Falguni Roy (; 1945–1981) was an anti-establishment

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poet born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Along with

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, Debi Roy (Haradhon Dhara), Utpal Kumar Basu,

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, Roy was also associated with the

Hungryalist The Hungry Generation () was a literary movement in the Bengali language launched by what is known today as the Hungryalist quartet, i.e. Shakti Chattopadhyay, Malay Roy Choudhury, Samir Roychoudhury and Debi Roy (''alias'' Haradhon Dhara), dur ...

movement. Anti-establishment poet Tushar Roy was his brother.

Film

An experimental short film about Roy, ''Ebang Falguni (The Lost Lines Of A Beauty Monster)'', was shown at foreign film festivals. Entirely shot on DVcam, score is composed by Monomix, and runs just over 21 minutes. This film had two screenings at the River To River Florence Indian Film Festival, Florence, Italy, 8 and 11 December 2004. It featured in Indian Short Shorts section with English and Italian subtitles. It was produced by Subhankar Das and directed by Sharmi Pandey.

Famous poems

He is famous for his book ''Nashto Atmar Television'' ( ��ষ্ট আত্মার টেলিভিসনwhich literally means: "Television of the Rotten Soul") published on the Independence Day of 1973, a day considered to be the date signifying the end of

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in Bengali poetry. Some of his poems published in the anthology ''Amar Rifel Amar Bible athoba Falguni Royer Falguni Roy'' are: *"Amar Rifle amar Bible" (আমার রাইফেল আমার বাইবেল) *"Manik Bandyopadhyayer Choshma" (মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের চশমা) *"Kritrim Saap" (কৃত্রিম সাপ) *"Aamader Swapno" (আমাদের স্বপ্ন) *"Kobita Bullet" (কবিতা বুলেট) *"Biplober Gaan" (বিপ্লবের গান) *"Aami Aamar Moton" (আমি আমার মতন) *"Manusher songe kono Birodh Nei" (মানুষের সঙ্গে কোনো বিরোধ নেই) *"Nashto Atmar Television" (নষ্ট আত্মার টেলিভিসন) *"Sesh Bibriti" (শেষ বিবৃতি) *"Baektigato Bichhana" (ব্যক্তিগত বিছানা)

References

External links

"India: The Hungry Generation"
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''. 20 November 1964.
Photographs of the participants of the movement
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Falguni Bengali-language poets 1981 deaths 1945 births Bengali male poets University of Calcutta alumni Writers from Kolkata Indian male poets Hungry generation 20th-century Indian poets Poets from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers

Film

Famous poems

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