Arundhati Roy was born on November 23, 1961 in Shillong, Assam, India. She is a writer and actress, known for In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989), Electric Moon (1992) and DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy (2002). She is married to Pradip Krishen. She was previously married to Gerard da Cunha.
[on a notorious mass killing in Gujarat in 2002] The guilty should be punished. Everyone knows who they are, but that will not happen. That is the thing about India. You may go to prison for assaulting a woman in a lift or killing one person, but if you are part of a massacre then the chances of your not being punished are high.
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Fact
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One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].
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Ever since writing The God of Small Things, Roy has been a political activist. She has actively protested against the displacement of people due to the construction of Sardar Sarovar dam on river Narmada, due to which she was sentenced to prison for a day. She has written critiques of Nuclear bomb blasts by Indian government.
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai
2003
Saira A. Khan (as Arundhati)
Kahan Se Kahan Tak
1996
TV Series
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
1989
TV Movie
Radha
Massey Sahib
1987
Saila (tribal girl)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy
2002
TV Movie documentary
Electric Moon
1992
screenplay
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
1989
TV Movie screenplay / story
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Electric Moon
1992
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Changes Everything
2015
Documentary special thanks
Nusrat Has Left the Building... But When?
1997
Documentary short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Democracy Now!
2010-2013
TV Series
Herself
Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet
2011
Documentary
Herself
The People Speak UK
2010
Documentary
Herself
Invitation to World Literature
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
2004
TV Series
Herself
Rumble in Mumbai: The 2004 World Social Forum
2004
Documentary
Documentary subject
Drowned Out
2002
Documentary
Herself
Bouillon de culture
1998
TV Series documentary
Herself
Charlie Rose
1997
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Democracy Now!
2011
TV Series
Herself
Independent Intervention
2006
Documentary
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1989
Silver Lotus Award
National Film Awards, India
Best Screenplay
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989)
Known for movies
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) as Radha
Electric Moon (1992) as Writer
DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy (2002) as Writer
$13 Million
