Tanu Roy

Tanu Roy is an Indian actress and model. A Bengali by birth, she has predominantly appeared in Telugu films apart from some Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Kannada films. She is mostly known for her item numbers in films like Mass and Hero. She is known for her role in the Malayalam movie Ee Adutha Kalathu.

Career Tanu Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata. She is a commerce graduate. She appeared in Avunu Nijame and Kodi Ramakrishna's Keelu Gurram. Later, she starred in low budget B movies and did many item numbers in films including Satyam, Mass, No, Viyyalavari Kayyalu and Pellikani Prasad.

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, and in the Kannada films Love Story, which is a remake of the Telugu film Maro Charitra and was earlier titled Prema Charitra. The first Kannada film she shot for, Preethi Maadabaaradu, was shelved in the middle. In Tamil, she starred in the films Indru and Girivalam, a remake of the Hindi film Humraaz.

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. In Orissa, she played a social activist, who works for the welfare of tribal people in a village. She has also shot for a cameo in Hashim Marrikar's Preview. and Humma Humma.

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