30 Quotes by Roopa Ganguly

Even before I became an artiste, when I barely had the means to support anyone financially, I took care of several destitute women, giving them shelter, food and clothing.

I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.

I have stayed in homes that didn't have basic infrastructure such as proper washrooms.

I am aware that there was a general opinion among people that I was close to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, among other Left leaders. Yes, I was close to them because I had to work closely with the state government.

I started a festival of short films produced for television, and as the secretary of the organisation that ran it I used to work very closely with the state government.

Ours was a family of engineers with no political affiliation; art and culture were the only things that we discussed at home.

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.

I wanted to play a domestic help all my life... Because I wanted to break my image.

People always told me that nothing would match my face, my structure other than roles of sophisticated, educated women. I felt it was an insult to me.