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{{Short description|Indian film director (1909–1966)}}
{{about|the movie director|the [[cryptologist]] by the same name|Bimal Kumar Roy}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bimal Roy
| image = Bimal_Roy_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Roy on a 2007 stamp
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Dhaka district]], [[Dhamrai Upazila]], [[Suapur]], [[Bangladesh]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|01|07|1909|07|12}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], Maharashtra, India
| occupation = Producer and director
| yearsactive = 1934–1966
| notable_works = {{unbulleted list|
*{{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}} (1953)
*''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]'' (1953)
*''[[Biraj Bahu]]'' (1954)
*''[[Devdas]]'' (1955)
*''[[Madhumati]]'' (1958)
*''[[Yahudi]]'' (1958)
*''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'' (1959)
*''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]'' (1960)
*''[[Bandini (film)|Bandini]]'' (1963)}}
| spouse = Manobina Roy
| children = 4, including [[Rinki Bhattacharya]], Joy Bimal Roy
| awards = *4 [[Filmfare Award for Best Film#Winners and nominees|Filmfare Award for Best Film]]
*7 [[Filmfare Award for Best Director#Winners and nominees|Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
}}

'''Bimal Roy''' (12 July 1909 – 7 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}}, ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]'', ''[[Biraj Bahu]]'', ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'', ''[[Madhumati]]'', ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'', ''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]'' and ''[[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]]'', making him an important director of [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]]. Inspired by [[Italian neorealism|Italian neo-realistic]] cinema, he made {{Lang|hi-latn|Do Bigha Zamin}} after watching [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s'' [[Bicycle Thieves]]'' (1948).<ref name="Huda2004">{{cite book |title=The Art and science of Cinema |author=Anwar Huda |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |year=2004 |isbn=81-269-0348-1 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiA3X6RLLnYC&pg=PA100}}</ref> His work is particularly known for his [[mise en scène]] which he employed to portray [[Realism (arts)|realism]].<ref name="Huda2004" /> He won a number of awards throughout his career, including eleven [[Filmfare Awards]], two [[National Film Awards]], and the International Prize of the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. ''[[Madhumati]]'' won 9 [[6th Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Awards]] in 1958, a record held for 37 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmfare Awards Flashback: Record breaking films {{!}} Filmfare.com |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-flashback-record-breaking-films-26089.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

== Personal life ==
Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909, to a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Baidya]] family in Suapur, [[Dhaka]], which was then part of the [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]] province of [[British India]] and is now part of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bimal Roy |url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/130162/?regenerate |access-date=2022-12-17 |work=The Asian Age |location=Bangladesh |language=en}}</ref> He produced many movies in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Hindi]]. He married Manobina Roy in 1936.

==Career==
[[File:With Bimal Roy.jpg|thumb|Roy (left) during the shooting of ''[[Kabuliwala (1961 film)|Kabuliwala]]'']]
Bimal Roy moved to [[Calcutta]] and entered the field of cinema as a camera assistant with [[New Theatres Pvt. Ltd.]] During this time, he assisted director [[P.C. Barua]] as Publicity Photographer, on the hit 1935 film ''[[Devdas (1935 film)|Devdas]]'', starring [[Kundan Lal Saigal|K.L. Saigal]]. In the 1940s and 1950s Roy was part of the parallel cinema movement in post-war India. He collaborated on ''Anjangarh'' (1948), one of the last major films of the New Theatres, however, the Kolkata-based film industry was now on the decline, thus Roy shifted his base to Bombay (now Mumbai), along with his team in 1950, which included [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] (editor), [[Nabendu Ghosh]] (screenwriter), [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]] (assistant director), [[Kamal Bose]] (cinematographer) and later, [[Salil Chaudhury]] (music director), and by 1952 he had restarted the second phase of his career with ''Maa'' (1952), for [[Bombay Talkies]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Memories and melodies of a golden era|url=http://hindu.com/2001/04/13/stories/09130225.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215922/http://hindu.com/2001/04/13/stories/09130225.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 October 2013 |date=13 April 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> He was famous for his romantic-realist melodramas that took on important social issues while still being entertaining. He was a filmmaker of great and in-depth understanding of human strengths and weaknesses. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the [[1st Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1959">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1959 |title=1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959) |access-date=27 October 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116210640/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1959 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref>

He died of cancer on 7 January 1966 at the age of 56. He was survived by four children: daughters Rinki Bhattacharya, Yashodhara Roy and Aparajita Sinha, and his only son, Joy Roy. His eldest daughter, [[Rinki Bhattacharya]], married the director [[Basu Bhattacharya]] against the wishes of both their families. The marriage collapsed within a few years, but resulted in the birth of a son, the actor and screenplay writer [[Aditya Bhattacharya]]. Rinki Bhattacharya now heads the Bimal Roy Memorial Committee.<ref name=mirror>{{cite web |title=First in Mirror: Enter Roy's world |work=Mumbai Mirror |url=https://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/First-in-Mirror-Enter-Roys-world/articleshow/36861885.cms |author=Reema Gehi |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> and his great-granddaughter Drisha Acharya married Karan Deol

==Awards==
Bimal Roy has received several awards.

;[[Filmfare Awards]]
* 1953: [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]] – {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}}
* 1953: [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]] – {{Lang|hi-latn|Do Bigha Zamin}}
* 1954: Filmfare Award for Best Director – ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]''
* 1955: Filmfare Award for Best Director – ''[[Biraj Bahu]]''
* 1958: Filmfare Award for Best Film – ''[[Madhumati]]''
* 1958: Filmfare Award for Best Director – ''Madhumati''
* 1959: Filmfare Award for Best Film – ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]''
* 1959: Filmfare Award for Best Director – ''Sujata''
* 1960: Filmfare Award for Best Director – ''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]''
* 1963: Filmfare Award for Best Film – ''[[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]]''
* 1963: Filmfare Award for Best Director – ''Bandini''
* 2025: Filmfare Cine Icon Award for his enduring legacy in Hindi cinema

;[[National Film Awards]]
* [[1st National Film Awards|1953]]: [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#All India Certificate of Merit|All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film]] – {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}}<ref name="1stawardPDF">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf |title=1st National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[2nd National Film Awards|1954]]: All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film – ''[[Biraj Bahu]]''<ref name="2ndawardPDF">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf |title=2nd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[3rd National Film Awards|1955]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] – ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]''<ref name="3rdawardPDF">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf |title=3rd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=1 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232134/http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf |archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>
* [[6th National Film Awards|1958]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] – ''[[Madhumati]]''<ref name="6thaward">{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx |title=6th National Film Awards |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] |access-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[7th National Film Awards|1959]]: [[National Film Award for Third Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film]] – ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]''<ref name="7thawardPDF">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf |title=7th National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[11th National Film Awards|1963]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]] – ''[[Bandini (film)|Bandini]]''

;[[Cannes Film Festival]]
'''Won''' International Prize:<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3829/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Two Acres of Land |access-date=25 January 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204192851/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3829/year/1954.html |archive-date=4 February 2012 }}</ref>
* [[1954 Cannes Film Festival|1954]] for {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Two Acres of Land|Do Bigha Zamin]]}}

Nominated for [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prize of the Festival]]:
* [[1954 Cannes Film Festival|1954]] for {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Two Acres of Land|Do Bigha Zamin]]}}

Nominated for {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}}:
* [[1955 Cannes Film Festival|1955]] for ''[[Biraj Bahu]]''
* [[1960 Cannes Film Festival|1960]] for ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]''

==Music==
Bimal Roy usually alternated between music directors [[Salil Chowdhury]] and [[Sachin Dev Burman|S.D. Burman]]. His films featured beautiful and memorable songs, rendered by all the top playback singers of the day. Some of the notable songs from Roy's films include:
* "Jalte Hain Jiske Liye" from ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'' (1959), sung by [[Talat Mahmood]]
* "Chali Radhe Rani" from ''[[Parineeta (1953 movie)|Parineeta]]'' (1953), sung by [[Manna Dey]]
* "Aa Ri Aa Nindiya" from {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}} (1953), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
* "Ab Aage Teri Marzi" from ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'' (1955), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
* "Aan Milo Aan Milo Shyam Sabere" from ''Devdas'' (1955), music by S.D. Burman, sung by [[Manna Dey]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
* "Dil Tadap Tadap Ke Keh Raha" from ''[[Madhumati]]'' (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
* "Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen" from ''Madhumati'' (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
* "Aaja Re Pardesi" from ''Madhumati'' (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
* "Ghadi Ghadi Mora Dil Dhadake" from ''Madhumati'' (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
* "Zulmi Sang Aankh Ladi" from ''Madhumati'' (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
* "O Sajana Barkha Bahaar" from ''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]'' (1960), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
* "Mora Gora Ang Lai Le" from ''[[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]]'' (1963), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

==Legacy==
Bimal Roy's influence was far-reaching, both in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] and [[world cinema]]. In Indian cinema, his influence extended to both mainstream commercial [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]] and the emerging [[Parallel Cinema]]. His film {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}} (1953) was the first film to successfully straddle art and commercial cinema. It was a commercial and critical success, winning the International Prize at the [[1954 Cannes Film Festival]]. As a result, the film's success paved the way for the [[Parallel Cinema|Indian New Wave]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Do Bigha Zamin: Seeds of the Indian New Wave |author=Srikanth Srinivasan |publisher=Dear Cinema |date=4 August 2008 |url=http://dearcinema.com/review-do-bigha-zamin-bimal-roy |access-date=13 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115204002/http://dearcinema.com/review-do-bigha-zamin-bimal-roy |archive-date=15 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name=filmreference>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/Films-De-Dr/Do-Bigha-Zamin.html |title=Do Bigha Zamin |website=Filmreference.com |date=3 August 1980 |access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/India-TRENDS-AND-GENRES.html Trends and genres]. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.</ref>

In commercial cinema, the most influential film he directed was perhaps{{According to whom|date=June 2015}} ''[[Madhumati]]'' (1958), his first and only collaboration with [[Ritwik Ghatak]] (who wrote the screenplay), and one of the earliest films to deal with [[reincarnation]]. It is believed{{By whom|date=June 2015}} to have been the source of inspiration for many later works dealing with the theme of reincarnation in Indian cinema, [[Television in India|Indian television]], and perhaps world cinema. It may have been the source of inspiration for the American film ''[[The Reincarnation of Peter Proud]]'' (1975) and the Hindi film ''[[Karz (film)|Karz]]'' (1980), both of which dealt with reincarnation and have been influential in their respective cultures.<ref name="Doniger2005">{{Cite book |last=Doniger |first=Wendy |title=The woman who pretended to be who she was: myths of self-imitation |chapter=Chapter 6: Reincarnation |pages=112–136 [135] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=0-19-516016-9}}</ref> ''Karz'' in particular was remade several times: as the [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada film]] ''[[Yuga Purusha]]'' (1989), the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]] ''[[Enakkul Oruvan (1984 film)|Enakkul Oruvan]]'' (1984), and more recently the [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Karzzzz (film)|Karzzzz]]'' (2008). ''Karz'' may have also inspired the American film ''[[Chances Are (film)|Chances Are]]'' (1989).<ref name="Doniger2005"/> The most recent film to be directly inspired by ''Madhumati'' is the hit Bollywood film ''[[Om Shanti Om (film)|Om Shanti Om]]'' (2007), which led to Roy's daughter [[Rinki Bhattacharya]] accusing the film of plagiarism and threatening legal action against its producers.

Bimal Roy discovered and gave a break to many children, such as [[Asha Parekh]]'','' Sona Mastan Mirza, [[Baby Farida]], & Baby Sonu (Bablani), who would later become quite famous.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 July 2020|title=BIMAL ROY – a daughter remembers|url=https://filmcriticscircle.com/journal/a-daughter-remembers-bimal-roy/|access-date=26 October 2020|website=Journal of Indian Cinema|language=en-GB|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028015512/https://filmcriticscircle.com/journal/a-daughter-remembers-bimal-roy/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bimal Roy's films continue to be screened at major national and international film festivals in India, Europe and North America. His films are being restored and digitised by the [[National Film Archive of India]] (NFAI) at Pune. In July 2014, [[Prince of Wales Museum]], Mumbai hosted an exhibition; ''Bimal Roy: Life & Times'', organised in collaboration with his children. The exhibits included screening of the films; ''Madhumati'', ''Sujata'' and ''Bandini'', besides film posters, costumes and memorabilia, including an Arriflex camera used to shoot ''Devdas'' and ''Sujata''.<ref name="mirror"/>

'''The [[Bimal Roy Memorial Trophy]]''' has been awarded every year since 1997, by the Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society to honor both experienced artists and other contributors from the Indian film industry as well as new and upcoming outstanding young filmmakers.

[[File:Bimal Roy 2007 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright|Stamp by India post {{circa|2007}}]]
A postage stamp, bearing his face, was released by [[India Post]] to honour him on 8 January 2007.

==Filmography==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|Director
|-
!Year !! Film !!Producer !!Notes
|-
|1943
|''Bengal Famine''
|
|English
|-
|1944
|''Udayer Pathey''
|
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]] Director, Writer and cinematographer
|-
|1945
|''[[Hamrahi (1945 film)|Hamrahi]]''
| [[New Theatres]]||Writer and cinematographer
|-
|1948
|''[[Anjangarh]]''
|
|
|-
|1949
|''Mantramugdhu''
|
|
|-
|1950
|''Pehla Aadmi''
|
|
|-
|1952
|''[[Maa (1952 film)|Maa]]''
|
|
|-
|1953
|''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]''
|Ashok Kumar
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
|-
|1953
|{{Lang|hi-latn|[[Do Bigha Zamin]]}}
|Bimal Roy
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film#Winners and nominees|Filmfare Award for Best Film]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]. The story was written by Salil Chaudhury.
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1954|1954]]
|''[[Biraj Bahu]]''
|Hiten Choudhury
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1954|1954]]
|{{Lang|hi-latn|[[Naukari]]}}
|Bimal Roy Productions
|
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1954|1954]]
|''[[Baap Beti]]''
|
|
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1955|1955]]
|''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]''
|Self
|
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1958|1958]]
|''[[Madhumati]]''
|Bimal Roy Productions
|Highest-grossing film of 1958. It garnered 9 [[Filmfare Awards#Records|Filmfare Awards]], a record held for 37 years.
Its story was written by Rwitwick Ghatak
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1958|1958]]
|''[[Yahudi]]''
|Savak B. Vacha
|
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1959|1959]]
|''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]''
|Bimal Roy|| rowspan="2" |[[Filmfare Award for Best Director#Winners and nominees|Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1960|1960]]
|''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]''
|Self
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1960|1960]]
|''[[Nader Nimai]]''
|
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1961|1961]]
|''Immortal Stupa''
|
|
|-
|1962
| ''[[Prem Patra]]''
|Self
|
|-
|1963
| ''[[Bandini (film)|Bandini]]''
|Bimal Roy
|It won six [[Filmfare Awards]] including [[Filmfare Award for Best Film#Winners and nominees|Filmfare Award for Best Film]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
|-
|1964
| ''Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda''
|
|English on [[Swami Vivekananda]]
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|Documentary
|-
|1941
| ''Tins for India''
|
|
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|Producer
|-
!Year !! Film !!Director !!Notes
|-
|1955
| ''[[Amanat (1955 film)|Amanat]]''
|Aravind Sen
|
|-
|1956
| ''Parivar''
| rowspan="2" |[[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]]
|
|-
|1957
| ''Apradhi Kaun''
|
|-
|1960
| ''[[Usne Kaha Tha]]''
|[[Moni Bhattacharjee]]
|
|-
|1961
| ''[[Kabuliwala (1961 film)|Kabuliwala]]''
|Hemen Gupta
|
|-
|1961
| ''[[Benazir (1964 film)|Benazir]]''
|S. Khalil
|
|-
|1967
| ''Gautama the Buddha''
|Rajbans Khanna
|[[Films Division of India]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|Editor
|-
|1949
| ''[[Mahal (1949 film)|Mahal]]''
|[[Kamal Amrohi]]
|
|-
|1960
| ''[[Kalpana (1960 film)|Kalpana]]''
|R.K. Rakhan
|
|-
|1951
| ''[[Deedar (1951 film)|Deedar]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[Nitin Bose]]
|
|-
|1962
| ''[[Umeed (1962 film)|Umeed]]''
|
|-
|1963
| ''[[Nartaki (1963 film)|Nartaki]]''
|
|-
|1963
| ''[[Meri Surat Teri Ankhen]]''
|R.K. Rakhan
|
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|Cinematographer
|-
|1934
| ''[[Chandidas (film)|Chandidas]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Nitin Bose]]
|Assistant Cinematographer
|-
|1934
| ''[[Daku Mansoor]]''||
|-
|1935
| ''[[Devdas (1936 film)|Devdas]]''
| rowspan="4" |[[Pramathesh Barua]]||
|-
|1936
| ''Grihadah''||
|-
|1936
| ''Maya''||
|-
|1937
| ''[[Mukti (1937 film)|Mukti]]''||
|-
|1938
| ''[[Abhagin]]''
|Prafulla Roy||
|-
|1939
| ''Bardidi''
| rowspan="2" |[[Amar Mullick]]||
|-
|1940
| ''Abhinetri''||
|-
|1940
| ''Meenakshi''
|Modhu Bose||
|-
|}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|author=Rinki Roy Bhattacharya|title=Bimal Roy: The Man who spoke in pictures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tq4aVRUoDcC|date=2009|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-818-4}}
* {{cite book|author=Rinki Roy Bhattacharya|title=Bimal Roy's Madhumati: Untold Stories from Behind the Scenes|year=2014|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-8129129161}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://bimalroymemorial.org/default/ Bimal Roy Memorial website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110625171600/http://www.bimalroy.org/ Bimal Roy Online Museum]
* {{IMDb name|0746950}}
* [https://indiancine.ma/grid/year/name=Bimal_Roy Bimal Roy Life and Filmography] on Indian Cine

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