Feb 21, 2024, 01:01 PM IST
Take a look at Roopa Ganguly's journey through photos
Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, playback singer, and politician, who is best known for her performance of Draupadi in B.R Chopra's series Mahabharat
Before Mahabharat, Roopa worked in telefilms based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali short stories, Nirupama and Stree Ki Patra
After Mahabharat, Roopa gained huge popularity among the masses, and she got the much-required boost in her career
Roopa's filmography includes Hindi films such as Pyar Ka Devta, Saugandh, Barfi, Hindi TV series such as Chandrakanta, Kasturi, Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, and Bengali films and series
Roopa has also worked in Kannada, Telugu, and Odia films
In 2015, Ganguly joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and quit Artiste Forum
Roopa was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in October 2016 in place of cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu
On her personal front, Roopa married Dhrubo Mukherjee in 1992, and they became parents to a son, Aakash Mukherjee (born in 1997). The duo got separated in 2007