Prabhat Roy

Prabhat Roy (Bengali: প্রভাত রায়; born 1946 in Jamshedpore) is a former Indian director who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Winner of two National Awards, he is known for handling social issues in his directorial ventures Shwet Patharer Thala (1992), Sandhyatara (1994) and Lathi (1996).

He began his career as an assistant director in the early 1970s. He claimed to fame after his directorial venture Protidan (1983) starring Sharmila Tagore, Ranjit Mallick, Victor Banerjee and Naseeruddin Shah emerged to be a major box office success. He made commercial blockbusters such as Pratikar (1987), Pratik (1988), Lathi (1996) and Shubhodrishti (2005). Other than feature films, he directed 16 telefilms and 3 TV series. He introduced June Malia and Priyanka Trivedi to showbiz.