Sumit Roy is an Indian screenwriter and director who primarily works in Hindi films. Sumit has written scripts for Bollywood productions such as ''Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani''(2023) and ''Gehrraiyaan'' (2022). Sumit received two nominations at the 69th Filmfare Awards for Best Story and Best Screenplay for his work on ''Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani'' and also won IIFA for best story for his film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.

Career

His short film Dancing Queen (2007) won the first prize at the Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival (2008). It was also selected as India’s nominee for the Pangea Day global simulcast in 2008 Moving to Mumbai to pursue a career in Hindi feature films, Sumit was selected as one of the finalists of SANKALAN, India’s first script lab mentored by

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, Sriram Raghvan and Anjum Rajabali. In 2019 he wrote Takht for

Karan Johar Karan Yash Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar; 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers of several successful ac ...

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Dharma Productions Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Yash Johar in 1979. It was taken over in 2004, after his death, by his son, Karan Johar. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes H ...

), an epic historical set in the Mughal era which is to star

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, Anila Kapoor,

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, Bhumi Pedenkar, Jhanvi Kapoor. In 2023, Sumit created and wrote

Showtime (Indian TV series) ''Showtime'' is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series created by Sumit Roy. It delves into the world of Bollywood, production houses and how they function. It features the power struggles and off-camera fights occurring in the backst ...

, an original drama about the inside working of

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

Filmography

Web Series

Awards and Nominations

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Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani ''Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani'' (transl. ''Rocky and Rani's Love Story'') is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Karan Johar and written by Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, and Sumit Roy. Produced by Dharma Produ ...

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References

Indian screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people)