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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Prosit Roy<br />
| image = [[File:Prosit Roy.jpg|Prosit Roy]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| occupation = Director, producer<br />
| years_active = 2008<br />
}}<br />
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'''Prosit Roy''' is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in the supernatural horror film [[Pari (2018 Indian film)|''Pari'']] (2018), starring [[Anushka Sharma]], for her production company [[Clean Slate Films]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prosit Roy|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2583101/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Prosit Roy - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/prosit-roy/1083635|access-date=2020-08-02|website=BookMyShow}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<br />
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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]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<br />
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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]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-13|title=Turn of Phrase|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/turn-of-phrase/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Bloody Moustache|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4229668/|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref> He then moved on to direct [[Pari (2018 Indian film)|''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.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-03-02|title=Movie Review: Pari|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/review-pari-anushka-sharma-idUSKCN1GE0IS|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref> He also co-directed the [[Amazon Prime|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='Paatal Lok': 5 interesting revelations from Anushka Sharma produced series trailer {{!}} Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/television/photo-gallery-paatal-lok-5-interesting-revelations-from-anushka-sharma-produced-series-trailer-2823710|access-date=2020-08-02|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> The web series has been touted as "the best Indian web-series"<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-27|title=Top 5 Indian web series of 2020 so far|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/top-5-indian-web-series-of-2020-so-far-6474099/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> and won rave reviews across the critics and audience. It won the [[Filmfare OTT Awards]] for Best Series among other accolades.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filmfare OTT Awards 2020: Big Night For Paatal Lok And The Family Man. Complete List Of Winners|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/filmfare-ott-awards-2020-paatal-lok-off-to-a-great-start-list-of-winners-2340941|access-date=2021-02-27|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><br />
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== Nominations and awards ==<br />
Prosit Roy has been nominated for the [[Screen Awards|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 Indian film)|''Pari'']] (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prosit Roy|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2583101/awards|access-date=2020-08-02|website=IMDb}}</ref> He won the [[Filmfare OTT Awards]] for Best Director for the series "[[Paatal Lok]]" in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners of Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards 2020|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2020/winners|access-date=2021-02-27|website=filmfare.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Title !! Director !! Assistant Director !! Associate Director !! Producer !! Writer<br />
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| 2008 || ''[[Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} <br />
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| 2009 || ''[[What's Your Raashee?|What's your Raashee]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} <br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || ''[[Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} <br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || ''[[Ek Thi Daayan]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || ''[[All Is Well (2015 film)|All Is Well]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || ''Bloody Moustache'' || {{yes}} || {{no}}|| {{no}}|| {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || ''[[Phillauri (film)|Phillauri]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} <br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || ''[[Pari (2018 Indian film)|Pari]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}}|| {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|TBA || ''[[Chakda 'Xpress]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Series ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! Year !! Title !! Director !! Producer !! Writer !! Online Streaming Platform <br />
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| 2015 || ''Tanlines''|| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || [[SonyLIV|Sony Liv]]<br />
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| 2020 || ''[[Paatal Lok]]''|| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || [[Amazon Prime]]<br />
|}<br />
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