Soumendu Roy | |
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| Born | (1933-02-07)7 February 1933 |
| Died | 27 September 2023(2023-09-27) (aged 90) |
| Other names | Soumendu Ray |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1960–2000 |
Soumendu Roy (7 February 1932 – 27 September 2023) was an Indian cinematographer most known for his work with noted directorSatyajit Ray's films, starting withTeen Kanya (1961), whenSubrata Mitra developed an eye-problem, though he has earlier shot Ray's documentaryRabindranath Tagore (1961) and has been an assistant to Subrata in postPather Panchali films.
Starting as a handler of trolley and lighting in early Ray films, Roy went on to work on 22 of Ray's films including 18 features,Golden Bear winning film,Ashani Sanket (1973) andAranyer Din Ratri (1969). He also worked with directors,Tapan Sinha,Tarun Majumdar,Buddhadeb Dasgupta andMS Sathyu.[1]
In his long career, Roy won theNational Film Award forBest Cinematography three times, plus oneBest Non-Feature Film Cinematography award for documentary film,Suchitra Mitra in 1993, directed byRaja Sen.
In 2006, a 30-minute documentary on him, "Portrait of a Cinematographer", was screened at theInternational Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, directed by Papia Roy,[1][2] and subsequently,Soumendu Ray, a 70 min. documentary by Arindam Saha Sardar.[3] Roy was advisor of cinematography department ofRoopkala Kendro an indo Italian film institute under the information and cultural ministry ofGovernment of West Bengal.
Soumendu Roy died on 27 September 2023, at the age of 90.[4]
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