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{{infobox person<br />
|name=Partha Pratim Majumder<br />
| image = Partha Pratim Majumder.JPG<br />
|birth_name=Premanshu Kumar Biswas<br />
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1954|01|18|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=Kalachadpara, [[Pabna]], [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]])<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|citizenship=Bangladesh <br /> France<ref name=star>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/mums-the-word-7214 |title=Mum's the word |work=The Daily Star |author=Zahangir Alom |date=18 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119235034/http://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/mums-the-word-7214 |archivedate=19 January 2022}}</ref><br />
|occupation=mime artist<br />
|relatives={{ubl|[[Barin Mazumder]](Father)|[[Ila Majumder]](Mother)|[[Bappa Mazumder]](Brother)|[[Partha Sharothi Mazumder]](Brother)}} <br />
|awards= [[Ekushey Padak]] (2010)<br />
| honours = [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (2011)<ref name=star/><br />
}}<br />
'''Partha Pratim Majumder''' ({{lang-bn|পার্থ প্রতিম মজুমদার}}; born 18 January 1954<ref name=star/>) is a Bangladeshi [[mime artist]] who is considered the "forerunner" of mime art in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=da45319d138c6021b9e4a45ede074ffd&nttl=2011051319983 |title=Partha Pratim wins highest French award |work=Banglanews24.com |accessdate=24 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201105540/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=da45319d138c6021b9e4a45ede074ffd&nttl=2011051319983 |archivedate=1 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=165554 |title=Silence is bliss |work=The Daily Star |accessdate=24 August 2022}}</ref> Born in [[Pabna District]] in the [[Rajshahi Division|north-western part]] of the country, Partha went to [[France]] in early 1980s under a scholarship program and trained under [[Marcel Marceau]]. Since then he has been performing in several countries throughout the world earning international recognition. In 2010, he was awarded the [[Ekushey Padak]], one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh. In 2011, the [[French government]] awarded him the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/print_edition/?view=details&type=gold&data=Loan&pub_no=518&cat_id=1&menu_id=54&news_type_id=1&index=1&archiev=yes&arch_date=12-05-2011#.UhjEU-zUNEg |script-title=bn:ফ্রান্সের শেভালিয়র উপাধি পেলেন পার্থ প্রতীম মজুমদার |work=[[Kaler Kantho]] |language=bn |accessdate=24 August 2022}}</ref> He is the elder brother of musician [[Bappa Mazumder]] and music composer Partha Sharothi Mojumdar.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Partha was born to Himangshu Kumar Bishwash and Shusrika Bishwash in Kalachadpara of Pabna district which was then part of [[East Pakistan]]. Born as Premanshu Kumar Biswas, Partha was later adopted by Ustad [[Barin Mazumder]] and [[Ila Majumder]]. After receiving primary education at Jubilee School, he was sent to [[Chandannagar]], [[India]] and was admitted in Dr. Shitol Prasad Ghosh Ideal School. There he met with [[Jogesh Dutta]], an Indian mime artist and became interested in mime. Between 1966 and 1972 he studied at the Jogesh Dutta Mime Academy and received basic knowledge about the art. Meanwhile, Bangladesh became independent after a [[Bangladesh Liberation War|nine-month war]] and Partha moved back to his country. In 1972 he was admitted to Government Music College in Dhaka before graduating in 1976.The major lift up in his life was when he presented a solo performance at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in1979.<br />
<ref name="art.bdnews24">{{cite news |url=http://arts.bdnews24.com/?p=1180 |script-title=bn:পার্থ প্রতীম মজুমদার-এর সাক্ষাৎকার |work=[[Bdnews24.com]] |language=bn |accessdate=24 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Partha started his career in the 1970s through singing and occasionally acting in some television and radio programs. His career got a break-through in 1979.<ref name=star/> His solo performance at [[Shilpakala Academy]] impressed the then French Ambassador to Dhaka, Loic Moreau and the director of [[Alliance Française]], Gerard Grousse, who offered him a scholarship in 1981 to obtain professional training on mime under the French mime artist [[Etienne Decroux]].<ref name=star/> He was then introduced to Marcel Marceau who trained him from 1982 to 1985. In 1986 Partha performed a solo titled ''Boatman of Padma'' at the [[UNESCO]] Headquarter in Paris which was the first mime act at the [[World Heritage Centre]]. In 1994 he wrote, choreographed and staged ''The Nightmare'' which was the first mimodrama pertaining to [[child abuse]] to be staged in South Asia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=21412 |title=The life and times of a mime maestro |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |accessdate=24 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_26-04-2011_Partha-Pratim:-A-poet-of-silence***_201_1_7_1_8.html |title=Partha Pratim: A poet of silence |work=[[Daily Sun (Bangladesh)|Daily Sun]] |accessdate=24 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and titles ==<br />
* ''Master of Mime'' – Mime Institute of India, 1987<br />
* ''Master of the World'' – Journalist Association of Malaysia, 1987<br />
* ''[[Molière Award]]'' – Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre, 2009<br />
* ''Munier Chowdhury Award'' – 2009<br />
* ''[[Ekushey Padak]]'' – [[Government of Bangladesh]], 2010<br />
* ''[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier De L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]'' – [[Cabinet of France|Government of France]], 2011<br />
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