Introduction
Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi cinema and a Bengali Film Director, who is also known for his work with art cinema directors, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Govind Nihlani, Hindi mainstream cinema, directors like Rajkumar Santoshi, as well as international directors like Mira Nair and Gurinder Chadha. His work (Production design, art direction) for Oscar winning Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator fetched international fame for him.
Beside art direction , production design and film direction he is a internationally acclaimed Architect who has created several film cities such has Ramoji Film City (Hyderabad) Innovative Film city (Bengaluru),Prayag Film City (Kolkata) and several theme parks , amusement parks , museum not only in India but also in countries like Singapur etc.
Filmography
- As production designer/ art director
- Kharij (1982)
- Mandi (1983)
- Party (1984)
- Khandhar (1984)
- Trikaal (1985)
- Tasveer Apni Apni (1985)
- Genesis (1986)
- New Delhi Times (1986)
- Ek Pal (1986)
- Aghaat (1986)
- Susman (1987)
- Tamas (1987)
- Bharat Ek Khoj (1988)
- Salaam Bombay! (1988)
- Parinda (1989)
- Drishti (1990)
- Ghayal (1990)
- Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
- Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
- Isaac Asimov's Nightfall (2000)
- Pukar (2000)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Lajja (2001)
- 23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)
- Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005)
- Fanaa (2006)
- Bride and Prejudice (2004)
- Halla Bol (2008)
- Good Luck! (2008)
- As Director
- Ak poshla brishti
- Tobu mone rekho
- Jamai no 1
- Heartbeat - Hindi
- Gosainbaganer Bhoot (Bengali) (2011) - Director
- Jole Jongole (2012)
- Mahakash Kando (Bengali) (2012) - Director
- Tadanto2015)
- Buddhu Bhutum (Bengali) (2017) -Director
- Filmography Film TV Data Base, British Film Institute.
- http://www.tadanto.com/
Awards
- 1983: National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Kharij
- 1984: National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Mandi
- 1991: National Film Award for Best Art Direction: Lekin
- 1991: Filmfare Best Art Direction Award: Ghayal