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{{short description|Indian dancer and actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Minati Mishra
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|birth_name= Minati Das
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1929}}
| birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|01|06|1929|||df=y}}
| death_place = [[Switzerland]]
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| occupation = Classical dancer
| yearsactive = 1956–1990
| spouse = Nityananda Mishra
| domesticpartner =
| children = One son
| parents = Basanta Kumar Das
| website = 
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br>Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademy
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'''Minati Mishra''' (1929 – 6 January 2020) was an Indian classical dancer and actress, known for her expertise in the Indian classical dance form of [[Odissi]]. She was reported in 2011 to be the oldest-living Odissi performer.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/60-years-of-odissi/article1567417.ece | title=60 years of Odissi | work=The Hindu | date=24 March 2011 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Jatin-Das-Minati-Mishra-get-Padma-awards/articleshow/11633486.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=26 January 2012 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honored Mishra in 2012, with the fourth-highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Minati Mishra, née '''Minati Das''',<ref name="My Life, My Work">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6oF1W6N7sg0C&q=Minati+Mishra&pg=PA263 | title=My Life, My Work | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=Ashok Mohanty | year=2011 | pages=412 | isbn=9788184246407}}</ref> was born in 1929 in [[Cuttack]], now in the Indian state of Odisha, to Basanta Kumar Das, a local school headmaster,<ref name="My Life, My Work" /> as the youngest of his three children.<ref name="Radhu Babu">{{cite web | url=http://www.radhubabu.com/minatimishra/biography.htm | title=Radhu Babu Bio | publisher=Radhu Babu | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> She started to learn dance and music at an early age, theme-based dance under the tutelage of Ajit Ghosh and Banabihari Maity and Odissi from Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnayak, an Odissi dancer. In 1950, Minati Mishra started learning under [[Kelucharan Mahapatra]], the well-known Odissi [[guru]].<ref name="Radhu Babu" />

In 1954, Minati Mishra joined [[Kalakshetra]] of [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]], on a scholarship from the [[Government of Odisha]], and learned [[Bharatanatyam]] for one year under Kutty Sarada and Peria Sarada.<ref name="Peria Sarada">{{cite web | url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil58.html | title=Peria Sarada | publisher=Narthaki | date=2014 | access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> The next year, she joined the Indian Institute of Free Arts for training under Panda Wallur Pillai Chukkalingam and Minakshi Sunderam Pillai. She debuted in 1956, the first of several performances she rendered, during the next three years, at a number of major cities in India.<ref name="Radhu Babu" /> In 1959, she was invited to Switzerland by the International Photographic Association, and performed in Zurich, Lucerne, Geneva and Winterthur.<ref name="Radhu Babu" /> Three years later, she was awarded a doctoral degree<ref name="Urvasi Dance">{{cite web | url=http://www.urvasidance.com/gallery/oRDissi/dancers/minati1.htm | title=Urvasi Dance | publisher=Urvasi Dance | date=2014 | access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> in [[Indology]] from the [[Philipp University of Marburg]], Germany for a thesis on ''[[Natya Shastra|Natyashastra]]''. In 1963, she was invited for a performance at the [[Berlin Film Festival]].<ref name="Radhu Babu" /> She was noted for her expressive ([[Bhava (mood)|Bhava]]) and dramatization ([[Abhinaya]]) skills.<ref name="Radhu Babu Achievements">{{cite web|url=http://www.radhubabu.com/minatimishra/accomplishment.htm|title=Radhu Babu Achievements|date=2014|publisher=Radhu Babu|access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

== Acting career ==
Mishra acted in five [[Cinema of Odisha|Odia films]]. Her debut film ''[[Suryamukhi]]'' was released in 1963, followed by ''[[Jeevan Sathi]]'', ''Sadhana'', and ''[[Arundhati (1967 film)|Arundhati]]''. All four received the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia]].<ref name="Suryamukhi">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|title=Suryamukhi|date=2014|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Jeeban Sathi">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|title=Jeeban Sathi|date=2014|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Sadhana">{{cite web | url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx | title=Sadhana | publisher=Directorate of Film Festival | date=2014 | access-date=30 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220334/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx | archive-date=25 February 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="15thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|title=15th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=21 September 2011}}</ref> She also acted in a 1963 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film, ''Nirjana Saikate'' in which she has performed an Odissi dance number choreographed by [[Kelucharan Mahapatra]].<ref name="Nirjana Saikate">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQfRokU79o | title=Nirjana Saikate | publisher=Nirjana Saikate | date=28 November 2013 | access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> Apart from her film career she was also an A Grade artist at the [[All India Radio]] and was a recipient of ''Sangeet Prabhakar'' title for [[Hindustani music|Hindustani]] vocal music.<ref name="Radhu Babu" /><ref name="Radhu Babu Intro">{{cite web | url=http://www.radhubabu.com/minatimishra/home.htm | title=Radhu Babu Intro | publisher=Radhu Babu | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

Mishra was the principal of the Utkal Sangeet Mohavidyalaya, Bhubaneswar<ref name="USM">{{cite web|url=http://www.usmodisha.in/|title=USM|date=2014|publisher=USM|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> from 1964 till 1989.<ref name="Radhu Babu Achievements" /><ref name="Radhu Babu Intro" /> During her tenure there, the institution regularised its curriculum, academically formalised Odissi dance and music training, introduced theatrical aspects into the syllabus and established examination guidelines, all of which are reported to have helped in the revival of Odissi.<ref name="Radhu Babu Achievements" /> The stint at the institution also gave her opportunity to work alongside the first-generation gurus of Odissi such as [[Pankaj Charan Das]] and [[Deba Prasad Das]].<ref name="Deb Prasad Das">{{cite web|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/tdhc/tdhc23.html|title=Deb Prasad Das|date=2014|publisher=Narthaki|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref>

== Retirement ==
Soon after the death of her husband, Nityananda Mishra, who was an engineer, in 1980, Mishra retired from dance performances and formally retired in 1990. She settled in Switzerland and devoted her time to dance festivals, lecture tours and workshops in Switzerland, Canada and India.<ref name="Radhu Babu" />

She died on 6 January 2020 in Switzerland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Eminent Odissi dancer Minati Mishra passes away at 91 in Switzerland|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2020/jan/06/eminent-odissi-dancer-minati-mishra-passes-away-at-91-in-switzerland-2085821.html|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=6 January 2020|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
Her films include:<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film !! Language !!Director
|-
| 1963
|''[[Suryamukhi]]''|| Odia || Prafulla Sengupta
|-
| 1963
|''[[Jeevan Sathi]]''|| Odia || Prabhat Mukherjee
|-
| 1963
|''[[Nirjan Saikate]]''|| Bengali ||[[Tapan Sinha]]
|-
| 1964
|''Sadhana''|| Odia || Prabhat Mukherjee
|-
| 1967
|[[Arundhati (1967 film)|''Arundhati'']]|| Odia || Prafulla Sengupta
|-
|1967
|''[[Bhai Bhauja]]''
|Odia
|Sarathi
|}

==Awards and recognitions==
Mishra was a recipient of the 1975 Orissa Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.<ref name="OSN Award">{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/104-108.pdf |title=OSN Award |publisher=Government of Orissa |access-date=30 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001534/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/104-108.pdf |archive-date=2 May 2014 }}</ref> She also received the Kalinga Shastriya Sangeet Parishad Award<ref name="Radhu Babu Intro" /> and in 2000, she received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="SNA">{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2014 |access-date=30 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Radhu Babu Intro" /> In 2012, the [[Government of India]] awarded her the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest civilian award of India.<ref name="Padma Shri" />

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{imdb name|1166410}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQfRokU79o | title=Nirjana Saikate (1963, Bengali) – Odissi dance by Minati Mishra | publisher=YouTube | date=28 November 2013 | access-date=29 November 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=http://pad.ma/BOR/info | title=International Odissi Festival 2011: Minati Mishra performs Nindati chandanam and Nirvikalpa Stotra | publisher=Pad.ma | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}

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