui2014 MahaKumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani

Full Name: Seema Biswas
Citizenship: India
Born: Thursday, 01/14 1965 (January) in Nalbari, Assam (India) (current age: 59 years + 96 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Hindi (HI)
Educated at: National School of Drama
Other names for Seema Biswas (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"सीमा बिस्वास"
"সীমা বিশ্বাস"
Seema Biswas frequently works together with these people:
Deepa Mehta (9x, Crew)
David Hamilton (6x, Crew)
Anupam Kher (5x, Actor)
Urmila Matondkar (5x, Actress)
Ram Gopal Varma (5x, Crew)
Dilip Mehta (5x, Crew)
Makrand Deshpande (5x, Actor)
Kunal Mehta (4x, Crew)
Sooraj Barjatya (4x, Crew)
Rajendra Sethi (4x, Actor)
Chandan Arora (4x, Crew)
Vipul Amrutlal Shah (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:246243, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024