Prabir Roy | |
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Born |
Calcutta, India |
31 August 1948
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Bapu |
Citizenship | Indian |
Occupation | Producer, Director and Actor |
Spouse(s) | Somasree Roy |
Children | Neil Roy (Abhirup Roy) |
Awards | Pramathesh Barua Award and Uttam Kumar Award |
Prabir Roy (Bengali: প্রবীর রায় ; born 31 August 1948) is a Bengali producer, director and actor. He made his debut as a feature film maker with the film Kaal Madhumas.
Prabir is a commerce graduate from the University of Calcutta.He was a national level swimmer in his younger days. Grew up in a posh locality in South Kolkata. He has the distinction of introducing colour T.V. coverage in India in Feb-March, 1982 during the 1st Nehru Gold Cup. This was held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in February 1982. The programme was covered with 5 on-line camera operation, long before Doordarshan started the same during the Delhi Asian Games in November 1982. This was inaugurated by Late Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi. He also produced "Ravishankar-A Legend of Glory". This programme represented Doordarshan in International T.V. Network Festival which was held in Miami, U.S.A. in September,1984. It was Pt. Ravishankar’s first Indian TV appearance.