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Prabhat Roy

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Prabhat Roy
প্রভাত রায়
Born1946 (1946)
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilmmaker[1]
Notable work
  • Shwet Paatharer Thala
  • Sandhyatara
  • Lathi
SpouseJayashree Roy[2]
Awards

Prabhat Roy (Bengali: প্রভাত রায়; born 1946 in Jamshedpore) is a former Indian director who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.[3][4] He received several awards including two National Awards and BFJA Awards.

He began his career as an assistant director in the early 1970s. He claimed to fame after his directorial venture Protidan (1983) starring Sharmila Tagore, Ranjit Mallick, Victor Banerjee and Naseeruddin Shah emerged to be a major box office success.[5] Other than feature films, he directed 16 telefilms and 3 TV series.

Filmography

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As a director

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Year Films Language Cast Notes Ref.
1983 Protidan Bengali Sharmila Tagore, Ranjit Mullick, Victor Banerjee, Nasiruddin Shah, Lily Chakravarty, Anamika Saha Directorial debut
1985 Bandhan Anjana Hindi Sharmila Tagore Directorial debut in Hindi cinema [6]
1986 Zindagani Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Raakhee [7]
1987 Pratikaar Bengali Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Shakuntala Barua, Victor Banerjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Satabdi Roy, Debashree Roy, Biplab Chatterjee
1988 Pratik Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Raakhee, Tapas Paul, Roopa Ganguly, Papiya Adhikari
1989 Aamar Shapath Prasenjit Chatterjee, Shatabdi Roy
1989 Agnitrishna Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Ranjit Mallick, Madhabi Mukherjee, Roopa Ganguly, Satabdi Roy
1989 Hum Intezaar Karenge Hindi Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure
1989 Pronomi Tomay Bengali Arjun Chakraborty, Reshma Singh, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee
1990 Paapi Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee. Dipankar Dey, Kaushik Banerjee, Indrani Dutta
1992 Anutap Raj Babbar, Debashree Roy, Rabi Ghosh, Anup Kumar. Soumitra Bannerjee, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress), Nirmal Kumar
1992 Shwet Paatharer Thala Aparna Sen, Dipankar Dey, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Indrani Haldar, Rituparna Sengupta, Dilip Roy, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Meenakshi Goswami, Lily Chakravarty, Bhaskar Banerjee, Gopa Aich, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhya National Award for Best Feature Film on Family Welfare [8]
1993 Duranta Prem Deepak Sharma, Chandana Sen, Tapas Paul, Rachna Banerjee, Tota Roy Choudhury, Dolon Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Shakuntala Barua
1994 Sandhyatara Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Manoj Mitra, Uttam Mohanty, Sumanta Mukherjee [9]
1995 Andolan Rituparna Sengupta Telefilm
1996 Lathi Victor Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Abhishek Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Satabdi Roy, Rituparna Sengupta, Pallavi Chatterjee, Dulal Lahiri, Dipankar De, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Haradhan Banerjee, Manoj Mitra, Nirmal Kumar, Kaushik Banerjee, Bodhisattva majumdar, Debika Mitra, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress), Gita Dey, Tota Roy Choudhury, June Malia, Pushpita Mukherjee, Koushik Sen National Award for Best Feature Film on Family Welfare [10]
1997 Joddha Chiranjeet, Debashree Roy, Tapas Paul, Abhishek Chatterjee, Priyanka Trivedi, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Lily Chakravarty
1997 Sedin Chaitramas Sanjib Das Gupta, Indrani Dutta, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress), Dipankar De
1999 Khelaghar Supriya Devi, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Sreelekha Mitra, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee
1999 Shudhu Ekbar Bolo Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Mouli Ganguly
1999 Tumi Ele Tai Victor Banerjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Tapas Paul, Anuradha Roy, Santu Mukherjee, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Arpita Chatterjee
2000 Shesh Thikana Supriya Devi, Jaya Seal Ghosh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Shakuntala Barua
2005 Ek Mutho Chhabi Rajatabha Dutta, Sreelekha Mitra, June Malia, Arunima Ghosh, Roopa Ganguly, Indrani Halder, Pallavi Chatterjee, Samata Das, Monami Ghosh, Biplab Chatterjee, Moumita Gupta, Bikram Ghosh, Kunal Mitra, Koushik Sen, Dilip Roy
2005 Manik Jeet, Koel Mallick, Ranjit Mallick, Debdoot Ghosh, Samata Das, Shyamal Dutta, Biplab Chatterjee, Rajesh Sharma, Monu Mukherjee
2005 Shubhodrishti Jeet, Koel Mallick, Parambrata Chatterjee, Sanjib Dasgupta, Bharat Kaul, Laboni Sarkar, Biswajit Chakraborty, Dilip Ray
2006 Priyotama Jeet, Swastika Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar
2007 Pitribhumi Jeet, Swastika Mukherjee.Lily Chakravarty, Shakuntala Barua
2010 Hangover Prosenjit Chatterjee, Subhra Kundu, Joy Kumar Mukherjee, Sayantika Banerjee, Subhashish Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Supriyo Dutta
2011 Bhorer Alo Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Rohit Roy, Anusmriti Sarkar
2015 Birat 22

Assistant Director

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Actor

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Awards

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Award Year Category Film Result Ref.
National Award 1993 Best Feature Film on Family Welfare Shwet Pathorer Thala Won [11]
1997 Lathi Won [12]
BFJA Award 1997 Best Actor in a Leading Role Victor Banerjee for Lathi Won
Best Art Direction Kartik Bose for Lathi Won [13]
Lux ETV Award 2005 Best Film Manik (2005 film) Won
Anandalok Award 2006 Best Film Shubhodrishti Won
7th Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024 Lifetime achievement Award Won
Kalakar Award Won [14]

References

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  1. ^ "'Cosmic Sex' was refused screening at Nandan for aesthetic reasons, says director Prabhat Roy". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Here are a few of our favourite Rituparna Sengupta roles". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Prabhat Roy movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Prabhat Roy - Calcutta - Events - Society - Indiatimes Photogallery". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Prabhat Roy". www.seventymm.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Bandhan Anjana". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Zindagani". YouTube. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Shwet Paathorer Thala". YouTube. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Sandhyatara (1994)". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Lathi". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  11. ^ "40th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ^ "44th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  13. ^ "1997 award winners". bfjaaward.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  14. ^ "List of Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar awards. Retrieved 2 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
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