Nandita Roy (born April 3, 1955) is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with the film ''

Icche ''Icche'' (English:''Wish'') is a 2011 Bengali language Indian drama film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy. This is the debut film of the director duo. The film is based on Suchitra Bhattacharya's novel and revolves around the r ...

'' (2011) along with her co-director

Shiboprosad Mukherjee Shiboprosad Mukherjee (, Bengali: ; born 20 May 1974) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. He, collaborating with Nandita Roy, debuted with their film ''Icche'', which garnered both critical acclaim as well as commercial success. The ...

. The two have also directed ''

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'', ''

Muktodhara ''Muktodhara'' is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy. This is a story about the prisoners of a correctional home ‒ Presidency jail who all have a dark past life but here they are being reformed day by day. ...

'', ''

Alik Sukh ''Alik Sukh'' (English: ''Unreal Happiness'') is a 2013 Bengali Medical psychological thriller based on the novel ''Alikh Sukh'' by Suchitra Bhattacharya. The film is directed by the duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, starring Debshanka ...

'', ''

Ramdhanu ''Ramdhanu'' ( en, The Rainbow) is a 2014 Bengali family drama film, adapted from Suchitra Bhattacharya's short story, Ramdhanu Rawng and directed by Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee, the directors of Icche, Muktodhara, Accident and Alik Suk ...

'', ''

Bela Seshe ''Bela Seshe'' (; also written as ''Belaseshe: In The Autumn of my Life'') is an Indian Bengali-language family drama film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and presented by Atanu Raychaudhuri. It is produced by Windows and di ...

'', ''

Haami ''Haami'' is a 2018 Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The movie is produced by Windows and is distributed regionally by the same. As per the figures provided by trade magazine. Film Companion, it was the highest gro ...

'', ''

Praktan ''Praktan'' (Bengali: প্রাক্তন, lit. ''Former'') is a 2016 Indian Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta. It brings back the Prosenjit - Rituparna ...

'' , ''

Posto (film) ''Posto'' (Here, a name for the child character of film. Meaning: Poppy Seeds) is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The film features Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Mimi Chakraborty. The film was r ...

, Konntho,

Gotro ''Gotro'' () is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language emotional drama film, directed, produced and co-written by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. It stars Anashua Majumdar, Nigel Akkara and Manali Dey, with Ambarish Bhattacharya, Saheb Chat ...

''. She has been a part of several projects and has worked with many renowned directors.

Early life

Nandita Roy was born on April 3, 1955 in

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. She attended high school at St. Joseph's Convent High School in the suburb of

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, and is an economics graduate of

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. She began work as a primary schoolteacher in St. Joseph's Convent. She later studied for her postgrad in economics from

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. She married

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in 1977. Currently she lives in

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with her family.

Career

Roy began her professional career in 1978, as a glove-puppet operator and co-director on ''Agadoom-Bagadoom'', a short puppet film for children. Through the 1980s and 1990s, Roy built up a broad resume in various films, working as an assistant editor, assistant director, set dresser, research assistant, and scriptwriter, learning many sides of the business. Roy moved to television and became responsible for

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's first nonfiction and fiction production house, and was the creative and administrative manager of their Bengali-language channel. She created 19 original nonfiction programs for the network, including the first Bengali women's magazine program, ''Sreemoti''. Roy also started a series of one-hour television films by well-known directors. Roy started Windows Productions with

. Together they produced programs for many channels: *Tara Bangla – ''Benudir Ranna Ghar'', ''Ki Chai Aaj Ke Taka Na Sona'' *Zee Bangla – ''Naari'', ''Kaane Kaane'', ''Ilish E Parbon'', ''Oder Bolte Dao'', ''Shanai'', ''Bangla Bolche'', ''Cadre No. 1'' *E-TV Bangla – ''Ritur 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, Rajasthan – ''Koi Kisise Kam Nahin'', ''Galiyon Ka Raja'' *Aakash Bangla – ''Swarga Live'', ''Siddhel Chor'', ''Kailash Prem'', ''Swapno Sundari'' *Tara Muzik – ''Anjali'', ''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 Ghanta – ''Aajker Naari'' *Doordarshan Kendra–Kolkata – ''Bouma'', ''Dakbabu'' *Rupashi Bangla – ''Dance pe chance'' (season 1 and 2)

Filmography as director and screenplay writer

''Praktan'' was the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2016 and swept the West Bengal Film Journalist Awards including Most Popular Film. ''Bela Seshe'' and ''Icche'' also had highly-successful theatrical runs of 250 and 125 days, respectively. Many of her films met with critical acclaim. ''Icche'' was screened at the Indian Panorama Film Festival, ''Accident'' was selected for the

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, and ''Alik Sukh'' premiered at the

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. The

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accepted ''Icche'' as part of their collection for cultural and educational purposes. ''Icche'', ''Muktodhara'' and ''Ramdhanu'' were included in the BEd curriculum of

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. ''Icche'' and ''Muktodhara'' have also been used by the Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counselling for Women in Distress.

Awards

* Anandalok Award 2012 – Best Film for ''Muktodhara'' * Filmfare Award (East) 2014 – Best Direction for the film ''Alik Sukh'' * Indian Business Film Awards 2016 to ''Praktan''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Nandita 1955 births Living people Bengali film directors Indian women film directors Indian women screenwriters Film directors from Mumbai University of Mumbai alumni Women artists from Maharashtra 21st-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian women artists Screenwriters from Mumbai