Kumar Roy

{{Short description|Bengali theatre personality (1926–2010)}}

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| birth_name = Kumarendra Narayan Roy

| birth_date = {{ birth_date |df=yes|1926|03|02}}

| birth_place = Dinajpur, Bangladesh

| death_date = {{ death_date and age|df=yes|2010|02|28|1926|03|02}}

| death_place = Kolkata, India

| nationality = Indian

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| notable_works = Direction of Nabanna (1948)

| occupation = Theatre director, actor

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Kumar Roy (1926–2010)"Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan Vol.II in Bengali edited by Anjali Bose, published by Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, India, January 2019 edition Page 96

{{ISBN|978-81-7955-292-6}}{{cite news|title=Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dead|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/55415/bengali-theatre-personality-kumar-roy.html|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=28 February 2010}} was a Bengali theatre actor, director and playwright.{{cite news|title=Kumar Roy's death leaves a void|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321148&catid=72|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=The Statesman|date=1 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222183026/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321148&catid=72|archive-date=22 February 2013}} In 1983 he won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He was associated with the group Bohurupee.{{cite news|title=Noted Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dies of heart ailment|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Noted-Bengali-theatre-personality-Kumar-Roy-dies-of-heart-ailment/articleshow/5628158.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103070232/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-28/india/28120489_1_heart-ailment-bohurupee-theatre|url-status=live|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=28 February 2010}} In 1989 he directed the re-creation of the classic play Nabanna (1948).{{cite book|author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India since 1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407|access-date=23 August 2012|date=1 November 2005|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-0-87745-961-3|pages=407–}} He was the president of the PashchimBanga Natya Akademi (West Bengal State Theatre Academy) from 2006 till his death in 2010. Kumar Roy was also professor of drama at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and visiting professor at Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.