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{{Infobox person
| name = Kumar Roy
| image = 
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1926
| birth_place = Dinajpur, Bangladesh
| death_date = 2010
| death_place = Kolkata, India
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for =
| notable_works = Direction of [[Nabanna (play)|Nabanna]] (1948)
| occupation = Theatre director, actor
}}
'''Kumar Roy''' (1926–2010)<ref name="Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dead">{{cite news|title=Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dead|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/55415/bengali-theatre-personality-kumar-roy.html|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=28 February 2010}}</ref> was a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] theatre actor, director and playwright.<ref name="Kumar Roy’s death leaves a void">{{cite news|title=Kumar Roy's death leaves a void|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321148&catid=72|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=The Statesman|date=1 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222183026/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321148&catid=72|archive-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> In 1983 he won the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]. He was associated with the group [[Bohurupee]].<ref name="Noted Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dies of heart ailment">{{cite news|title=Noted Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dies of heart ailment|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-28/india/28120489_1_heart-ailment-bohurupee-theatre|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103070232/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-28/india/28120489_1_heart-ailment-bohurupee-theatre|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=28 February 2010}}</ref> In 1989 he directed the re-creation of the classic play ''[[Nabanna (play)|Nabanna]]'' (1948).<ref name="Dharwadker2005">{{cite book|author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India since 1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407|access-date=23 August 2012|date=1 November 2005|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-0-87745-961-3|pages=407–}}</ref> He was the President of the PashchimBanga Natya Akademi (West Bengal State Theatre Academy) from 2006 till his death in 2010. Kumar Roy was also Professor of Drama at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and Visiting Professor at Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

== Plays ==

=== Direction ===
* ''Chauryananda'' (by [[Tulsi Lahiri]], 1956)
* ''Natyakarer Bipatti'' (by Ajit Ganguli, 1956)
* ''Geetaratna'' (by Chittaranjan Ghosh, 1956)
* ''Mrichchakatik'' (by [[Śūdraka]], 1979)
* ''Galileo'' (by [[Bertolt Brecht]], 1980)
* ''Rajdarshan'' (by [[Manoj Mitra]], 1982)
* ''Aguner Pakhi'' (by [[Jean Anouilh]], 1984)
* ''Malini'' (by [[Rabindranath Tagore]], 1986)
* ''Mr. Kakatua'' (by Prashanta Deb, 1987)
* ''Yayati'' (by [[Girish Karnad]], 1988)
* ''Kinu Kaharer Thetar'' (by Manoj Mitra, 1988)
* ''Nabanna'' (by [[Bijon Bhattacharya]], 1989)
* ''Nindapanke'' (by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], 1991)
* ''Shyama'' (by [[Sisir Kumar Das]], 1992)
* ''Akbar Birbal'' (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1993)
* ''Piriti Parama Nidhi'' (by Chittaranjan Ghosh, 1994)
* ''Sinduk'' (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1995)
* ''Muktadhara'' (by Rabindranath Tagore, 1996)
* ''Ek Din Ek Rat'' (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1997)
* ''Lal Kaner'' (Rabindranath Tagore's ''Rakta Karabi'' in Hindi 1986, under the Sangeet Kala Mandir)
* ''Itihaser Atmaa'' (by [[Ashim Chatterjee]], 2000)
* ''Fulla Ketur Pala'' (2002)
* ''Nishiddha Thikana'' (2004)
* ''Deepa Danda'' (2005)
* Kaal Sandhya (by Buddhadeb Bosu 2008)

=== Acting ===
* ''Rakta Karabi''
* ''Putulkhela''
* ''Bisarjan Raja''
* ''Muktadhara''
* ''Pagla Ghoda''
* ''Mudrarakshas''
* ''Baki Itihas''
* ''Chop Adalat Cholche''
* ''Mrichchaakatik''
* ''Galileo''
* ''Raj Darshan''
* ''Dharmadharma''
* ''Aguner Pakhi''
* ''Malini''
* ''Nabanna''
* ''Nindapanke''
* ''Ek Din Ek Raat''

== Awards ==
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], (1983)<ref name="Noted Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dies of heart ailment" />
* Dinabandhu Puraskar <ref name="Kumar Roy biography">{{cite web|title=Kumar Roy biography|url=http://bohurupeeindia.org/aboutus.html|publisher=Bohurupee|access-date=22 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702160823/http://bohurupeeindia.org/aboutus.html|archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>(2003)
* National Theatre Award of India (1985)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702160823/http://bohurupeeindia.org/aboutus.html Article on Bohurupee and Kumar Roy in Bophurupee website]

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