Tanu Roy

Tanu Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata.^[1] She is a commerce graduate.^[1] She made her acting debut in 2001 with Puri Jagannadh's Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, after which she played small roles in Anandam and Manasantha Nuvve.^[2] She appeared in Avunu Nijame ^[3] and Kodi Ramakrishna's Keelu Gurram.^[4] Later, she starred in low budget B movies and did many item numbers in films including Satyam,^[5] Mass, No,^[6] Viyyalavari Kayyalu ^[7] and Pellikani Prasad.^{[citation needed]}

She was seen in two Bengali films; Basho Na, in which she portrayed the role of a young widow, and Moner Majho Tumhi, a remake of Mansantha Nuvve,^[8] and in the Kannada films Love Story, which is a remake of the Telugu film Maro Charitra and was earlier titled Prema Charitra.^[9] The first Kannada film she shot for, Preethi Maadabaaradu,^[10] was shelved in the middle.^{[citation needed]} In Tamil, she starred in the films Indru ^[11] and Girivalam, a remake of the Hindi film Humraaz.^[12]

Tanu made her debut in Malayalam in the 2012 film Ee Adutha Kaalathu as Tanushree Ghosh and won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Madhuri, the mother of a 10-year-old boy.^[13] In Orissa, she played a social activist, who works for the welfare of tribal people in a village.^[13]

Her upcoming film is Amar Babu's Ala Jarigindi Oka Roju, which is the Telugu remake of the 2006 British crime comedy flick, Big Nothing.^[14] She has also shot for a cameo in Hashim Marrikar's Preview.^[14]

She also participated in the Telugu television shows Naacho Rrey ^[15] and Humma Humma.