Soumendu Roy (born 1933) is an Indian cinematographer most known for his work with noted director

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

's films, starting with '' Teen Kanya'' (1961), when

Subrata Mitra Subrata Mitra (12 October 1930 – 7 December 2001) was an Indian cinematographer. Acclaimed for his work in ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), Mitra often is considered one of the greatest Indian cinematographers. Early life and educati ...

developed an eye-problem, though he has earlier shot Ray's documentary ''

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

'' (1961) and has been an assistant to Subrata in post ''

Pather Panchali ''Pather Panchali'' (; ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali (language), Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Ba ...

'' films.

Career

Starting as a handler of trolley and lighting in early Ray film, Roy went on to work on 21 of Ray's films including 15 features, Golden Bear winning film, ''

Ashani Sanket ''Distant Thunder'' ( bn, অশনি সংকেত; translit. Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Unlike most of Ray's earlier ...

'' (1973) and ''

Aranyer Din Ratri ''Aranyer Din Ratri'' (; English: Days and Nights in the Forest) is an Indian Bengali adventure drama film released in 1970, written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It em ...

'' (1969). He also worked with directors, Tapan Sinha, Tarun Majumdar, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and

MS Sathyu Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu ( kn, ಮೈಸೂರು ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯು) (born 6 July 1930) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India. He is best known for his directorial ''Garm Hava'' (1973), ...

. In his long career, Roy won the

National Film Award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate ...

for

Best Cinematography This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

three times, plus one Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography award for documentary film, ''Suchitra Mitra'' in 1993, directed by Raja Sen. In 2006, a 30-minute documentary on him, "Portrait of a Cinematographer", was screened at the

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(IFFI) in Goa, directed by Papia Roy, and subsequently, ''Soumendu Ray'', a 70 min. documentary by Arindam Saha Sardar Now Roy is advisor of cinematography department of " ROOPKALA KENDRO" an indo Italian film institute under the information and cultural ministry of government of west Bengal.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1961) * '' Teen Kanya'' (1961) * '' Abhijaan'' (1962) * '' Palatak'' (1963) * ''

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'' (Short Film)(1964) * ''

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'' (1965) * '' Abhoya O Srikanta'' (1965) * '' Baksabadal'' (1965) * ''

Mahapurush ''Mahapurush'' ( bn, মহাপুরুষ; ) is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story ''Birinchibaba'' (বিরিঞ্চি বাবা) by Rajshekhar Basu. Plot After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitra ...

'' (1965) * ''

Kapurush ''Kapurush'' ( bn, কাপুরুষ), English title ''The Coward'', is a 1965 Indian drama film directed by Satyajit Ray. Plot Amitabha Ray is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a ...

'' (1965) * '' Ektuku Basa'' (1965) * ''

Chiriyakhana ''Chiriakhana'' or ''Chiriyakhana'' ( en, The Zoo) is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film, based on the story of the same name by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, directed by Satyajit Ray starring Uttam Kumar as Byomkesh Bakshi. The scr ...

'' (1967) * '' Balika Badhu'' (1967 film) * '' Badhubaran'' (1967 film) * '' Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' (1969) * ''

'' (1970) * ''

Pratidwandi ''Pratidwandi'' ( en, The Adversary, Siddharta and the City, italic=yes) is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta Trilogy. ''Pratid ...

'' (1970) * ''Kuheli'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1971) * '' Seemabaddha'' (1971) * ''

The Inner Eye ''The Inner Eye'' is a 1972 short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on Benode Behari Mukherjee, a blind artist and a teacher from Visva-Bharati University, a university founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan. The twenty minutes docu ...

'' (1972) * ''

'' (1973) * '' Sadhu Judhishthirer Karcha'' (1974) * '' Sonar Kella''(1974) * '' Jana Aranya''(1976) * '' Nidhiram Sardar''(1976) * '' Shatranj Ke Khilari'' (1977) * '' Joybaba Felunath'' (1979) * '' Heerak Rajar Deshe'' (1980) * ''Bala'' (Short Film) * ''

Sadgati ''Sadgati'' () is a 1981 Hindi television film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand. Ray called this drama of a poor Dalit "a deeply angry film ..not the anger of an exploding bomb but of a bow stretc ...

'' (1981) (Tele Film) * '' Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum'' (1982) * '' Phatik Chand'' (1983) * '' Piku'' (Short Film )(1983) * '' Islam In India''(Documentary) * ''

Ghare Baire ''The Home and the World'' (in the original Bengali, ঘরে বাইরে ''Ghôre Baire'' or ''Ghare Baire'', lit. "At home and outside") is a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The book illustrates the battle Tagore had with himself, be ...

'' (1985) * '' Sundarban'' (Documentary)(1985) * '' Bhombal Sardar'' (Short Film)(1988) * ''

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''(1988) * '' Debata'' (1990) * ''

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''(English) * '' Anokha Moti'' * ''

Ek Doctor Ki Maut ''Ek Doctor Ki Maut'' () is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language drama film by Tapan Sinha, which depicts the ostracism, bureaucratic negligence, reprimand and insult of a doctor and his research, instead of recognition. The film is based on the story " ...

'' (1991) * '' Antardhyan'' (1992) * ''

Potli Baba Ki ''Potli Baba Ki'' (''Baba's Tales'') (1991) is an Indian children's puppet television series aired in India in 1991 on Doordarshan. It featured various fairy tales in simple language and used to give good moral messages to children. The title ...

'' (1991) (TV series) * ''

Charachar ''Charachar'' (English language:''Shelter of the Wings'', bn, চরাচর ) is a 1993 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta based on a novel by Prafulla Roy. Plot Lakha (Rajit Kapoor) comes from a family of bird c ...

'' (1993) * '' Wheelchair''(1994) * '' Satabdirkanya''Filmography
New York Times * ''

Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha ''Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha'' () is a Bengali language fantasy comedy film directed by Tapan Sinha based on a novel ''Nabiganjer Daityo'' of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1998 in the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. This was th ...

'' (1998)

Awards

** 1974:

: ''

'' ** 1975:

: '' Sonar Kella'' ** 1978:

: ''

Shatranj Ke Khiladi "Shatranj Ke Khilari" (''The Chess Player''s) is a 1924 Hindi short-story written by Munshi Premchand. Premchand also made the Urdu version titled "Shatranj ki bazi". Synopsis The story depicts decadent royalty of Central North India. It is set ...

'' ** 1993: Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography : ''Sucitra Mitra'' * Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ** 1982: Best Cinematographer: '' Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum''

References

External links

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Soumendu Roy Interview
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