Satyen Roychoudhury

Born Satyendranath Basu Roy Chaudhury, son of Nepal Chandra Basu Roy Chaudhury, in the year 1906, at B K Roy Road,Beniakhamar, Khulna town, Bengal (now Bangladesh), was the youngest son of the zamindar family. At childhood his father noticed his interest in drawing and encouraged him in the field of art. After schooling at B K Institution, Khulna, named after his grand father Baroda Kanto, he went to Calcutta to study art at Indian Art College, Dharmatala Street. During his early years he got the blessings of Nandalal Bose, the famous artist and was also influenced by the works of Jamini Roy and Picasso. He spent some time in Allahabad and later opened up his Art Studio in Bhowanipur. He came into films in early '40s and was the artist of animation film 'Jalpari'. He joined the film world as Art Director and has around 150 films to his credit as Art Director. In the '50-60s he was the Art Director of many Uttam-Suchitra hits. He received Bengal Film Journalist's (BFJA) Award several times.