Ruma Guha

Ruma Guha Thakurta was an Indian actress and singer primarily associated with Bengali language films. She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958. Thakurta was born to Satyen Ghosh (Monty Ghosh) and singer Sati Devi. Thakurta made her acting debut in Amiya Chakravarty's Jwar Bhata (1944) at age ten.

This was the debut film of Dilip Kumar. She portrayed a blind girl, Sarla. After her divorce, Ruma moved to Calcutta to act in Rajen Tarafdar's Ganga based on Samaresh Bose's eponymous cult novel.

She acted as one of two leading ladies, with Sandhya Roy. Ganga won the National award for Best Feature Film that year and Ruma's portrayal of Himi received critical acclamation. In the same year, she acted in Personal Assistant opposite to Bhanu Bandopadhayay and in Khaniker Atithi by Tapan Sinha.