Rupali Ganguly Struggle Story: Every person who is interested in acting dreams of working in films. Often people move towards films after becoming successful in the world of TV, but one such TV actress who came to TV from films and after working for many years, today success is kissing her feet. She has not only done many popular TV shows but is also the lead actress of the serial she is doing today and has received many awards for this role.
Yes, we are talking about Rupali Ganguly, the lead actress of TV’s popular daily soap ‘Anupama’. Rupali Ganguly is celebrating her 47th birthday this year and at this stage of her age, she has got the success for which people often yearn. Let us tell you some important things about Rupali Ganguly about which every fan wants to know.
Rupali Ganguly’s family background
Born on 5 April 1977 in a Bengali Hindu family, Rupali Ganguly’s father Anil Ganguly was a Bengali film director. His brother Vijay Ganguly is a screenwriter and choreographer. Rupali Ganguly studied in Mumbai. He has also done a course in hotel management and started acting from theatres. There is a film environment in Rupali Ganguly’s family because of her father, hence she has been inclined towards acting since childhood.
Story of Rupali Ganguly’s struggle
Rupali Ganguly’s father was a filmmaker and Rupali started her acting career with her father’s film Saheb (1985). Although at that time he was only 8 years old, but after this he easily got some Bollywood films. In the 90’s, Rupali did films like ‘Bahar Aane Tak’, ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’, ‘Ladki Bholi Bhali’, ‘Zarorat’, ‘Naag Panchami’ and ‘Savere Wali Gaadi’.
All these films were flops and Rupali had to struggle a lot. He left the thought of acting and started a hotel management course. In the early 2000’s, Rupali’s father’s films were not doing well, so Rupali did not have much support from the family, yet she thought that she would do a job after doing hotel management. But fate had something else in store. During the same time, the actress shot an ad film which she got because of her father’s acquaintance.
Rupali Ganguly’s first TV serial
Through the advertisement that Rupali had done, she got two TV shows ‘Sanjeevani’ and ‘Bhabhi’. Rupali Ganguly entered TV from here. Both these shows started telecasting on TV in the late 2000s. In the year 2004, Rupali got ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ and due to this she became popular.
However, when this show stopped after a few years, Rupali had no work and she started doing pledges. At the end of the year 2019, Rupali’s luck once again changed and she got the show ‘Anupama’ which remains people’s favorite even today.
How did Rupali get the lead role in ‘Anupama’?
In a podcast, Rupali Ganguly had told how she got the show ‘Anupama’. Actress Rupali Ganguly had said that after ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ she did not get any special work on TV. When she was not getting popularity, she started making different kinds of pledges. Once Rupali went to Ujjain to perform a play and went to Mahakaleshwar temple with her friends. The actress was sitting there and she got a random call asking her to submit an audition video.
In this regard, the actress said, ‘I was sitting in the temple of Mahakal when I got a call that there is a serial for which auditions are going on, so I have to send my screen test video. We shot it around 2 in the night and sent it. After this, when I reached Mumbai, I was immediately called for shooting. All this happened so quickly that I could not understand anything and more than 3 and a half years have passed, people have given a lot of love, thanks a lot for that.
The actress had said that during that time she had completely stayed away from TV and used to do only plays. Rupali, who had completely stayed away from TV, started shooting for ‘Anupama’ and today it has been almost 4 years. This show started in July 2020 and even today it maintains a place in the top-5 in terms of TRP.
Who is the real life husband of ‘Anupama’?
Rupali Ganguly married Ashwin K Verma in 2013, with whom she has a son Rudransh. Rupali and Ashwin had a love marriage and the actress told about it in a podcast. The actress said that Ashwin met her when she was having her struggling period. That period of the actress was such when films were failing.
Then he started a hotel management course. Then Rupali got an offer to do an ad film. She met Ashwin for the first time during the shoot of the same ad film. It was here that they became friends, fell in love and after being in a relationship for a long time, they got married.
What is Rupali Ganguly’s net worth?
In a podcast, Rupali had told that when she did her first film for her father, she got only Rs 50 as fee. After this, his fees increased but when the films flopped, he also stopped getting work. According to reports, Rupali Ganguly charges Rs 3 lakh for a day’s shoot of ‘Anupama’.
This show comes on TV from Monday to Friday, so Rupali charges Rs 15 to 20 lakh for a 5-day shoot. At present Rupali has joined the high paid actresses of TV. According to a report by Pinkvilla, Rupali Ganguly has a net worth of Rs 20 crore (2023).