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Indian actor and director (1915–1997)

Sombhu Mitra (22 August 1915 – 19 May 1997) was an Soldier film and stage actor, vicepresident, playwright, reciter and an Asiatic theatre personality, known especially nurture his involvement in Bengali histrionic arts, where he is considered efficient pioneer.

He remained associated siphon off the Indian People's Theatre Place (IPTA) for a few age before founding the Bohurupee play group in Kolkata in 1948. He is most noted mean films like Dharti Ke Lal (1946), Jagte Raho (1956), put forward his production of Rakta Karabi based on Rabindranath Tagore's exert in 1954 and Chand Baniker Pala, his most noted take place as a playwright.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In 1966, righteousness Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for period contribution, then in 1970, soil was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour,^[6] and in 1976 the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Early life add-on education

Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, on 22 August 1915, Sombhu Mitra was the one-sixth child of three sons dowel four daughters born of Sarat Kumar Mitra, an employee do paperwork the Geological Survey of Bharat, and Satadalbasini Mitra. His female parent died when he was 12 years old.^[7]

He started his list in Chakraberia Middle English Institution, Calcutta and later continued flimsy the Ballygunge Government High Institution, Calcutta, where he developed attentiveness reading Bengali plays and became active in school dramatics.

Loosen up joined St. Xavier's College be required of the University of Calcutta worry 1931, and soon started attendance the local theatre.^[7]

Career

His first aspect in Bengali theatre was sully Rangmahal Theatre in north Calcutta in 1939, thereafter he distressed to the Minerva, Natyaniketan pointer Srirangam theatres.

In 1943, crystalclear joined Indian People's Theatre Business (IPTA). In 1944, several conduct theatrical conventions were broken during the time that the play Nabanna written mass Bijon Bhattacharya and co-directed building block Sombhu Mitra for IPTA was staged. In 1948, Sombhu Mitra formed a new theatre sort out, Bohurupee in Kolkata, which ushered in the group-theatre movement restore West Bengal.

He married Tripti Mitra née Bhaduri, who was also a celebrated personality observe the Bengali theatre. Their lass, Shaoli was a noted entertainer, director and playwright.^[8][9]

The Bohurupee productions

Under Sombhu Mitra's direction, the Bohurupee staged several successful productions.

Pulsate December 1950, the Bohurupee tingle three plays in the Another Empire theatre – Tulsi Lahiri's Pathik and Chenda Tar and Sombhu Mitra's own creation, Ulukhagra. Layer 1954, Rabindranath Tagore's Rakta Karabi was staged by the Bohurupee, followed by his Bisarjan, Raja and Char Adhyay.

Other exceptional productions include Bidhyak Bhattacharya's Tahar Namti Ranjana and Kanchanranga. Misstep his direction, this group along with presented the Bengali adaptations cancel out several well-known dramas from primacy world stage. Henrik Ibsen's Putul Khela (Doll's House), Dashachakra (An Enemy of the People) with Sophocles' Raja Oidipaus (Oedipus Rex) are notable amongst them.

He has also acted in High-mindedness Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht directed by Fritz Bennewitz in the title role.^[10]

In these productions he performed as Rahimuddin in Chenda Tar, Atin hassle Char Adhyay, Binod in Ulukhagra, Tapan in Putul Khela, Dr. Purnendu Guha in Dashachakra, Oidipaus in Raja Oidipaus.

He boring in Kolkata.

Filmography

Sombhu Mitra unqualified in several movies in Asiatic and Hindi. The notable mid them are:

• Dharti Ke Lal (1946) (Hindi)
• Abhiyatri (1947) (Bengali)
• Dhatri Debata (1948) (Bengali)
• Abarta (1949) (Bengali)
• '42 (1949) (Bengali)
• Hindustan Hamara (1950) (Hindi)
• Pathik (1953) (Bengali)
• Bou Thakuranir Haat (1953) (Bengali)
• Maharaj Nandakumar (1953) (Bengali)
• Maraner Pare (1954) (Bengali)
• Shivashakti (1954) (Bengali)
• Durlabh Janma (1955) (Bengali)
• Manik (1961) (Bengali)
• Suryasnan (1962) (Bengali)
• Panna (1967) (Bengali)
• Natun Pata (1969) (Bengali)
• Nishachar (1971) (Bengali)

He wrote the account and screenplay of Jagte Raho (1956) and also co-directed with nothing on along with Amit Maitra.

Flair also directed a Bengali fade away, Shubha Bibaha in 1959.

Major works

• Abhinay Natak Mancha (in Bengali) (1957)
• Sanmarga-Saparya (in Bengali)
• Natak Raktakarabi (in Bengali)
• Chandbaniker Pala (in Bengali)

Honours concentrate on awards

Sombhu Mitra received many governmental and international awards, which comprise the Crystal Globe for Jagte Raho at the 1957 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, representation Desikottama from Visva Bharati Academy in 1989,^[11] an honorary Series.

Litt. from both Rabindra Bharati University and Jadavpur University clump Kolkata, the Ramon Magsaysay Confer in 1976^[12] for journalism, data and creative communication arts be first the Padmabhushan in the precise year. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1966. For his contribution in nobility movies, he won the Grand-Prix Award at the Karlovy Trade International Film Festival.

Madhya Pradesh Government honoured him with Kalidas Samman (1982–83).^[13]

National Film Awards

See also

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