Sumit Roy
{{short description|Indian screenwriter, writer, Director}}
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| birth_place = Delhi, India
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| nationality = Indian
| alma mater = St. Stephen's College
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Sumit Roy is an Indian screenwriter and director who primarily works in Hindi films. Sumit has written scripts for Bollywood productions such as Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani(2023){{Cite news |date=4 July 2023 |title=Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani trailer |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/twitter-reviews-rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani-trailer-alia-bhatt-ranveer-singh-2401728-2023-07-04 |work=India Today}} and Gehrraiyaan (2022).{{Cite news |date=14 February 2022 |title=Gehrraiyaan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/gehraiyaan-writer-s-dad-asks-twitter-to-watch-son-s-movie-in-wholesome-post-reacts-to-f-word-overuse-i-ll-ask-him-101644839090737.html |work=Hindustan Times}}
Sumit received two nominations at the 69th Filmfare Awards for Best Story and Best Screenplay for his work on Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani{{Cite web |date=15 January 2024 |title=Filmfare Award 2024 Nominations |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2024/nominations |website=Filmfare}}{{Cite news |date=15 January 2024 |title=69th Filmfare Awards Nominations List |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/bollywood/69th-filmfare-awards-nominations-list-ranbir-kapoor-shah-rukh-khan-get-best-actor-nod |work=The Quint}} and also won IIFA for best story for his film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.{{cite news |title=IIFA Awards 2024: Here’s the Complete List of Winners! |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-the-winners-of-iifa-awards-1727675792-1 |work=Jagranjosh.com |date=1 October 2024 |language=en}}
Career
His short film Dancing Queen (2007) won the first prize at the Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival (2008).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sardiniafilmfestival.it/albo-doro/|title=ALBO D’ORO – Sardinia Film Festival}} It was also selected as India’s nominee for the Pangea Day global simulcast in 2008 {{Cite news |date=19 November 2013 |title=Mumbai to play host to global event |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-to-play-host-to-global-event-1163631 |work=Daily News and Analysis}}{{Cite news |date=12 May 2008 |title=Story-telling connects the world |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/story-telling-connects-the-world/story-IBsc3gIx6pbZKOU1qjdWyH.html |work=Hindustan Times}}
Moving to Mumbai to pursue a career in Hindi feature films, Sumit was selected as one of the finalists of SANKALAN, India’s first script lab mentored by Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghvan and Anjum Rajabali.{{Cite news |date=21 March 2010 |title=The plot thickens |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/the-plot-thickens/articleshow/5707410.cms |work=Times of India}}
In 2019 he wrote Takht for Karan Johar (Dharma Productions), an epic historical set in the Mughal era which is to star Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, Anila Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Bhumi Pedenkar, Jhanvi Kapoor.{{Cite news |date=14 August 2018 |title=Takht: Somen Mishra, Head of Development at Dharma Productions, introduces writers of Karan Johar's next |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/takht-somen-mishra-head-of-development-at-dharma-productions-introduces-writers-of-karan-johars-next-4959651.html |work=Firstpost}}
In 2023, Sumit created and wrote Showtime (Indian TV series), an original drama about the inside working of Bollywood.{{Cite news |date=28 February 2024 |title=Finding the perfect fit |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/karan-johar-is-a-man-who-can-take-a-joke-on-himself-says-showtime--creator-sumit-roy-23337534 |work=Mid-Day}}{{Cite news |date=20 December 2023 |title=Emraan Hashmi, Mouni Roy and Naseeruddin Shah to star in Disney+ Hotstar series 'Showtime' |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/emraan-hashmi-mouni-roy-and-naseeruddin-shah-to-star-in-disney-hotstar-series-showtime-2818745 |work=Deccan Herald}}
Filmography
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! Film ! Story ! Screenplay ! Dialogue ! Note |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2015
| Zubaan | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
| | {{yes}} | | |
| style="text-align:center;" |2023
| Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |
Web Series
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| Year
! Film ! Story ! Screenplay ! Dialogue ! Note |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2024
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
Awards and Nominations
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| scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}} |
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| International Indian Film Academy Awards
|2024 |Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani |Best Original Story |{{Won}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |Filmfare Awards
|rowspan="2" | 2024 |rowspan="2" | Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani |Best Story |{{Nominated}} |{{Cite web |date=15 January 2024 |title=Filmfare Award 2024 Nominations |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2024/nominations |website=Filmfare}} |
| Best Screenplay
|{{Nominated}} | |