Sudhendu Roywas a noted Indian film director, art director and production designer in Hindi cinema, most known for his realistic art direction in auteur Bimal Roy's films, like Sujata in 1959, Madhumati in 1959 and Bandini in 1963, and glitzy work in films Subhash Ghai's Karz in 1980 and Karma in 1986 to Yash Chopra's Silsila in 1981, Chandni in 1989 and Lamhe in 1991.He won the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction thrice for, Madhumati in 1959, Mere Mehboob in 1964 and Sagina 1975.While working in film industry, he befriended noted art director Ganesh Basak, who worked on Bimal Roy's film, Do Bigha Zameen in 1953 and Nagina in 1986.Later Roy married his sister KrishnaOut of their three children, his youngest daughter, Sharmishta Roy is also an art director in Hindi cinema, and assisted him in her early career,receiving Filmfare Award for Dil To Pagal Hai in 1998Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1999, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2002 and the National Film Award for Best Production Design for Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities in 2003. His son Krishnendu runs an animation studio, and one daughter, Sumona, lives in Canada.He was died in 1999