Kanu Roy was an Indian film actor, and music composer in Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 and Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 films. Contrary to public misconception,
He was not the brother of noted bollywood playback singer Geeta Dutt

Geeta Dutt

Geetā Dutt was a prominent singer in India. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema...

. He gave music for most of Basu Bhattacharya

Basu Bhattacharya

Basu Bhattacharya was a Hindi film director , most famous for his 1966 film Teesri Kasam, starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman , which won the National Film Award for Best Film in 1967; he also produced Sparsh in 1985 starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, which won the Filmfare Best Movie...

’s films.

His most famous compositions are for Geeta Dutt, like 'Aaj ki Kaalighata', Uski Kahani (1966) , Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi

Kaifi Azmi

Kaifi Azmi was an Indian Urdu poet. He is considered to be one the greatest Urdu poets of 20th century. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jon Eliya and many others he participated in many memorable mushairas of 20th century.-Early life:...

, and songs of Geeta Dutt’s last film as a singer, Anubhav

Anubhav

Anubhav is a 1971 Hindi film by noted director Basu Bhattacharya, which stars Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja Samarth and Dinesh Thakur as leads. The film was the first part of Basu Battacharya's introspective trilogy on marital discord in an urban setting, which included Avishkaar and Griha Pravesh ; and...

 (1971) – 'Koi Chupke Se Aake', 'Mera Dil jo mera Hota' and 'Meri Jaan Mujhe Jaan Na Kaho'. He also gave two hits
to Manna Dey

Manna Dey

Prabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...

 in Anubhav - 'Phir Koi Phool Khila' and Avishkaar

Avishkaar

Avishkaar is a 1974 Hindi movie. Produced and directed by Basu Bhattacharya the film stars Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore.The movie was critically acclaimed with critics giving it five out of five stars in the Bollywood guide Collections and was a box office hit.-Synopsis:Amar and Mansi are in...

 - 'Hansne Ki Chaah Ne Kitna Mujhe Rulaya Hai'. The Jagjit and Chitra Singh
rendition of 'Babul Mora Naihar Chooto Hi Jaaye' in Avishkar is also fairly well known. His other films were not so successful however.

Filmography

• Kismet
  Kismet (1943 film)
  Kismet is a 1943 Indian Hindi film, written and directed by Gyan Mukherjee and produced by Bombay Talkies during the second world war period, while it was in a succession battle between Devika Rani and Sashadhar Mukherjee after owner Himanshu Rai's death...
  
   (1943) – Actor
• Mahal
  Mahal
  -Geography:* Mahal, India, a small town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India* Malé, the capital of Maldives* Mahalle, Turkish language country subdivision or neighbourhood term* Mahalla, an Arabic language country subdivision or neighbourhood term...
  
   (1949) – Actor
• Jagriti
  Jagriti
  Jagriti is a 1954 Hindi film that won the Filmfare Best Movie Award in 1956, and the lead, Abhi Bhattacharya, won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.-Plot:...
  
   (1954) – Actor
• Munimji (1955) – Actor
• Ham Sab Chor Hain (1956) – Actor
• Tumsa Nahin Dekha
  Tumsa Nahin Dekha
  Tumsa Nahin Dekha - The Love Story is a Bollywood Romance film directed by Anurag Basu, while produced by Mukesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi and Diya Mirza in lead roles as Anupam Kher, Sharat Saxena and Surekha Sikri in supporting roles...
  
   (1957) - Actor
• Bandini (1963) - Actor
• Uski Kahani (1966) - Music
• Anubhav
  Anubhav
  Anubhav is a 1971 Hindi film by noted director Basu Bhattacharya, which stars Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja Samarth and Dinesh Thakur as leads. The film was the first part of Basu Battacharya's introspective trilogy on marital discord in an urban setting, which included Avishkaar and Griha Pravesh ; and...
  
   (1971) - Music
• Avishkaar
  Avishkaar
  Avishkaar is a 1974 Hindi movie. Produced and directed by Basu Bhattacharya the film stars Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore.The movie was critically acclaimed with critics giving it five out of five stars in the Bollywood guide Collections and was a box office hit.-Synopsis:Amar and Mansi are in...
  
   (1973) - Music
• Tumhara Kalloo (1975) - Music
• Griha Pravesh
  Griha Pravesh
  Griha Pravesh is a 1979 Bollywood drama film directed by Basu Bhattacharya. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore and Sarika. The film was the last of Basu Battacharya's introspective trilogy on marital discord in an urban setting, which included Anubhav , Avishkaar .-Cast:*Sanjeev Kumar...
  
   (1979) – Music
• Sparsh
  Sparsh (film)
  Sparsh is a 1980 Bollywood feature film directed by Sai Paranjpye. It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi playing the characters of a visually impaired principal and a "sighted" teacher in a School of the Blind, where both the characters fall in love with each other though soon their complexes...
  
  (1980) - Music
• Shyamla (1980s)- Music
• Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983) - Actor

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