Arundhati Roy
     




Arundhati Roy and cinema

Arundhati Roy expressed her talents in acting and scriptwriting also. She acted in the film Massey Sahib portraying the role of a rural girl. She wrote and starred in the movie 'In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones', and wrote the script of the movie 'Electric Moon', which was directed by her husband Pradip Kishen.

She took an independent stand regarding the censorship of the controversial film on Phoolan Devi. Media attention came when she spoke out in support of Phoolan Devi, who she felt, had been exploited by Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen. She also wrote the screenplay for The 'Banyan Tree', a television serial.

Her life

Arundhati’s first marriage was with Gerard Da Cunha, her classmate of Delhi School of Architecture, but it lasted only four years. Roy got her divorce from Da Cunha and shacked up with Pradeep Krishen, film director, whom she later married.

 

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