Sumita Sanyal is an actress in the Bengali language film industry in India

India

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, also known as Tollywood

Cinema of West Bengal

The cinema of West Bengal refers to the Tollygunge-based Bengali film industry in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, dates back to 1932...

. Sumita Sanyal was born Manjula Sanyal on 9 October 1945 in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India. Her father was Girija Golkunda Sanyal.

Director Bibhuti Laha (of Agradoot

Agradoot

Agradoot is a group of film technicians signing collectively as director, a phenomenon unique to Bengali cinema. The Agradoot core unit, formed in 1946, consisted initially of Bibhuti Laha , Jatin Datta , Sailen Ghosal , Nitai Bhattacharya and Bimal Ghosh .-Filmography:* Agni Pariksha * Sabar Uparey...

) named her Suchorita for his film “Khokhababur Pratyabartan”. After that director Kanak Mukhopadhay decided to make it shorter into Sumita. Famous actress Lila Desai was very much known to Sumita. Lila introduced her to Agradoot. After she got a chance in “Khokababur Pratyabartan”, she acted in more than 40 films in Bengali including “Sagina Mahato” opposite Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar , is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament.He lives in Pali Hill, Bandra in Mumbai, India. He is commonly known as "Tragedy King",and is described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray....

. She also has acted in a number of Hindi films, the most notable of which was Anand in 1970 opposite Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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. She also acted television serials, professional stage and in group theatre with the notable association with “Ranga Sabha”.

She was married to the film editor Subodh Roy. They have one son.

Films

Bangla

• Khoka babur pratyabartan (1960)
• Akashpradip (1963)
• Kanchankanya (1963)
• Deya neya (1963)
• Kalsrot (1964)
• Swarga hotey biday (1964)
• Godhuli bela (1964)
• Anustup chhanda (1964)
• Dinanter alo (1965)
• Pratham prem (1965)
• Ek i ange eto rup (1965)
• Surer agun (1965)
• Kal tumi aleya (1965)
• Trishna
  Trishna
  Trishna may refer to:* Tanha, the Buddhist concept of thirst or desire* Trishna , a drama directed and produced by Sippy Films in India* Trishna , a romance film directed by Pritam Jalan...
  
  (1965)
• Nayak (1966)
• Shesh tin din (1966)
• Nutan jiban (1966)
• Ashru diye lekha (1966)
• Harano prem (1966)
• Hathat dekha (1967)
• Panchasar (1968)
• Apanjan (1968)
• Chiradiner (1969)
• Chena achena (1969)
• Teen bhubhaner parey (1969)
• Maya (1969)
• Sagina Mahato
  Sagina Mahato
  Sagina Mahato is a 1970 Bengali movie. Produced by the late Shri J.K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha, the film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu. The movie was remade as a Hindi movie titled Sagina in 1974.-Plot:...
  
  (1970)
• Nishachar (1971)
• Anya mati anya rang (1971)
• Kuheli (1971)
• Natun surya (1974)
• Jiban niye (1976)
• Jawab
  Jawab
  Jawab is 1995 Hindi movie directed by Ajay Kashyap and starring Raaj Kumar, Harish Kumar, Karishma Kapoor.Other cast include Prem Chopra, Mukesh Khanna, Annu Kapoor, Farida Jalal.-Cast:* Raaj Kumar ... Ashwani Kumar Saxena* Karishma Kapoor ... Suman...
  
  (1987)
• Srimati (1993)

Hindi

• Aashirwad
  Aashirwad
  Aashirwad is a 1968 Bollywood film. Produced by N.C. Sippy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, it is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar....
  
  (1968)
• Anand (1970)
• Guddi
  Guddi
  Guddi is a 1971 film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Utpal Dutt. It is Jaya Bachchan 's career making film in which she plays a school girl obsessed with the actor Dharmendra, who plays himself. She earned a Filmfare nomination as...
  
  (1971)
• Mere Apne
  Mere Apne
  Mere Apne is a 1971 Hindi film produced by Romu, Raj, and N. C. Sippy. Written and directed by Gulzar, the film was remake of Apanjan starring Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Deven Verma, Paintal, Asit Sen, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Keshto Mukherjee, A. K. Hangal, Dinesh Thakur,...
  
  (1971)
• The Peacock Spring (1996)

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