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	Blog of Death: Nirupa Roy
		Nirupa Roy, a veteran Bollywood actress, died on Oct. 13 of a heart attack.
		In 2001, Roy, her husband Kamal Roy and her son Kiran Roy were arrested for alleged cruelty and dowry harassment against her daughter-in-law Una Roy.
		Nirupa Roy denied the charges; her son and his wife later filed for divorce.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001191.html (191 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Nirupa Roy, the icon of motherhood of Hindi cinema, died on Wednesday night in Mumbai at her residence.
		Roy, who typified the benign mother, acted in nearly 300 films and her on-screen sons ranged from Dev Anand (81) to Akshaye Khanna.
		Roy, in role after role, convinced her audience that she was the perfect actor to live up to that immense responsibility implied in the statement: an amalgam of spiritual values against a crass materialistic world, a figure of sacrifice against a world of violence and greed.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041015/asp/nation/story_3885504.asp (391 words)

	Nirupa Roy portrait - Bollywood501
		Her portrayal of the mother was so iconic that actress to this day refer to a 'Nirupa Roy' type character when attempting to give an explanation of the type of part they are playing in a film.
		Nirupa Roy began her film career in the 1940s and became famous portraying goddess in mythologicals.
		Nirupa Roy and her characterization of the mother is a firm example of the bridge between classical mythology and the folklore and mythologizing nature of Indian film.
	www.bollywood501.com /classic_f/Nirupa_Roy/index.html (376 words)

	Nirupa Roy: Eternal Mother
		For many, Nirupa Roy was almost a generic term for 'screen mother.' This was after she played superstar Amitabh Bachchan's mother in a string of 1970s blockbusters.
		Nirupa may have never been the glamour queen but this emotional performer's work was informed with an obvious love for her art and a mastery over its craft.
		Nirupa continued to prolifically play the heroine throughout the decade, though many of her films were low budget affairs.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2004/oct/15spec1.htm (1178 words)

	The Hindu : Entertainment / Tribute : The beloved screen `Maa'
		Sensitive and compassionate, Nirupa Roy lent the clichéd role of the mother dignity and charm, writes V. GANGADHAR in his tribute to the star who passed away recently.
		Nirupa Roy (Kokila Kishore Chandra Balsara in real life) was lucky that her traditional Gujarati family permitted her to work in films.
		The screen ``Ma" won great acclaim for chastising her son for pursuing a career in crime in ``Deewar" and there was hardly a dry eye in the theatres when the son died in the arms of the mother.
	www.hindu.com /fr/2004/10/29/stories/2004102903210300.htm (847 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - WOMEN'S PAGE
		Nirupa Roy, who passed away recently, was born as Kokila Kishorechandra.
		Nirupa had been so used to wearing a load of jewellery, heavy make-up and the finest costumes for her many mythological movies, that she felt lost on the first day of Do Bigha Zameen — they gave her a mere touch of make-up.
		Nirupa was crying and didn't stop till five minutes after the director had called `cut'.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041024/women.htm (1500 words)

	nirupa roy (1931 - 2004)
		Nirupa Roy was born Kokila Kishorechandra Balsara in Valsad, Gujarat.
		The other genre of films that saw Nirupa Roy make a strong impact was the 'realistic' films.
		Nirupa Roy lives her role as the long-suffering mother making it her own, which established her as the leading screen mother of Hindi Cinema of the 1970s and 1980s particularly as Bachchan's mother - Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Muqaddar ka Sikander (1978), Suhaag (1979), Mard (1985) to name some of their important films.
	www.upperstall.com /nirupa_roy.html (701 words)

	News India-Times.com, Online Edition
		Roy came to the film industry as a much-married shy Gujarati woman named Kokila Balsara.
		Two years later, Roy’s career was rocking after she played the title role in ‘Gunasundari.’ This was followed by a number of roles where she was cast as a demure deity.
		Roy went on to play Amitabh Bachchan’s mother in a large number of films, including ‘Amar Akbar Anthony,’ ‘Suhaag,’ ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar,’ ‘Mard’ and ‘Ganga Jumna Saraswati.’ In the 1990s, her career faded away.
	www.newsindia-times.com /nit/2004/10/22/cinema31-rao.html (280 words)

	South Asia Times - News Views Analysis, India, Melbourne, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mumbai: Earlier this year Nirupa Roy made a rare public appearance at the Filmfare Awards to receive her award for lifetime achievement -- little did we know that this would be the last time we would see her.
		Nirupa Roy came to the film industry as a much-married shy Gujarati woman named Kokila Balsara.
		It was perhaps because of her inbuilt inhibitions that Nirupa Roy failed to make it as an A-grade leading lady in spite of her good looks and competent performances.
	www.southasiatimes.com.au /newsprint68.aspx (514 words)

	Nirupa Roy is no more
		Known as the mother of Indian screen heroes, Roy acted in various films in her career spanning over three decades.
		Roy suffered the heart attack at her home at Napean Sea Road.
		The actress belonged to the 'fl and white' era and had shot to fame in her 'mother' roles.
	movies.indiainfo.com /newsbytes/nirupa_1014.html (114 words)

	Nirupa Roy - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For many, Nirupa Roy was almost a generic term for 'screen mother.
		But there was much more to Nirupa Roy than being a mother specialist who could...
		Nirupa Roy - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Nirupa Roy Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/nirupa-roy/376312/main (99 words)

	Nirupa Roy passes away
		Actress Nirupa Roy passed away on Wednesday night following a cardiac arrest, film industry sources said on Thursday.
		The legend called Nirupa Roy is no more with us.
		I always remember Nirupa Roy's affectionate role as a mother in movies like Deewar.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2004/oct/14nirupa.htm (189 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories
		Controversy over the fate of cine star Nirupa Roy over the alleged demand for dowry came to an end with her daughter-in-law, Una Roy, stating in court that she had no objection if Nirupa Roy and her family was granted anticipatory bail, here today.
		While Una Roy was accompanied by two of her uncles, one a resident of Sector 4, Kiran Roy had also his lawyers for company during the two-hour stay in court.
		It may be recalled that Una Roy, an NRI who worked for Cathy Pacific for 11 years before resigning in 1998, had registered a case of dowry harassment against Nirupa Roy and her family on March 7 in Panchkula under Section 323/498-A and 406 of the IPC.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010826/cth1.htm (11104 words)

	Nirupa Roy: Bollywood's favourite cine-ma dies in oblivion - Bollywood Hindi Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com
		Nirupa Roy: Bollywood's favourite cine-ma dies in oblivion
		Earlier this year Nirupa Roy made a rare public appearance at the Filmfare Awards to receive her award for lifetime achievement -- little did we know that this would be the last time we would see her.
		As the woman caught between the moral conflicts of her two sons, Roy was flawlessly melodramatic.
	www.indiaglitz.com /channels/hindi/article/10974.html (554 words)

	Nirupa Roy: Maa of a 1000 sons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She was the mother of a thousand Bollywood sons, so strongly etched is her portrayal of the mater in the 280 odd Hindi films that she did.
		In other words, Nirupa Roy has epitomized the Hindi film mother more than any other heroine before or since.
		Roy who passed away after a cardiac arrest on October 13, 2004 was born on January 4, 1931 in Valsad, India and chr...
	www.nrilinks.com /news/n/2/17461.aspx (120 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Bollywood actress Nirupa Roy dies
		Bollywood actress Nirupa Roy has died after a heart attack at her home in Mumbai (Bombay).
		Nirupa Roy made her debut in the fl-and-white era with the Gujarati language film Ranakdevi, made in 1946.
		Later in her career Nirupa Roy went on to play the mother to various leading actors, such as Dev Anand in the film Munimji and to Amitabh Bachchan in a number of successful films, like Amar Akbar Anthony, Deewar, Suhaag and Mard.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3742604.stm (142 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		August 13: Daughter-in-law Una Roy has charged her 'perfect mother' of the silver screen Nirupa Roy, in a dowry case in Panchkula, Chandigarh.
		The Haryana police said that Una, who is a Non Resident Indian, has alleged in her complaint that she was subjected to severe mental and physical harassment and cruelty at the hands of Nirupa Roy and her family.
		Nirupa Roy, who most often played the role of a sobbing mother and an affectionate mother-in-law was charged by her daughter-in-law as a 'very dominating mother-in-law in total control of all financial affairs of the house.'
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Aug01/14/NAT13.html (146 words)

	Mother of Bollywood (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The mother of Bollywood cinema Nirupa Roy was born in Gujarat town of Valsad.
		Her husband and she applied to an advertisement for actors in a Gujarat paper, and it was then that she made her debut in the Gujarati film, Ranakdevi.
		Her performance kept with the sentimental idiom of the day when she played the role of a housewife beset by trouble who makes a solo journey to Kolkata, in torn clothes actually bought from the chor bazaar in Mumbai.
	movies.indiainfo.com.cob-web.org:8888 /tales/nirupa_roy.html (792 words)

	Bollywood - Special Feature - A Tribute To Bimal Roy
		Drawing from his own experiences from his initial years in East Bengal, Bimal Da depicts the travails of a peasant family (Nirupa Roy as Paro, the wife, in a strongly etched yet understated performance and Rattan Kumar as the son) against the backdrop of rural poverty and brutal urbanization.
		The tragic hopelessness that finds the farmer’s family come back to the village only to find a factory constructed on their land, was like nothing that Hindi cinema audience had seen.
		Nirupa Roy who played roles in mythologicals and was used to being dressed accordingly, was asked to wear used, unwashed clothes from Chor Bazaar for her portrayal of Paro.
	www.planetbollywood.com /Features/s013103-232117.php (1575 words)

	Bachchan’s tribute to Nirupa Roy : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Nirupa Roy, who passed away on Wednesday, was undoubtedly Bollywood’s most famous mother.
		Nirupa Roy’s films with Bachchan were ‘Khoon Pasina’, ‘Deewar’, Amar Akbar Anthony, ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’, ‘Suhaag’, ‘Ganga Jamuna Saraswati’, ‘Mard’ and ‘Lal Baadshah’.
		In a sad mood Bachchan says that now when Nirupa Roy is no more, he feels like he has lost a mother, a person he felt very close to.
	www.apunkachoice.com /scoop/bollywood/20041017-0.html (412 words)

	Bollywood Divas
		chandra Balsara, Nirupa Roy is probably the most famous screen mother in Indian cinema.
		Although her debut was made in a Gujarati feature called Ranakdevi, she broke through with Gunsundari.
		Nirupa Roy received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress award three times, all for movies much before the angry young man social dramas.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/slideshows/40s/40-6.htm (114 words)

	Amazon.com: Suhaag: DVD: Manmohan Desai,Shashi Kapoor,Amitabh Bachchan,Rekha,Parveen Babi,Nirupa Roy,Ranjeet,Kader ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Things do not go as planned, they are attacked, and Kishan loses his eyesight, and may never get to see again, leaving the onus of Amit to try and locate the person(s) behind this crime.
		Instead he sells her to a brothel.Luckily for her a undercover cop was their to rescue her on that very day, But Kader Khan elopes with one of her kids (Amitabh Bachchan) and sells him to a drunkard.
		Nirupa Roy is left to lookafter her other son Shashi Kapoor in poverty, While her other son (Amitabh Bachchan) who is seperated is selling alcohol, Treated like dirt and growing up the hard way in life.
	www.amazon.com /Suhaag-Manmohan-Desai/dp/B00001TZ5N (1136 words)

	Actress Nirupa Roy dies after massive heart attack - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Actress Nirupa Roy dies after massive heart attack »
		Actress Nirupa Roy dies after massive heart attack
		Nirupa Roy who played 'Mother' to a galaxy of actors in mainstream Hindi cinema, died here on Wednesday night following a massive heart attack.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/oct142004/update4.asp (259 words)

	Nirupa Roy: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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		The real life story lacked the melodramatic climax that one saw in films starring yesteryear's screen mother Nirupa Roy.
		On August 25, the lawyer of Nirupa's son Kiran Roy handed over the passport, certificate of permanent residence in Hong Kong, academic certificates, and a demand draft for Rs 15 lakh to Una Roy's lawyer in an additional district judge's court in Chandigarh.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Roy_Nirupa_159032720.htm (132 words)

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		Shambhu (Balraj Sahni) and his wife Parvati (Nirupa Roy) are overjoyed when, after two years of drought, the rains spell happiness and prosperity for their farming community.
		Unfortunately, their joy is short-lived, as the landowner demands his land back to build a factory there.
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