Renu Roy

Renu Roy is a well-known personality in the field of the performing, visual and fine arts and has been founder-director of Spandan, a reputed cultural foundation in Kolkata, and Spandan Films, a cinematic initiative with the celebrated. Renu also spearheaded her own theatre group as an acclaimed actor, script writer, producer and director. She is a recipient of several important theatre and cultural awards that include the Bharat Nirman, and a National Film Festival Award for ‘Best Feature Film’ (for Unishe April), directed by the late Rituparno Ghosh. ‘The Far Side and Other Poems’ is her third volume of poems.