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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
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| birth_date = December 9, 1912
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| death_date = December 20, 1981
| death_place = India
| yearsactive = 1943–1983
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|occupation = music director
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'''Kanu Roy''' (1912-1981) was an Indian actor and music composer in [[Hindi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] films.
He gave music for most of [[Basu Bhattacharya]]'s films.

His most famous compositions are for [[Geeta Dutt]], such as ''Aaj ki Kaalighata'' and ''[[Uski Kahani]]'' (1966), Lyrics: [[Kaifi Azmi]], and the songs of Geeta Dutt's last film as a singer, ''[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]]'' (1971) – "Koi Chupke Se Aake", "Mera Dil Jo Mera Hota" and "Meri Jaan Mujhe Jaan Na Kaho".<ref>{{cite news |title=All Time Greats: Geeta Dutt: Too short a lifespan for a nightingale |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/06/30/d506301404103.htm |work=The Daily Star |date= 30 June 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |author=K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake|authorlink= |publisher= Taylor & Francis|year=2013|isbn=9781136772849 |pages=254 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Routledge_Handbook_of_Indian_Cinemas/djUFmlFbzFkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kanu+roy+music+director&pg=PA254&printsec=frontcover }}</ref> He also gave two hits to [[Manna Dey]] in ''Anubhav'' – "Phir Koi Phool Khila" and in ''[[Avishkaar]] '' – "Hansne Ki Chaah Ne Kitna Mujhe Rulaya Hai" and “Machal Ke Jab Bhi Aankhon Mein” by Bhupender Singh in ''Grihpravash'' (1979).<ref>{{cite news |last1=LOKAPALLY |first1=VIJAY |title=Griha Pravesh (1979) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/griha-pravesh-1979/article7792918.ece |work=The Hindu |date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> In his early struggling years in Mumbai, he did small film roles, and gave film music whenever he got a chance.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Struggle Stories (Column: B-Town) |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/the-struggle-stories-column-btown/1807226 |publisher=Outlook magazine}}</ref>

The [[Jagjit Singh|Jagjit]] and [[Chitra Singh]] rendition of "[[Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye]]" in ''[[Avishkaar]]'' (1973) is also fairly well known. His other films were not so successful, however.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Kismet (1943 film)|Kismet]]'' (1943) – Actor
* ''[[Mahal (1949 film)|Mahal]]'' (1949) – Actor
* ''[[Jagriti]]'' (1954) – Actor
* ''Munimji'' (1955) – Actor
* ''Ham Sab Chor Hain'' (1956) – Actor
* ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'' (1957) – Actor
* ''[[Naughty Boy (film)|Naughty Boy]]'' (1962) – Actor
* ''[[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]]'' (1963) – Actor
* ''[[Uski Kahani]]'' (1966) – Music
* ''[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]]'' (1971) – Music
* ''[[Avishkaar]]'' (1973) – Music
* ''[[Tumhara Kalloo]]'' (1975) – Music
* ''[[Griha Pravesh]]'' (1979) – Music
* ''[[Sparsh (film)|Sparsh]]'' (1980) – Music
* ''Shyamla'' (1980) – Music
* ''Kissi Se Na Kehna'' (1983) – Actor

== References ==

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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0747083}}

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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Bengali musicians]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Hindi film score composers]]
[[Category:1912 births]]

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