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Nandita Roy
Indian film director

Nandita Roy

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Indian film director
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Biography

Nandita Roy (born 3 April 1955) is an Indian film maker and screenwriter. Her directorial debut was with Shiboprosad Mukherjee for the film Icche (2011). The two have also directed Accident, Muktodhara, Alik Sukh, Ramdhanu, Bela Seshe and Praktan.

Early life

Nandita Roy was born on 3 April 1955 at Mumbai. She completed her schooling from St. Joseph's Convent High School, Mumbai, Vile Parle. She graduated with Economics from Parle College. She began work as a primary school teacher in St Joseph's Convent. Later she studied for her post grad in Economics from University of Mumbai, Kalina. She married Nitish Roy in 1977.

Career

Nandita Roy began her professional career in the year 1978, she co-directed 'Agadoom-Bagadoom' a short puppet film for children; she was also a glove-puppet operator in the same film. Following which she has been a part of several projects and worked with many renowned directors.

  1. An assistant editor in Nitish Mukherjee's film 'Nayanshyama' (1983) & 'Rabibar' (1996).
  2. An assistant director in Mrinal Sen's 'Tasveer Apni Apni' (1984).
  3. An assistant to Govind Nihalani in the film and tele-serial 'Tamas'.
  4. Assisted Nitish Roy as a set dresser in Govind Nihalani's film 'Party'.
  5. Worked as the Indian set dresser in the foreign production 'The Bengal Lancers' (unreleased).
  6. Assisted Nitish Roy as a set dresser and research assistant in Shyam Benegal's tele-serial 'Bharat ek khoj', 1988 (Discovery of India).
  7. Worked as an assistant editor in the Gammon India's documentary on the 2nd Hoogly Bridge.
  8. Worked as the chief assistant director and co-script writer in Nitish Roy's Bengali film 'Ek Poshla Brishti' (1989).
  9. Worked as the chief assistant director and co-scriptwriter in Nitish Roy's Bengali film 'Tobu Mone Rekho' (1993)
  10. She worked as the Indian set dresser in the foreign production 'The Jungle Book' (1994) directed by Stephen Sommers.
  11. Worked as the chief assistant director and co-scriptwriter in Nitish Roy's Bengali film 'Jamai No.1' (1997)

She is responsible for ETV's first non-fiction & fiction production house. This is located in West Bengal and she was the Creative and Administrative Manager of ETV Bangla. She is responsible for creating 19 original non-fiction programmes and starting the concept of hour-long television films on the channel by well-known directors. She conceptualised the first Bengali women's magazine programmes on television – 'Sreemoti'.

She started her own company named WINDOWS Productions along with her partner Shiboprosad Mukherjee. Together they produced many non-fiction and fiction programmes.

Concept & Direction
ChannelName of Programme
Tara BanglaBenudir Ranna Ghar
Ki Chai Aaj Ke Taka Na Sona
Zee BanglaNaari
Kaane Kaane
Ilish E Parbon
Oder Bolte Dao
Shanai
Bangla Bolche
Cadre No. 1
E-TV BanglaRitur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra
Aajker Mushkil Assan
Pujor Caravan
Pochishe Baisakh (Anondo Dhwani Jagao Gagane)
Modhukar Manjiro Baje
Chandalika (Dance Drama)
Shyama (Dance Drama)
Shapmochan (Dance Drama)
Mayar Khela (Dance Drama)
Mahanayika (live Event)
Megastar
Saath pake bandha
Ebong Rituporno
Jobab chai jobab dao
Saaf Kotha
Janata Express
Barishaler Bor Kolkatar kone
Prothoma
E-TV Bihar, UP, MP, RajasthanKoi Kisise Kam Nahin
Galiyon Ka Raja
Aakash BanglaSwarga Live
Siddhel Chor
Kailash Prem
Swapno Sundari
Tara MuzikAnjali
Gitanjali
Gitobitan
Ganer Tori
Cholti Haoa
World of DJs
Dhitang Dhitang Bole
Cinemar Gaan
N-TV (Bangladesh)Ke Korbe Baaji Maat
Channel – I (Bangladesh)Modhukar Manjiro Baje
Music videos
24 GhantaAajker Naari
Doordarshan Kendra- KolkataBouma
Dakbabu
Rupashi BanglaDance pe chance season 1 & 2

Filmography

Filmography as Director & Screenplay writer
Release dateTitleCBFC ratingProducerCast
15 July 2011IccheUVignesh FilmsSohini Sengupta
Bratya Basu
Samadarshi Dutta
Bidita Bag
Ruplekha Mitra
30 September 2011Hello MemshahebU/AArijit BiswasJeet
Priyanka Trivedi
3 August 2012MuktodharaU/ABachchu BiswasRituparna Sengupta
Nigel Akkara
Bratya Basu
Debshankar Haldar
28 September 2012AccidentAKaustav RayRudranil Ghosh
Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Sampurna Lahiri
Kanchan Mallick
19 July 2013Alik SukhUWindowsDebshankar Haldar
Rituparna Sengupta
Sohini Sengupta
Biswanath Basu
Sayani Ghosh
Dolon Roy
Sumit Samaddar
Soumitra Chatterjee
6 June 2014RamdhanuUWindowsShiboprosad Mukhopadhyay
Gargi Roychowdhury
Rachna Banerjee
Kharaj Mukherjee
Akashneel Mitra
1 May 2015Bela SesheUAtanu Roy Chowdhuri, M.K. Media and WindowsSoumitra Chatterjee
Swatilekha Sengupta
Shankar Chakraborty
Indrani Dutta
Kharaj Mukherjee
Aparajita Adhya
Rituparna Sengupta
Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee
Anindya Chatterjee
Monami Ghosh
27 May 2016PraktanU/AAtanu Roy Chowdhury, Windows Production HouseProsenjit Chatterjee
Rituparna Sengupta
Aparajita Adhya
Biswanath Basu
Manali Dey
Sabitri Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee
Anindya Chatterjee
N/APostoUWindows Production HouseSoumitra Chatterjee

Awards

  • Anandalok Award 2012 – Best Film for film 'Muktodhara'
  • Filmfare Award (East) 2014 – Best Direction for the film 'Alik Sukh'

Achievements

  • Icche did a theatrical run for 125 days. The National Film Archive of India accepted Icche as part of their collection for cultural and educational purposes. Icche was screened followed by an interactive session with the participants of the 8th batch of the 21-Day Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress, University of Calcutta (29 January 2013). Icche has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University. PVR Cinemas selected the film to be screened at Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai as part of the Indian Panorama Film Festival.
  • Hello Memsaheb, a comedy film, achieved commercial success.
  • Accident was a thought-provoking and hard-hitting feature film. It was critically acclaimed. Accident was selected for the Indian Cinema Now Section of the 18th International Kerala Film Festival 2013. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days.
  • Muktodhara was the first Bengali film in a decade to be screened at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. He was all praise for the film. Muktodhara was also watched by the governor of West Bengal Sri. M.K Narayan. Muktodhara was accepted by Legal Aid Services of West Bengal as part of their curriculum for Post Graduate Studies in Counseling, 2013 (affiliated to University of Calcutta) and also has been included in the Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress. It has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University. It ran in theatres successfully for 75 days.
  • Alik Sukh was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It had a pan India release in 2013. It was not only critically acclaimed but also did well commercially. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days. The director duo received the Filmfare Award (East) 2014 for Best Direction for the film 'Alik Sukh'.
  • Ramdhanu has achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. It has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University.

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