Nandita Roy
| Nandita Roy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 April 1955 bombay, India |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Website |
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Nandita Roy (born 3 April 1955) is an Indian film maker and screenwriter. She, along with director Shiboprosad Mukherjee are amongst the few director duos in the history of Bengali cinema to have achieved success both critically and commercially in their very first film Icche (2011). The director duo is known for directing socially relevant entertaining films. They have directed films like Icche, Accident, Muktodhara, Alik Sukh, Ramdhanu and Bela Seshe all of which have achieved both critical and commercial success.[1][2]
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 did her post graduation with 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.
- Worked as an assistant editor in Nitish Mukherjee's film 'Nayanshyama' (1983) & 'Rabibar' (1996).
- She worked as an assistant director in Mrinal Sen's 'Tasveer Apni Apni' (1984).
- She worked as an assistant to Govind Nihalani in the film and tele-serial 'Tamas'.
- Assisted Nitish Roy as a set dresser in Govind Nihalani's film 'Party'.
- Worked as the Indian set dresser in the foreign production 'The Bengal Lancers' (unreleased).
- Assisted Nitish Roy as a set dresser and research assistant in Shyam Benegal's tele-serial 'Bharat ek khoj', 1988 (Discovery of India).
- Worked as an assistant editor in the Gammon India's documentary on the 2nd Hoogly Bridge.
- Worked as the chief assistant director and co-script writer in Nitish Roy's Bengali film 'Ek Poshla Brishti' (1989).
- Worked as the chief assistant director and co-scriptwriter in Nitish Roy's Bengali film 'Tobu Mone Rekho' (1993)
- She worked as the Indian set dresser in the foreign production 'The Jungle Book' (1994) directed by Stephen Sommers.
- 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 in West Bengal and 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 tele 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.[3] Together they produced many non-fiction and fiction programmes.
| Channel | Name of Programme |
|---|---|
| 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 & 2 |
Filmography
| Release date | Title | CBFC rating | Producer | Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2011 | Icche | U | Vignesh Films | Sohini Sengupta Bratya Basu Samadarshi Dutta Bidita Bag Ruplekha Mitra |
| 30 September 2011 | Hello Memshaheb | U/A | Arijit Biswas | Jeet Priyanka Trivedi |
| 3 August 2012 | Muktodhara | U/A | Bachchu Biswas | Rituparna Sengupta Nigel Akkara Bratya Basu Debshankar Haldar |
| 28 September 2012 | Accident | A | Kaustav Ray | Rudranil Ghosh Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sampurna Lahiri Kanchan Mallick |
| 19 July 2013 | Alik Sukh | U | Windows | Debshankar Haldar Rituparna Sengupta Sohini Sengupta Biswanath Basu Sayani Ghosh Dolon Roy Sumit Samaddar Soumitra Chatterjee |
| 6 June 2014 | Ramdhanu | U | Windows | Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay Gargi Roychowdhury Rachna Banerjee Kharaj Mukherjee Akashneel Mitra |
| 1 May 2015 | Bela Seshe | U | Atanu Raychaudhuri, M.K. Media and Windows | Soumitra Chatterjee Swatilekha Sengupta Shankar Chakraborty Indrani Dutta Kharaj Mukherjee Aparajita Adhya Rituparna Sengupta Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee Anindya Chatterjee Monami Ghosh |
Awards
- Anandalok Award 2012 – Best Film for film 'Muktodhara'[5]
- Filmfare Award (East) 2014 – Best Direction for the film 'Alik Sukh'[6]
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.
References
- ↑ Swati Sengupta (1 March 2014). "Director duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee: Rooted in reality". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ↑ "Tollywood". The Telegraph. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.windowsproductions.com/index.php/en/about-wp/producers
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5181252/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
- ↑ http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2012/11/anandalok-award-winners-2012-who-wins.html
- ↑ Filmfare Awards East