Sumit Roy

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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) [1] and Gehrraiyaan (2022). [2]

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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. [3] [4]

Career

His short film Dancing Queen (2007) won the first prize at the Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival (2008). [5] It was also selected as India’s nominee for the Pangea Day global simulcast in 2008 [6] [7]

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. [8]

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. [9]

In 2023, Sumit created and wrote Showtime (Indian TV series), an original drama about the inside working of Bollywood. [10] [11]

Filmography

YearFilmStoryScreenplayDialogueNote
2015 Zubaan YesYesYes
2022 Gehraiyaan Yes
2023 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani YesYesNominated for Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay & Filmfare Award for Best Story [12]

Web Series

YearFilmStoryScreenplayDialogueNote
2024 Showtime (Indian TV series) YesYes

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