MUMBAI: Seventy nine-year old veteran actor-director Dilip Roy died of cancer in a private hospital In Kolkata on Thursday.

Roy, 79, left behind his wife and three sons.

Beginning his acting career with the Bengali film Sati Behula in 1954, Roy came up with remarkable performances in the numerous roles that he essayed in his over half a century stay with celluloid. 

Equally at ease portraying the hero or the villain, he also sparkled in a wide range of character roles with actors like Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Suchitra Sen, Anil Chatterjee and Chhabi Biswas.

Some of his well-known films are Dui Purush, Apanjan, Abhaya O Srikanta, Kshudito Pashan, Arogya Niketan, Panna Hire Chuni, Jinder Bandi and Hanshuli Banker Upakatha.

Roy directed three movies like Devdas, Amrita Kumbher Sandhaney and Neelkantha.