Shaoli Mitra

Shaoli Mitra
Mitra in October 2004
Bornc. 1948
Died (aged 73)[1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Known forJukti Takko Aar Gappo
Parent(s)Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra
AwardsPadma Shri (2009)
Banga Bibhushan (2012)

Shaoli Mitra [alternatively spelt as Shaonli Mitra (Bengali: শাঁওলি মিত্র); c. 1948 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian Bengali theatre and film actress, director, and playwright.[2] She played the role of Bangabala in Ritwik Ghatak's Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.[3] She is the daughter of Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra, who were also theatre personalities.[4][5]

Career[edit]

Mitra was involved in drama from her childhood under the guidance of her parents Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra.[6] She acted in the play Dakghar in the role of Amal. Later she also formed her own theatre group.[7] In 2011, she became the chairperson of Rabindra Shardhoshato Janmabarsha Udjapon Samiti.[8][9] She worked with the Bohurupee productions. She also established the theatre group "Pancham Baidik" which is pioneer for producing widely acclaimed plays on women's emancipation.[2]

Personal life and death[edit]

Mitra married to bahurupi's Kaliprasad Ghosh in July 1977. Mitra died of heart ailments on 16 January 2022 at the age of 73 at her home in South Kolkata.[2]

Films[edit]

Plays[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Five Lords, Yet None a Protector & Words Sweet & Timeless[13]
  • Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra[14]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "প্রয়াত নাট্যকার শাঁওলি মিত্র, লোকচক্ষুর আড়ালে থেকেই চিরবিদায় নিলেন 'নাথবতী অনাথবৎ'". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Press Trust of India. "Saoli Mitra, eminent theatre personality, actress dies at 73". Retrieved 16 January 2022 – via India Today.
  3. ^ "Jukti Takko Aar Gappo". Telegraph Calcutta. 30 December 2005. Archived from the original on 12 September 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person". Outlook India. 23 October 1996. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  5. ^ Radha Chakravarty (2003). Crossings, stories from Bangladesh and India. Indialog Publications. pp. 14–20. ISBN 9788187981398. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Shaoli Mitra: চিরবিদায় শাঁওলি মিত্রের, শেষ ইচ্ছাপত্র মেনে সবার আড়ালে তাঁর শেষকৃত্য". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Kolkata. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ "বিশিষ্ট নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্রের জীবনাবসান". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Tagore plans unveiled". Telegraph Calcutta. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Of myth and reality". Telegraph Calcutta. 17 September 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Ganguly, Soumya (16 January 2022). "Shaoli Mitra Passed Away: প্রয়াত নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্র". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Kolkata. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ^ "প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Kolkata. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "Shaoli Mitra Passes Away: প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র, ইচ্ছানুসারে সকলের অগোচরেই সম্পন্ন শেষকৃত্য". Asianet News (in Bengali). Kolkata. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ^ Mitra, Saoli (2005). Five lords, yet none a protector, and : two plays ;Words sweet and timeless. Calcutta: Stree. p. 224. ISBN 978-8185604497. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  14. ^ Mitra, Saoli (1 January 2015). Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra. Bengal: Ananda Publishers. p. 260. ISBN 978-9350404829.

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