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Sudhendu Roy

Born December 10, 1921 in Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh)Died June 7, 199960 films

Sudhendu Roy (1921–1999) was a noted Indian film director, art director and production designer in Hindi cinema, most known for his realistic art direction in auteur Bimal Roy's films, like Sujata (1959), Madhumati (1959) and Bandini (1963), and glitzy work in films Subhash Ghai's Karz (1980) and Karma (1986) to Yash Chopra's Silsila (1981), Chandni (1989) and Lamhe (1991). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction thrice for Madhumati (1959), Mere Mehboob (1964), and Sagina (1975). He also directed Hindi films like Uphaar (1971) and Saudagar (1973), both of which were India's official entries to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Sudhendu Roy was born and brought up in Pabna (now in Bangladesh), where his father Puranchandra Roy was a lawyer by profession from eastern Bengal, who was also a writer and even took part in the freedom movement, and wanted his son to study law, young Roy had other plans, so he took his admission fees to join a law college in Kolkata, and ran away from home, never to go back.

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Filmography

60 films
  1. 1996MajhdhaarArt Direction
  2. 1996English Babu Desi MemArt Direction
  3. 1994AnjaamArt Direction
  4. 1993DarrArt Direction
  5. 1989JoshilaayArt Direction
  6. 1986SamundarArt Direction
  7. 1983HimmatwalaArt Direction
  8. 1981SilsilaArt Direction
  9. 1981Love StoryArt Direction
  10. 1981Aas PaasArt Direction
  11. 1980AashaArt Direction
  12. 1980Kali GhataArt Direction
  13. 1979Kaala PattharArt Direction
  14. 1978Heeralaal PannalaalArt Direction
  15. 1978TrishnaArt Direction
  16. 1978Do MusafirArt Direction
  17. 1976Aap BeatiArt Direction
  18. 1976Naach Uthe SansaarArt Direction
  19. 1976BairaagArt Direction
  20. 1975Ek Mahal Ho Sapno KaArt Direction
  21. 1975SanyasiArt Direction
  22. 1974Aap Ki KasamArt Direction
  23. 1974Jeevan SangramArt Direction
  24. 1971Aap Aye Bahaar AyeeArt Direction
  25. 1970DastakArt Direction
  26. 1970JourneyArt Direction
  27. 1970SharafatArt Direction
  28. 1970Aan Milo SajnaArt Direction
  29. 1970Sawan BhadonArt Direction
  30. 1970Pavitra PapiArt Direction
  31. 1970Heer RaanjhaArt Direction
  32. 1968BrahmachariArt Direction
  33. 1968KanyadaanArt Direction
  34. 1968Haseena Maan JaayegiArt Direction
  35. 1968Dil Aur MohabbatArt Direction
  36. 1967Bahu BegumArt Direction
  37. 1967AmanArt Direction
  38. 1966Neend Hamari Khwab TumhareArt Direction
  39. 1965Mere SanamArt Direction
  40. 1964BenazirArt Direction
  41. 1964YaadeinArt Direction
  42. 1964Aap Ki ParchhaiyanArt Direction
  43. 1963BandiniArt Direction
  44. 1962Prem PatraArt Direction
  45. 1961KabuliwalaArt Direction
  46. 1961Gunga JumnaArt Direction
  47. 1961JhumrooArt Direction
  48. 1961Char DiwariArt Direction
  49. 1961Mem-didiArt Direction
  50. 1960The TestArt Direction
  51. 1959SujataArt Direction
  52. 1958MadhumatiArt Direction
  53. 1958YahudiArt Direction
  54. 1958LukochuriArt Direction
  55. 1958LajwantiArt Direction
  56. 1957Apradhi Kaun?Art Direction
  57. 1957MusafirArt Direction
  58. 1954NaukariArt Direction
  59. 1954Biraj BahuArt Direction
  60. 1953A New JourneyArt Direction