Soumendu Roy

Nascimento : 1933-02-07,

História

Soumendu Roy is an Indian cinematographer most known for his work with noted director Satyajit Ray's films, starting with Teen Kanya, when Subrata Mitra developed an eye-problem, though he has earlier shot Ray's documentary Rabindranath Tagore and has been an assistant to Subrata in post Pather Panchali films.

Filmes

Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
Self
A documentary exploring the 50-year legacy of Bengali fictional detective Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray.
Nemai Ghosh: A Ray of Light
Self - DOP of Ray's films
Nemai Ghosh: A Ray of Light' is a moving story of how an ordinary man came to be associated with a giant of cinema-Satyajit Ray-and became the photo-chronicler of his creative and personal world.
Chotoder Chobi
Focusing on the predicaments of those born with genetic defect causing dwarfism, the film is the love story between Khoka and Soma.
Atmiyo Swajan
Director of Photography
Debshishu
Director of Photography
This powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. the story of a rural couple who're trying to survive on the road with many others like them, after their village was destroyed by a flood. the wife gives birth to a deformed baby, which is pronounced as a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest), who forces them to abandon the child and exiles them from the community. the journey takes the couple towards a bizarre and heart-breaking conclusion
A Casa e o Mundo
Director of Photography
Um fazendeiro rico convence sua esposa a romper com a tradição hindu e deixar os aposentos das mulheres para conhecer um de seus melhores amigos. A tensão aumenta quando ela se apaixona por ele e seus ideais políticos opostos ao do marido.
Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum
Director of Photography
Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum is a 1983 Tamil film directed by debutant Sreedhar Rajan. Produced by R. Venkatraman, the film won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 30th National Film Awards in 1983.
The Deliverance
Director of Photography
When a poor and out-caste village tanner goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor without pay in exchange.
The Kingdom of Diamonds
Director of Photography
When Goopy and Bagha learn about Hirak Raja's tyranny, they try to set him right with the help of Udayan, a school teacher, and their magical powers.
The Elephant God
Director of Photography
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.
Os Jogadores do Fracasso
Director of Photography
A ação se passa em Lucknow, capital de Avadh, em cujo trono se senta Nawab Wajid, governante irresponsável, mas um refinado poeta e músico. Na mesma cidade vivem os amigos inseparáveis Mirza e Mir, cuja única ocupação na vida é jogar xadrez. Entretanto, um grande "jogo de xadrez", só que geopolítico, está sendo jogado pela East India Company. O governador-geral inglês Lorde Dalhousie está decidido a usar a negligência de Nawab para fazer da província de Avadh domínio britânico. Mirza e Mir ficam sabendo que tropas a serviço da Coroa Britânica estão se aproximando de Lucknow. Terrivelmente assustados, a dupla se refugia em um vilarejo isolado dos distúrbios políticos para continuar a disputar seus jogos sobre o tabuleiro.
Nidhiram Sardar
Director of Photography
Suddenly a thief named "Nidhiram Sardar" totally changed the life of Kolkata police. He theft from the dishonest businessman and distributed them to the poor. Mr. Gangaram an importer-exporter also faced the same at Hotel Love Bird. The owner of the hotel Sitesh Pyne a whimsical, high profile criminal become very anxious about the incident. On the other side Jamini, a young, smart girl is the only earning member of a middle class family suddenly faces some problem. Some unknown antisocial follows her regularly. In such a situation, she asks for help from Ram Prasad Singha. Ram Prasad who is a reputed singer as well as a bold man with his own values tries to reveal the problem. He puts his every effort and solves the case with the help of his relative Mallik and old friend Sanjay.
O Intermediário
Director of Photography
Este trabalho foi feito para documentar a depressão da juventude educada da classe média se na Índia moderna. O advogado, Somnath, falhar inúmeras vezes para obter um emprego, e finalmente consegue um emprego como um meio-homem, uma pessoa com a tarefa de fornecer ordens em troca de uma comissão criada. O papel da Somnath foi interpretado pelo ator Pradip Mukherjee.
Bala
Director of Photography
A documentary about the aging prima ballerina Balasaraswati (popularly known as "Bala"), the most famous exponent of the Bharatanatyam dance.
The Golden Fortress
Director of Photography
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
Trovão Distante
Director of Photography
O filme traz, progressivamente, as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos moradores de uma vila rural diante da escassez de alimentos e outros problemas gerados pela Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Company Limited
Director of Photography
The chronicles of Shyamalendu Chatterjee, an ambitious and self-made young man, as he rises his way up the corporate ladder.
Sikkim
Director of Photography
Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat from both China and India. Ray's documentary is about the sovereignty of Sikkim. The film was banned by the government of India when Sikkim merged with India in 1975. The ban was finally lifted by the Ministry of External Affairs in September 2010.
Kuheli
Director of Photography
A Middle Aged Woman named Sheba comes to an Obscure town named Nijhumgarh to be the Governess of a Renowned Household called "Raykuthi". But little did she know about the Bungalow and the dwellers. She gets startled to know that two murders took place there nearly seven years earlier. The Mist of the mysterious happenings get only thicker. Now Sheba could only pray for it to Go Away as incidents transcend the rules of our physical world.
O Adversário
Director of Photography
A história de Siddharta, um jovem de classe média envolvido nas turbulências sociais. Corrupção e desemprego dominam a cidade e Siddhartha não consegue se identificar com seu irmão revolucionário nem com sua irmã, preocupada com a carreira e a ascensão social.
Days and Nights in the Forest
Director of Photography
Four friends from Calcutta who have very different personalities make a holiday excursion into the country, to a tiny village in the state of Bihar where they set themselves up in a bungalow. A series of minor events, all connected to their respective reactions to their new environment, reveals their characters more deeply.
The Switch (Baksa Badal)
Director of Photography
A hilarious romantic-comedy where two people have their luggage exchanged during a train journey. One of them (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a psychiatrist, and he develops a keen interest in knowing the other party (Aparna Sen). His experience as a psychiatrist helps him to understand the happy-go-lucky and pampered Aparna Sen and woo her love.
The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha
Director of Photography
Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne are banished from their respective villages for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them three boons. How will they succeed in preventing the war between Halla and Shundi which is looming large?
The Zoo
Director of Photography
When Byomkesh Bakshi's new client, Dr. Nishanath Sen, is murdered at Golaap Colony, he decides to probe into the case with the help of his close aide, Ajit.
Badrinath Yatra
Director of Photography
Due to her son's, Devdutt's arrest, Satyavati is unable to take the Badrinath Yatra. Subsequently, he starts to frequent a brothel to visit with a courtesan, Chandravati, and virtually refuses to do anything with his pregnant wife, Sheila. He even drinks alcohol, and assaults his father, Jaggannath, and brother, Sridhar. Things get even worse when he blinds his mother, lets Chandravati and her entourage move in their family home, and asks Sheila to serve the courtesan.
Two
Director of Photography
Curta sobre dois garotos: um rico e um pobre, onde o garoto pobre tenta fazer amizade com o garoto rico, mas esse por sua vez, só quer se exibir para o menino pobre com todos seus brinquedos de alta classe.
O Covarde
Director of Photography
Amitabh, um roteirista de filmes comerciais, viaja para o interior em busca de inspiração. Quando seu carro quebra, um plantador de chá decide acolhê-lo em casa. Chegando lá, Amitabh descobre que o homem é casado com Karuna, sua antiga paixão.
The Holy Man
Director of Photography
A wandering baba initiates a widower layer and his youngest daughter, irritating her boyfriend Satya and the ever-skeptical Nibaran.
Runaway
Director of Photography
A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.
The Expedition
Director of Photography
The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business.
Teen Kanya
Director of Photography
'Teen Kanya' is an anthology film based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, as a tribute on the author's centenary. The title means "Three Daughters", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories, with three central female characters linking the stories together. 'The Postmaster' concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. 'Monihara' is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. 'Samapti' follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family. The international release did not include 'Monihara', and was released as 'Dui Kanya', or "Two Daughters".
Rabindranath Tagore
Director of Photography
Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art, becoming in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film was released during Tagore's birth centenary year.