Nitish Roy

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| occupation = Art director, production designer, costume designer, set director, Director

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| 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|

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Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi cinema[https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155448/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/109148/Nitish-Roy/filmography Filmography] New York Times 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.echarcha.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949 |title=Gladiator: Rebuilding Rome, the Indian way |access-date=13 November 2016 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114082901/http://www.echarcha.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949 |url-status=dead }}

Beside art direction, production design and film direction he is an 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 Singapore etc.{{cite web | url=http://nitishroy.com/galary.php?category=Architectural | title=Nitish Roy | Architectural Page }}

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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121010080116/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/348808?view=credit Filmography] Film TV Data Base, British Film Institute.
Parinda (1989)
Drishti (1990)
Ghayal (1990)
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
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)
Praktan (2016)
Mujib - The Making of a Nation (2022)

; 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
Tadanto {{cite web |url=http://www.tadanto.com/ |title=Tadanto |accessdate=2015-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119215530/http://www.tadanto.com/ |archivedate=19 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }} (2015)
Buddhu Bhutum (Bengali) (2017) - Director