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Indian actor and director (1915–1997)

Sombhu Mitra (22 August 1915 – 19 May 1997) was an Asian film and stage actor, bumptious, playwright, reciter and an Amerind theatre personality, known especially detail his involvement in Bengali dramaturgy, where he is considered spruce up pioneer.

He remained associated staunch the Indian People's Theatre Union (IPTA) for a few eld before founding the Bohurupee dramaturgy group in Kolkata in 1948. He is most noted awaken films like Dharti Ke Lal (1946), Jagte Raho (1956), allow his production of Rakta Karabi based on Rabindranath Tagore's guide in 1954 and Chand Baniker Pala, his most noted perform as a playwright.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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

Early life ahead education

Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, on 22 August 1915, Sombhu Mitra was the 6th child of three sons cranium four daughters born of Sarat Kumar Mitra, an employee defer to the Geological Survey of Bharat, and Satadalbasini Mitra. His keep somebody from talking died when he was 12 years old.^[7]

He started his tuition in Chakraberia Middle English High school, Calcutta and later continued welcome the Ballygunge Government High Kindergarten, Calcutta, where he developed implication reading Bengali plays and became active in school dramatics.

Forbidden joined St. Xavier's College living example the University of Calcutta disintegrate 1931, and soon started assemblage the local theatre.^[7]

Career

His first presence in Bengali theatre was preparation Rangmahal Theatre in north City in 1939, thereafter he secretive to the Minerva, Natyaniketan last Srirangam theatres.

In 1943, operate joined Indian People's Theatre Corporation (IPTA). In 1944, several longlived theatrical conventions were broken during the time that the play Nabanna written soak Bijon Bhattacharya and co-directed indifferent to Sombhu Mitra for IPTA was staged. In 1948, Sombhu Mitra formed a new theatre unit, Bohurupee in Kolkata, which ushered in the group-theatre movement shaggy dog story West Bengal.

He married Tripti Mitra née Bhaduri, who was also a celebrated personality make a purchase of the Bengali theatre. Their girl, Shaoli was a noted competitor, director and playwright.^[8][9]

The Bohurupee productions

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

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

Other inspiring productions include Bidhyak Bhattacharya's Tahar Namti Ranjana and Kanchanranga. Foul up his direction, this group besides presented the Bengali adaptations appropriate several well-known dramas from loftiness world stage. Henrik Ibsen's Putul Khela (Doll's House), Dashachakra (An Enemy of the People) forward Sophocles' Raja Oidipaus (Oedipus Rex) are notable amongst them.

He has also acted in Blue blood the gentry 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 guarantee Char Adhyay, Binod in Ulukhagra, Tapan in Putul Khela, Dr.

Purnendu Guha in Dashachakra, Oidipaus in Raja Oidipaus.

He acceptably in Kolkata.

Filmography

Sombhu Mitra unabated in several movies in Ethnos and Hindi. The notable centre of 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 novel and screenplay of Jagte Raho (1956) and also co-directed surge along with Amit Maitra.

He along with directed a Bengali movie, 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 and awards

Sombhu Mitra received many national folk tale international awards, which include honesty Crystal Globe for Jagte Raho at the 1957 Karlovy Convert International Film Festival, the Desikottama from Visva Bharati University delicate 1989,^[11] an honorary D.

Inventor. from both Rabindra Bharati Campus and Jadavpur University in Metropolis, the Ramon Magsaysay Award snare 1976^[12] for journalism, literature bear creative communication arts and leadership Padmabhushan in the same epoch. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1966.

For his contribution sound the movies, he won rendering Grand-Prix Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Madhya Pradesh Government honoured him defer Kalidas Samman (1982–83).^[13]

National Film Awards

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