- Formerly of Baroda State India, Dilip Roy has worked as freelance Assistant Film Editor in the UK from the 60s through to the 80s in various feature film productions including television companies like the BBC, ITV and ITN. In addition to the editorial works, Dilip has done a stint as an Assistant Director on a feature film and a TV Series.
At this period of time Dilip met some of the greatest Masters of World Cinema such as Satyajit Ray (three times), Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman and Elia Kazan.
Dilip Roy (as Dilip K. Roy) is also an Arts Researcher and is credited in the following publications: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye published by Andre Deutsch 1989 Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad Minded Man published by Bloomsbury 1995 Letters of Rabindranath Tagore published by Cambridge University 1997 Sir SM Tagore and the Tagore Medal: A Centenary History of the Medal Award published by Royal College of Music 1999 Satyajit Ray: Biography of a Master Film Maker published by I.B. Tauris 2004 Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema published by I.B. Tauris 2005 Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad Minded Man A new publication by I.B. Tauris 2008 and The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic published by I.B. Tauris 2010-11.
Dilip also wrote a major article on Musicologist Sir S.M. Tagore which was published for the Royal College of Music Annual Review, published December 1997.
Dilip Roy was elected a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1998.
Dilip's cultural interests include Art, Cinema, Literature, Classical Music (Indian and European) and an avid interest in the literary works of Richard Wagner and his operas.
Dilip Roy is the author of Richard Wagner's Germany And The Indian Connection, published by London Wagner Society's quarterly journal in October 2012.
Dilip's other article on Eastern philosophy and Wagner was published by Gramophone Magazine in November 2013.
Dilip Roy's all-time favorite music conductors are quintessential Will Helm, Furt Wangler and the legendary maestro Zubin Mehta.- IMDb Mini Biography By: LH
- Dilip Roy's letters were published in magazines Sight & Sound December 1992, Classic FM July 1995, BBC Music November 2003.
During mid 90s Dilip met some of the greatest Maestros of music world such as Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa and Mistislav Rostropovich.
In the mid 80s Dilip has exchanged letters with such personalities as Lindsay Anderson, Peter(Mahabharata)Brook and not to mention the great Satyajit Ray would be a mistake. - Dilip Roy is an avid collector of Wagner books, records, memorabilia and has complete sets of Wagner operas on DVD and vinyl.
- Dilip Roy has an excellent collection of Tagore artworks, books and records.
- It is a well known fact that India in the 20th Century has produced three world class artists of international repute who have inspired many artists and intellectuals throughout the world. They are Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Film laureate Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) and Music laureate Zubin Mehta (1936-). I have been lucky and fortunate enough to have met two of the three legends, Ray and Mehta.
The most memorable moment of my life was 12th May 1982, when I met the Grand Master of World Cinema Satyajit Ray (Manik-da a pet name used by people who knew him). The meeting which took place at a private residence was going to be my third and the last in London. However, Since we both shared a common interest in the arts, I made use of this moment to my best advantage. Sitting right next to the great man was like a dream come true. We both talked for nearly an hour on cinema and music and as we talked, my admiration for him grew even deeper for his profound knowledge of music, literature and above all, world cinema. My only regret is I did not have a tape recorder at the time to record this memorable conversation. Nonetheless, I did make full use of the time with the Guru from whom I have learnt a lot in life and this I shall always treasure.
The other significant encounter was with another fellow Indian, Maestro Zubin Mehta who is regarded as one of the greatest living conductors in the world today. The only Indian to occupy such a position in the mainstream Western Classical music. Zubin is now virtually a household name in Europe. I first met Maestro Mehta in the year 1995 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The meeting was brief, during the interval. However, I met him again in March 1997 in a very congenial atmosphere at the Barbican Arts Centre in London. I had the invitation to watch the rehearsal which Zubin Mehta was doing for his friend Mestislav Rostropovich, another giant in the field of music and a great admirer of Satyajit Ray. After the rehearsal, I went up to Maestro Mehta and introduced myself and he recognised me, having met him earlier. I chatted with him in his mother tongue (Gujarati), of which I have some knowledge. These moments will always remain with me.
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