He hails from a family of performers starting with his grandfather, Pronab Roy, who was a writer and a lyricist.

[citation needed] Roy's interest for story telling in his formative years led him to explore the film industry in Kolkata.

[3][4] He then moved on to direct Pari - a horror film starring Anushka Sharma, produced by her company Clean Slate Filmz in 2018.

[5] He also co-directed the Amazon Original crime thriller web series "Paatal Lok", which released on 15 May 2020 along with Avinash Arun, created by Sudip Sharma and produced by Anushka Sharma's Clean Slate Filmz.

[6] The web series has been touted as "the best Indian web-series"[7] and won rave reviews across the critics and audience.