THIS WOMEN'S DAY, Subhashree Ganguly will make her OTT debut with Indubala Bhaater Hotel, based on author Kallol Lahiri's book of the same name. Ganguly essays the role of Indubala, a woman who travels to Kolkata from a village in Bangladesh post marriage and spends her entire life there as the owner of a hotel. In this evocative tale of displacement, one will see Ganguly, 32, transform from a 20-year-old Indubala to a septuagenarian. For Ganguly, it is the most "meaningful and substantial" role she has essayed so far after Parineeta (2019).
Not that accolades did not come her way early on in her 17-year-long career. But they were largely for her looks and her ability to dance and shine on screen. "At the time, we never really gave much thought about women empowerment and those big words with deeper meanings," she says. "It was more important to establish a foothold in the industry and that is what I was working towards.
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