Sudeshna Roy

Sudeshna Roy
Press conference by Pradip Kurbah, Director and Merlvin Mukhim, Actor of the Khasi film ‘RI’ (Homeland) and Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha, Director of the Bengali film ‘THE JODI LOVE DILE NA PRANE’.jpg
Sudeshna Roy, IFFI, 2014
Born
India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, actor and writer
Notable workTeen Yaari Katha, Sraboner Dhara, Hercules
SpouseSaumitra Banerjee
ChildrenShaket Banerjee
RelativesAntara Mitra (Daughter-in-law)

Sudeshna Roy is an Indian film director, actor and writer based in Tollywood. She started her career as an entertainment journalist before collaborating with the director Abhijit Guha and foraying into the film industry.[1] She is a popular artist in the Bangla Entertainment Industry. Besides directing films, she acted in several films, daily soaps and web series. The duo debuted with their first film Shudhu Tumi,[2] and then they made several films in varied genres. However, they are known to make urban middle-class romantic comedy films. They worked with Abir Chatterjee,[1] who debuted in their film Cross Connection in 2009. They came into prominence after their critically acclaimed[3] film Teen Yaari Kotha. Teen Yaari Katha was showcased in the competition section of Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2012. It travelled to the Bangkok International Film as well as Kolkata International Film Festival.[4] Their film Bapi bari jaa is considered a cult classic among the Bangla film lovers. It also marked the debut of Arjun Chakraborty and MP Mimi Chakraborty in the Bangla film industry.

Their film Jodi Love Dilena Praane [5] was another well-received film and was selected for the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India in Goa in 2014. It was showcased at the Pune Film Festival in India and won a certificate of appreciation at the Fiji International Film Festival in 2015.

Benche Thakar Gaan: The Song of Life ran in theatres for the nine weeks and was selected as the inaugural film for the Kolkata International Film Festival[6] film Benche Thakar Gaan 2016. This is the first time in history that a Bengali language film was selected. Their film Sraboner Dhara[7] is a part of the Asian Select Competition Section KIFF 2019, Kolkata. It was showcased in Toronto at the IFFSA fest in May, 2019. Sraboner Dhara was released on 7 February 2020 in India and was running to full houses on its sixth week when the COVID-19 lockdown cut it short.

  1. ^ a b "Tolly filmmakers Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha are back with their upcoming movie, Samsara". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Shudhu Tumi hooks the big fish - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 March 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2004.
  3. ^ "Teen Yaari Katha Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Teen Yaari Katha by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 5 March 2020
  4. ^ "Teen Yaari Katha Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Teen Yaari Katha by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 1 June 2020
  5. ^ 'Jodi Love Dile Na Prane (Bengali)/ The right note, 14 March 2014, retrieved 14 April 2014
  6. ^ 'Benche Thakar Gaan' 1st Bengali inaugural film in KIFF, 12 November 2016, retrieved 12 November 2016
  7. ^ Times Of India, Interview. "Our next film is Sraboner Dhara: Between Raindrops. It is travelling to all the festivals now and people are appreciating it". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.