Prosit Roy

Prosit Roy is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in the supernatural horror film Pari, starring Anushka Sharma, for her production company Clean Slate Films.

Early life Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata, India. Roy belongs to a culturally rooted Bengali family. He hails from a family of performers starting with his grandfather, Pronab Roy, who was a writer and a lyricist. His father is a music professional, and his mother is a dance performer who has performed with Uday Shankar in the past. He completed his schooling from Nava Nalanda High School in South Kolkata and earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) from the prestigious South City College. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta.

Career Roy's interest for story telling in his formative years led him to explore the film industry in Kolkata. Driven by his passion for feature films and the desire to reach a wider audience he moved to Mumbai to work on professional film sets for training.

Roy has worked with many directors in the past and production houses. He has worked as a director alongside Bollywood big names like Vishal Bhardwaj, Ashutosh Gowariker, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Abbas Tyrewala just to name a few. Prosit Roy made his Bollywood debut with the 2008 film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na as an assistant director.

Roy directed a short film, Bloody Mustache in 2015. Made on a shoestring budget, Bloody Mustache won acclaim and accolades at various domestic and international film festivals including the New York Indian Film Festival. He then moved on to direct Pari – a horror film starring Anushka Sharma, produced by her company Clean Slate Filmz in 2018. The film won acclaim and was touted to be a trendsetter in the horror film genre of Bollywood. He also co-directed the Amazon Original crime thriller web series "Paatal Lok", which released on 15 May 2020 along with Avinash Arun, created by Sudip Sharma and produced by Anushka Sharma's Clean Slate Filmz. The web series has been touted as "the best Indian web-series" and won rave reviews across the critics and audience. It won the Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Series among other accolades.

Nominations and awards Prosit Roy has been nominated for the Star Screen Awards, Filmfare Awards & by Zee Cine Awards in 2019 as the Most Promising Debut Director & Best Debut Director for his movie Pari (2018). He won the Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Director for the series "Paatal Lok" in 2021.

Filmography

Year Title Director Assistant Director Associate Director Producer Writer 2008 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 2009 What's your Raashee 2010 Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey 2013 Ek Thi Daayan 2015 All Is Well 2015 Bloody Moustache 2017 Phillauri 2018 Pari TBA Chakda 'Xpress

Series Year Title Director Producer Writer Online Streaming Platform 2015 Tanlines Sony Liv 2020 Paatal Lok Amazon Prime