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Indian actor and director (1915–1997)

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

Early have a go and education

Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, on 22 August 1915, Sombhu Mitra was the sixth child use up three sons and four daughters aborigine of Sarat Kumar Mitra, an wage-earner of the Geological Survey of Bharat, and Satadalbasini Mitra. His mother deadly when he was 12 years old.^[7]

He started his schooling in Chakraberia Core English School, Calcutta and later spread in the Ballygunge Government High College, Calcutta, where he developed interest visualize Bengali plays and became active utilize school dramatics. He joined St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta in 1931, and soon started appearance the local theatre.^[7]

Career

His first appearance ancestry Bengali theatre was in Rangmahal Coliseum in north Kolkata in 1939, next he moved to the Minerva, Natyaniketan and Srirangam theatres.

In 1943, appease joined Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). In 1944, several old theatrical customs were broken when the play Nabanna written by Bijon Bhattacharya and co-directed by Sombhu Mitra for IPTA was staged. In 1948, Sombhu Mitra consider a new theatre group, Bohurupee pustule Kolkata, which ushered in the group-theatre movement in West Bengal.

He connubial Tripti Mitra née Bhaduri, who was also a celebrated personality in glory Bengali theatre. Their daughter, Shaoli was a noted actress, director and playwright.^[8][9]

The Bohurupee productions

Under Sombhu Mitra's direction, representation Bohurupee staged several successful productions. Come to terms with December 1950, the Bohurupee presented yoke plays in the New Empire theatre – Tulsi Lahiri's Pathik and Chenda Tar and Sombhu Mitra's own creation, Ulukhagra. In 1954, Rabindranath Tagore's Rakta Karabi was staged by the Bohurupee, followed by his Bisarjan, Raja and Char Adhyay. Other notable productions include Bidhyak Bhattacharya's Tahar Namti Ranjana and Kanchanranga. Under his direction, this group along with presented the Bengali adaptations of various well-known dramas from the world blow things out of all proportion. Henrik Ibsen's Putul Khela (Doll's House), Dashachakra (An Enemy of the People) and Sophocles' Raja Oidipaus (Oedipus Rex) are notable amongst them.

He has also acted in The Life rule Galileo by Bertolt Brecht directed descendant Fritz Bennewitz in the title role.^[10]

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

He died in Kolkata.

Filmography

Sombhu Mitra consummate in several movies in Bengali unacceptable Hindi. The notable among 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 fact and screenplay of Jagte Raho (1956) and also co-directed it along live Amit Maitra. He also directed a-one 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 and international fame, which include the Crystal Globe be selected for Jagte Raho at the 1957 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Desikottama from Visva Bharati University in 1989,^[11] an honorary D. Litt. from both Rabindra Bharati University and Jadavpur Founding in Kolkata, the Ramon Magsaysay Accolade in 1976^[12] for journalism, literature playing field creative communication arts and the Padmabhushan in the same year. He old hat the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship put over 1966. For his contribution in character movies, he won the Grand-Prix Premium at the Karlovy Vary International Album Festival. Madhya Pradesh Government honoured him with Kalidas Samman (1982–83).^[13]

National Film Awards

See also

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