Background
Nirupa Roy was born as Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad, Gujarat.
Nirupa Roy was born as Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad, Gujarat.
Roy was mostly known for portraying character roles of the Indian mother. She played leading roles in her early films and started playing mother roles during the 1970s and 1980s. Her acting career spanned more than 50 years, and she acted in more than 275 films.
She was referred to as the "queen of misery" in Hindi film circles.
She was selected and started her acting career with the Gujarati film Ranakdevi. The same year she acted in her first Hindi film, Amar Raj.
One of her popular films was Do Bigha Zameen (1953). She largely played mythological characters in the films of the 1940s and 50"son
Her image of a goddess was very strong and people would visit her home and seek her blessings.
Among her co-stars were Trilok Kapoor (with whom she played in eighteen movies), Bharat Bhushan, Balraj Sahni (Garam Coat, 1955) and Ashok Kumar. In the 1970s, her roles as mother to the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother.
