Prabhat Roy
Prabhat Roy (born 1946 in Jamshedpore) is a former Indian director who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Winner of two National Awards, he is known for handling social issues in his directorial ventures Shwet Patharer Thala (1992), Sandhyatara (1994) and Lathi (1996). He began his career as an assistant director in the early 1970s.
Prabhat Roy

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- Name
- Prabhat Roy
- Birthplace
- Jamshedpore, British India (present-day Jharkhand, India)
- Born
- 1946
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Awards
- * National Award
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
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Prabhat Roy (born 1946 in Jamshedpore) is a former Indian director who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Winner of two National Awards, he is known for handling social issues in his directorial ventures Shwet Patharer Thala (1992), Sandhyatara (1994) and Lathi (1996). He began his career as an assistant director in the early 1970s.
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Biography
Biography
He claimed to fame after his directorial venture Protidan (1983) starring Sharmila Tagore, Ranjit Mallick, Victor Banerjee and Naseeruddin Shah emerged to be a major box office success. He made commercial blockbusters such as Pratikar (1987), Pratik (1988), Lathi (1996) and Shubhodrishti (2005). Other than feature films, he directed 16 telefilms and 3 TV series. He introduced June Malia and Priyanka Trivedi to showbiz.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Prabhat Roy • Native Name — প্রভাত রায় • Birthplace — Jamshedpore, British India (present-day Jharkhand, India) • Born — 1946 • Citizenship — Indian • Occupation — Filmmaker • Notable Works — * Shwet Paatharer Thala • Sandhyatara • Lathi • Awards — * National Award • Anandalok Awards
Early life
Early life
Prabhat lived in Barrackpore, North 24 parganas, West Bengal but born in Jamshedpur. Prabhat studied at Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandir, Sarisha.He holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from Maharaja Manindra Chandra College.
As a director
As a director
• Year — Title — Cast — Language — Reference • Feature film — TV series • 1983 — Protidan — Sharmila Tagore, Ranjit Mullick, Victor Banerjee, Nasiruddin Shah, Lily Chakravarty, Anamika Saha • 1985 — Bandhan Anjana — Sharmila Tagore — Hindi • 1986 — Zindagani — Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Raakhee — Hindi • 1987 — Pratikar — Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Shakuntala Barua, Victor Banerjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Satabdi Roy, Debashree Roy, Biplab Chatterjee • 1988 — Pratik — Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Raakhee, Tapas Paul, Roopa Ganguly, Papiya Adhikari • 1989 — Aamar Shapath — Prasenjit Chatterjee, Shatabdi Roy • 1989 — Agnitrishna — Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Ranjit Mallick, Madhabi Mukherjee, Roopa Ganguly, Satabdi Roy • 1989 — Hum Intezaar Karenge — Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure — Hindi • 1989 — Pronomi Tomay — Arjun Chakraborty, Reshma Singh, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee • 1990 — Papi — Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee. Dipankar Dey, Kaushik Banerjee, Indrani Dutta • 1992 — Anutap — Raj Babbar, Debashree Roy, Rabi Ghosh, Anup Kumar. Soumitra Bannerjee, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress), Nirmal Kumar • 1992 — Shwet Paatharer Thala — Aparna Sen, Dipankar Dey, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Indrani Haldar, Rituparna Sengupta, Dilip Roy, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Meenakshi Goswami, Lily Chakravarty, Bhaskar Banerjee, Gopa Aich, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhya • 1993 — Duranta Prem — Deepak Sharma, Chandana Sen, Tapas Paul, Rachna Banerjee, Tota Roy Choudhury, Dolon Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Shakuntala Barua • 1994 — Sandhyatara — Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Manoj Mitra, Uttam Mohanty, Sumanta Mukherjee • 1995 — Andolan — Rituparna Sengupta • 1996 — Lathi — Victor Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Abhishek Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Satabdi Roy, Rituparna Sengupta, Pallavi Chatterjee, Dulal Lahiri, Dipankar De, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Haradhan Banerjee, Manoj Mitra, Nirmal Kumar, Kaushik Banerjee, Bodhisattva majumdar, Debika Mitra, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress), Gita Dey, Tota Roy Choudhury, June Malia, Pushpita Mukherjee, Koushik Sen • 1997 — Joddha — Chiranjeet, Debashree Roy, Tapas Paul, Abhishek Chatterjee, Priyanka Trivedi, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Lily Chakravarty • 1997 — Sedin Chaitramas — Sanjib Das Gupta, Indrani Dutta, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress), Dipankar De • 1999 — Khelaghar — Supriya Devi, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Sreelekha Mitra, Abhishek Chatterjee, Pallavi Chatterjee • 1999 — Shudhu Ekbar Bolo — Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Mouli Ganguly • 1999 — Tumi Ele Tai — Victor Banerjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Tapas Paul, Anuradha Roy, Santu Mukherjee, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Arpita Chatterjee • 2000 — Shesh Thikana — Supriya Devi, Jaya Seal Ghosh, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Shakuntala Barua • 2005 — Ek Mutho Chhabi — Rajatabha Dutta, Sreelekha Mitra, June Malia, Arunima Ghosh, Roopa Ganguly, Indrani Halder, Pallavi Chatterjee, Samata Das, Monami Ghosh, Biplab Chatterjee, Moumita Gupta, Bikram Ghosh, Kunal Mitra, Koushik Sen, Dilip Roy • 2005 — Manik — Jeet, Koel Mallick, Ranjit Mallick, Debdoot Ghosh, Samata Das, Shyamal Dutta, Biplab Chatterjee, Rajesh Sharma, Monu Mukherjee • 2005 — Shubhodrishti — Jeet, Koel Mallick, Parambrata Chatterjee, Sanjib Dasgupta, Bharat Kaul, Laboni Sarkar, Biswajit Chakraborty, Dilip Ray • 2006 — Priyotama — Jeet, Swastika Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar • 2007 — Pitribhumi — Jeet, Swastika Mukherjee.Lily Chakravarty, Shakuntala Barua • 2010 — Hangover — Prosenjit Chatterjee, Subhra Kundu, Joy Kumar Mukherjee, Sayantika Banerjee, Subhashish Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Supriyo Dutta • 2011 — Bhorer Alo — Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Rohit Roy, Anusmriti Sarkar • 2015 — Birat 22 • He also directed 16 telefilms & 3 TV Series.
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
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Actor
Actor
• Abhimanyu (1989) • Amanush (1975) *
Book
Book
• Clapstick: Autobiography of Prabhat Roy
Awards
• Award — Year — Category — Film — Result — Reference • National Award — 1993 — Best Feature Film on Family Welfare — Shwet Pathorer Thala • 1997 — Lathi • 2005 — Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment — Subhodrishti • Lux ETV Award — 2005 — Best Film — Manik • Anandalok Award — 2006 — Best Film — Shubhodrishti • 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla — 2024 — Lifetime achievement Award • Kalakar Award
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