A biography for Roopa Gangulyhasn’t been written yet.
“I had moved to Mumbai in 2006 and lived there for around six years while West Bengal was going through a political upheaval. After I returned to Kolkata in February 2012, and started to work here, I realized how things had changed here.”
“Waiting is always a part of people involved in the film industry. Be it on the floor, in the make-up room or at home. All my life I have waited for a good role.”
“Ours was a family of engineers with no political affiliation; art and culture were the only things that we discussed at home.”
“I have stayed in homes that didn't have basic infrastructure such as proper washrooms.”
“I wanted to play a domestic help all my life... Because I wanted to break my image.”
“I would say that every political party must remain in some form in a state or the Centre for the sake of democracy.”
“I want to build the India that we all want.”
“I have seen poverty first hand. My parents were not well-off. They were in Ban'gladesh and I - just a child then - was sent off to live in my uncle's house in Calcutta.”
“I am getting support of people from all class and creed. Some of them told me they will vote for me, if not for the party.”
“I believe that the people who are close to me know who I am and that's the most important thing for me.”