Seema Biswas
Birthday: Born in 1965-01-14 in Nalbari, Assam, India
Deathday: Alive
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.
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कालकूट
Character: Ravi's Mother
Follows the life of Ravishankar Tripathi, a tenacious and dedicated police officer who finds himself at the forefront of a challenging acid attack case....
ह्यूमन
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In the race to make the next money-spinning drug, saving lives takes a backseat and people become less than human....
Dadi Amma.. Dadi Amma Maan Jaao!
Character: Urmila Pradhan
Based on a story of 2 sisters who are raised by their grandparents....
महाकुंभ - एक रहस्य, एक कहानी
Character: MaiMui
Once in every 144 years Mahakumb Amrit makes an appearance. To guard it, 7 saviors are born and have supernatural powers....
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Abode
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A 70-year-old widowed woman on the verge of being sent to an old age home makes a decision that shocks her family....
Atrangi Re
Character: Dulhayen
Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equation gets weirder when Rinku's lover Sajjad shows up and Vishu starts developing feelings for her....
Yeh Faasley
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Arunima (Tena Desai) loves dad (Anupam Kher) who, she believes, loved her mom too. But her love is put to test when she begins to suspect her dad and holds him responsible for her mother’s death. Will the daughter avenge her mother’s death even if it means standing up against her father?...
Queens! Destiny of Dance
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Guru Amma presides over a community of hijras (male to female transgenders) inside a huge palace, with love and severity in equal measure. The apple of her eye is the talented Mukta who is the best dancer among them and also the potential next leader of the community. Mukta adores Guru Amma with all her heart, to the point of worshipping her. One day, a beautiful young girl turns up at their door without any explanation. Awed by her beauty, Amma takes the mysterious girl under her wings and name...
Thalaimagan
Character: Alangaram
Thaimagan is a story of an investigative journalist Dheeran (Sarathkumar) who is intent on exposing corrupt minister Shanmugavadivelu (Mukesh Tiwari) and his stooge, the state director general of police (DGP) Alangaram (Seema Biswas).The story revolves around a bottled water plant in a village sanctioned by the minister for a quid pro quo. Dheeran is against the project as it would deplete the ground water resources and warns the people and government about its dangers. The minister sends his go...
Khamoshi: The Musical
Character: Flavy
The daughter of deaf-mute parents seeks their understanding when she discovers a love for music....
Ek Hasina Thi
Character: ACP Malti Vaidya
A woman falls for a charming and mysterious businessman. The whirlwind romance turns sour when she is framed for his underworld crimes. Now, finally out of prison she is ready for sweet revenge....
Twelve Months
Character: Shewantamai
Baromas is a feature film in Hindi based on the Sahitya Academy award winning Marathi novel of the same name by Sadanand Deshmukh and directed by FTII-educated Dheeraj Meshram. The movie addresses the plight of dry land farmers and the educated unemployed in rural India....
Cooking With Stella
Character: Stella Elizabeth Matthews
Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her employers and fellow staff....
Iyarkai
Character: Mercy
Marudhu, a sailor, falls in love with Nancy, a fruit vendor. However, she waits for the captain who had promised that he would return and marry her....
Red Alert: The War Within
Character: Saralaka
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, Chinna; and son, Mohan, but Velu keeps on putting it off. Narasimha gets to know and sympathize with members of this band, and befriends Lakshmi, who was gang-raped by several policemen. He is then asked to prove his loyalty by killing an informant/plainc...
Balyakalasakhi
Character: Selvi
Born to rich parents, Majeed falls in love with his not-so-affluent neighbor Suhra. After her father's death, when Suhra struggles to make both ends meet, Majeed pleads with his father to sponsor her education. Refused, he wanders off to distant lands....
Vivah
Character: Rama Mishra
Poonam, a traditionally brought-up young woman, is to marry Prem, a groom chosen by her uncle. Poonam and Prem's faith and love are to be tested however, when an accident occurs and Poonam might be scarred for life....
Sold
Character: Amma
Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. When the Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's father says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at "Happiness House" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable trut...
Amal
Character: Advocate Sapna Agarwal
Autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small, but vital, role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal's humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away. With only one month to discover and claim the inheritance, Amal's struggles with duty and wealth are threatened by all those around him - from a young injured beggar girl and a lovely store merchant...
Bandit Queen
Character: Phoolan Devi
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. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her....
Deewangee
Character: Psychiatrist
Hired by a singer to defend her friend, who has been accused of murder, a formidable lawyer learns that the man he represents may not be innocent....
Company
Character: Ranibai
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 displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart....
Water
Character: Shakuntala
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 transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots....
Manjunath
Character: Manju's Mother
Shanmugam Manjunath, an IIM student, who was killed for his stand against corruption and fuel adulteration....
Sarfira
Character: Vir's Mother
A young man from a remote village dreams of launching his own airline service. However, he must overcome several obstacles and challenges in order to be successful in his quest....
Political War
Character: Sunita Chatterjee
Set against the backdrop of an election, corrupt politicians stir up religious conflicts in this Hindi language drama....
A PENDING FILE
Character: Self
"Discover the extraordinary life of Ranjit Kapoor in 'A Pending File,' a documentary celebrating his immense contributions to Indian theater and cinema. From his humble origins to becoming a visionary artist, this film explores Kapoor's struggles, successes, and the revolutionary changes he brought to storytelling. Through interviews and captivating visuals, experience the legacy of this maestro whose artistry shaped the very fabric of Indian culture. 'A Pending File' is a heartfelt tribute hono...
Kothanodi: The River of Fables
Character: Dhoneshwari
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own....
Shantham
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Velayudhan is a young man living in a place torn apart by civil strife. In the midst of a raging street war, he kills his best friend. Velayudhan feels guilty and disturbed. The political enemies also plot revenge on Velayudhan....
A Yellow Bird
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It is an unwelcome homecoming for Siva, a Singaporean-Indian ex-convict, haunted by a tragedy in his past. Released after eight years behind bars and dejected by his mother’s coldness, he leaves home in search of his ex-wife and daughter. His old friend denies any knowledge of their whereabouts and instead leads him back into crime. Finding him sheltering in ‘void decks’ (the open public access corridors found beneath government-built residential housing in Singapore), the police force him to me...
Patang
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In the old city of Ahmedabad, amid India's largest kite festival, a family duels, spins and soars like the countless kites in the skies above....
Boom
Character: Bharti
The fashion world meets the underworld in BOOM, written and directed by Kaizad Gustad and produced by Ayesha Shroff under the banner of Quest Films...
Half Girlfriend
Character: Madhav's Mother
A boy meets a girl named Riya and falls in love. After struggling to convince her to be his girlfriend, she half-heartedly agrees to be his `half-girlfriend'....
Chalti Rahe Zindagi
Character: Leela
Krishna Bhagat is a local bread supplier in three different families of a housing complex - it's the early times of the pandemic setting in. A lockdown is announced and that sets to change lives for these families poignantly. Phase 1 of lockdown exposes the extramarital affair of Arjun's wife with Aru's husband, a neighbor. In phase 2 Sushma, pressurised by her son Akash, a TV journalist, forces Krishna to return the money that she had loaned him. Phase 3 brings to fore the conflict within Leela...
Visfot
Character: Acid Tai
The film follows the lives of two families, one living in a Mumbai slum and the other in a luxurious high-rise, whose paths intertwine unexpectedly. A series of events leads to a tragic explosion, leaving one man wrongly accused of a crime he didn't commit. As he fights to clear his name, he uncovers a web of corruption and deceit that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear....
Striker
Character: Surya's Mother
Amidst strictly enforced curfew by Bombay Police during December 1992 following Hindu-Muslim riots, Suryakant - one of four siblings from Malad's Malvani slums, heads home....
Midnight's Children
Character: Mary Pereira
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name....
Sameer
Character: Mumtaz Khala
After a series of bomb blasts in Hyderabad a special ATS team lead by officer Desai name Yasin Darji as the suspect. Following a tip-off the team reaches a location to arrest Yasin only to end up arresting Sameer, the wrong guy. While the error needs to be fixed, the higher authorities decide to bargain with Sameer for his freedom, sending him as a mole. Sameer turns a mole to stop Yasin Darji before he kills more innocent people. A chase begins. Will they manage to stop Yasin, or will Yasin tru...
Chaarfutiya Chhokare
Character: Janki
Neha comes to a small village in Bihar, India to construct a school building, for her NGO. She meets the principal to discuss the plans. While leaving from there Neha is shocked to know that the three boys who guided her to the school building are hardcore criminals and have been involved in several murders. Faces of all three in their adolescence, get etched in Neha's mind. With the news of the Rupees twenty million fund coming to the village spreads, politics of greed germinates. Paras, a cont...
Katputtli
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Lisa's dress is soaked in blood and her coat is loaded with money but she can't remember who she is. Her husband, Arjun, a famous surgeon, tries his best to help her recollect things....
Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya!
Character: Ram's Mom
Children build a tree-house to spy on a beggar, than seek his help against a builder....
Freaky Ali
Character: Sulbha
A debt collector becomes a major sensation when he takes on the rich man's sport of golfing....
Bhoot
Character: Bai
A Mumbai businessman and his wife are looking for a new flat. Apartment 1201 has been vacant since its previous occupant jumped to her death. Undeterred, the couple still decides to move in, but before long, the wife starts to have visions....
Darkness Visible
Character: Rakhee
London-raised Ronnie returns to his home in India to discover his mother Suleka has died in mysterious circumstances. As he uncovers a series of similar past murders, Ronnie's own inner-darkness come to light....
The Wound
Character: Tanya
Jogi Thakur (Govind Namdev) is the power behind the ruling party ministers in Bombay City, and not only rules over the underworld, but also over the law-makers; the Home Minister (Anant Jog); the Police Commissioner (Virendra Saxena), and police officers all over the city. The Police of the City are on the look out for an escaped convict Tanya (Seema Biswas). The police are assisted by Sarja (Mita Vasisht), who is the Warden of the prison that Tanya broke out from. Tanya has confessed to killing...
We Two
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Dujone has the college-going Meghna (Srabanti) and Akash (Dev) falling for each other. But with Meghna's dad being in the fish business as opposed to Dev's industrialist dad, objections are an obvious progression. Things get murkier and gory what with Akash's dad keeping him caged in Siliguri and Meghna's against-romance pishi (Seema) keeping a hawk's eye on her every move. And just when you thought you've seen the best of De's muscle flexing and Srabanti's desperation to meet Akash, in comes a ...
Risk
Character: Devki Wardhan
"Ek crore meh laitha hai RISK!". Risk! is a movie about a police inspector named Suryakanth who vows to clean up the Mumbai underworld. The police have been trying for 11 years to arrest the biggest don of the underworld, Khalid Bin Jamal. But Khalid isn't in Mumbai. He is living in Bangkok, free from the Mumbai police. Suryakanth starts killing Khalid's men in Mumbai. This alarms Khalid and he entraps Suryakanth in a bad scheme. How much risk is Suryakanth willing to take in order to catch Khal...
Shaurya
Character: Mrs. Khan
Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary, an Indian Army lawyer, attempts to defend Capt. Javed Khan who is accused of killing a decorated officer. The problem is that Khan does not wish to be defended and freely admits to his crime....
Bindhaast
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Mayu and Vaiju decide to play a prank on their aunt....
Project Marathwada
Character: Saku
The son of a poor farmer, Tukaram, commits suicide, which leaves the family shattered. When his pleas fall on deaf ears, he comes to Mumbai in the hope of getting justice and help from the government....
Scribbles on Akka
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A film on feminine legacy of rebellion, language and transgressions. Using the composition of Mahadevi Akka, a 13th century saint-poet, the film explores the multiplicity of contemporary women and their own points of transgressions....
Pinjar
Character: Mad woman
In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn...
Funny Boy
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A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s....
Yeh Mera India
Character: Sharada Bai
Every night we go home & turn on the news,to find headlines full of atrocities & we wonder how this world keeps moving in spite of so much multi-layered bias which is the root cause of all this. YMI is an attempt to explore the truth behind these headlines. These stories deal with racial,communal,caste,gender,lingual & immigrant bias that plaque the today's society and the outcome... Startling!!!!...
Chrysalis
Character: Sister Agatha
A Sikh woman and her son take refuge in a convent during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms...
City of Gold
Character: Lakshmi G. Dhuri / Aai
Today, there is hardly anyone who hasn't visited the swanky shopping malls, nightclubs, lounge bars, clubs and other such lifestyle destinations that sprung up across the centre of Mumbai. However, very few know that buried deep below these glittering edifices to consumerism lies the dark, dirty and painful reality of many thousands of mill workers who once worked the cotton mills in this very same area. Rising and toiling to the wail of the mill sirens each and every day, seven days a week, the...