Rinki Bhattacharya

Writer and filmmaker; Bimal Roy's daughter · 1942–

Rinki Bhattacharya, born Nilanjana Roy, is the daughter of the director Bimal Roy, and a writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker. She married the director Basu Bhattacharya, and is credited with the art decor of his Anubhav (1971), shot in the actress Tanuja's own flat. Their son is the filmmaker Aditya Bhattacharya.

She is known as an author and as a campaigner against domestic violence. She edited Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in India, co-directed the documentary Char Diwari on the subject, and wrote Bimal Roy: A Man of Silence and Bimal Roy's Madhumati: Untold Stories from Behind the Scenes (2014). Parakh (1960), the film Bimal Roy made with Salil Chowdhury's music, is on this site too.