Taking bold roles and challenges in Indian cinema | Seema Biswas | TEDxIITGuwahati

In this talk ,Seema biswas talked about the struggle she faced in becoming the actress coming from the state of Assam where she faced lot of criticism in taking it as career and then the she took challenges for the first time in doing the bold roles as phoolan devi in Bandit queen. Seema Biswas is an Indian film and theatre actress from Assam who shot into prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen (1994). She has a reputation for performing strong character roles. Biswas won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Bandit Queen. She won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the 2006 Best Actress Genie Award for her role as Shakuntala in Deepa Mehta's Water. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx