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{{Short description|Indian director and drama teacher}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Infobox person 
| name = Santanu Bose
| image = File:Santanu Bose Portrait.jpg
| caption = Santanu Bose
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|11|27}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]
| occupation = Actor, director
| alma_mater = [[Drama Studio London]]
}}

'''Santanu Bose''' is an [[Theatre of India|Indian-theatre]] director and drama teacher. He has worked extensively on multicultural issues in collaborative process.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contemporary Theatre Practices|url=http://www.actorfactor.net/master-dope-series-workshops.php|website=www.actorfactor.net|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> He is the dean of the academic affairs<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tribune News Service|title=Eminent poets to be part of art event|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/eminent-poets-to-be-part-of-art-event/535140.html|website=www.tribuneindia.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> and associate professor, World Drama of [[National School of Drama]], (NSD) New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Parshathy J. Nath|title=The function of theatre|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lit-for-life/the-function-of-theatre/article22472016.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 January 2018 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Faculty Members|url=https://nsd.gov.in/delhi/index.php/faculty-members/|website=nsd.gov.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Bose studied [[comparative literature]] at [[Jadavpur University]], [[Kolkata]] in 1992. He started his theatre career with an apprenticeship under [[Tripti Mitra]]. He further studied design and direction at [[National School of Drama]], [[New Delhi]] in 1992–1995. In 1996, he was awarded Charles Wallace Fellowship and went on to study acting at [[Drama Studio London]]. There he acted in the play ''Our Man'' with an international cast under the direction of Peter Layton.

==Career==
He came back to India and started working as a lecturer in [[Art director|art direction]] at [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]], [[Kolkata]] and later he joined the [[National School of Drama]] as assistant professor of World drama.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty Members|url=https://nsd.gov.in/delhi/index.php/faculty-members/|website=nsd.gov.in|accessdate=25 February 2018}}</ref> He has also taught as visiting faculty at [[Rabindra Bharati University]], [[University of Hyderabad]], [[Jamia Millia University|Jamia Milia University]], and [[Indira Gandhi National Open University|Indira Gandhi Nation Open University]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Bose received critical acclaim as an actor in the [[short film]] ''Sunder Jeebon'', directed by Sandeep Chaterjee.<ref>{{cite web|title=They too have won the National Award...|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300180200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040109061810/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300180200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2004|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2003-08-03|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> He has done research and sections of dialogue for the Film "Name of a River" by Anup Singh<ref>{{cite web|last1=UNT News Desk|title=ICCR Jammu launching a new Series 'SAMVAAD' from 30th January, 2018|url=http://www.universalnewstimeline.com/iccr-jammu-launching-a-new-series-%E2%80%98samvaad%E2%80%99-from-30th-january-2018|website=www.universalnewstimeline.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ICCR Jammu launching a new series 'Samvaad' from Jan 30|url=http://www.journeyline.in/newsdet.aspx?q=146573|website=www.journeyline.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> and done Art Direction for the film ''Reaching Silence'' by Jahar Kanungo.<ref>{{cite web|last1=BIFF Archive|title=Reaching Silence|url=http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history10_02.asp?mode=view&idx=10045&piff_code=2005|website=www.biff.kr|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>

He has also created over 60 theatre pieces in India, England, Australia, Germany, France and Belgium.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} In 2000, he founded Monirath Theatre Group, in Calcutta. The German-Indian theatre collaborations with the Goethe Institute Calcutta have been an important part in the work done by his group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Monirath Theatre Group|url=https://culture360.asef.org/resources/monirath-theatre-group|website=culture360.asef.org|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> Some of the notable works are:
* [[Sophocles]]'s [[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]<ref>{{cite web|title=National Theatre Festival at Trivandrum|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantheatreresearch/mazUceDvz3M|website=groups.google.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* Macbeth Question<ref>{{cite web|title=Works of William Shakespeare to be the theme for 25th UGC International Conference and Theater Festival|url=http://sholoanabangaliana.in/2015/03/12/works-of-william-shakespeare-to-be-the-theme-for-25th-ugc-international-conference-and-theater-festival/|website=sholoanabangaliana.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Goethe's Faust]]
* Widowed Pimp & House of Horrors<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kritika Dua|title=Mélange of Sickness, Fright and Demise|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/print.php?printFOR=storydetail&story_url_key=mlange-of-sickness-fright-and-demise&section_url_key=vivacity|website=www.dailypioneer.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Elisabeth Hauptmann|Elizabeth Hauptmann]]'s [[The Threepenny Opera|Threepenny Opera]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Brecht's Threepenny Opera in India – a relevant classic Art reflecting society|url=https://mediaindia.eu/art-culture/brechts-threepenny-opera-in-india-a-relevant-classic/|website=mediaindia.eu|date=November 2017 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Mahasweta Devi]]'s Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa<ref>{{cite web|title=Mahasweta Devi: Voice of the Margins|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/mahasweta-devi-voice-of-the-margins-2941264/|website=indianexpress.com|date=29 July 2016 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* Raddi Bazaar<ref>{{cite web|title=Raddi Bazaar: On the importance of life and living|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/686681/raddi-bazaar-on-the-importance-of-life-and-living/|website=tribune.com|date=24 March 2014 |accessdate=19 March 2018}}</ref>
* Kala Khatta Chuski Kholi Khokha Khopcha<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kavita Nagpal|title=Existentialist life unfolds outside theatre|url=http://archive.asianage.com/arts/existentialist-life-unfolds-outside-theatre-101|website=asianage.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[Girish Karnad]]'s [[Taledanda|Raktkalyan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Theatre Festival Explore Myth, Abstract – review|url=http://www.pressreader.com/india/the-asian-age/20151016/282668981196815|via=PressReader|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* Sottor-Uttor<ref>{{cite web|title=The new wave|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20090209-the-new-wave-738883-2009-01-30|website=www.indiatoday.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>
* Roddur Wala Goli<ref>{{cite web|title=The Live Theatre|url=http://www.thelivetheatre.com/about/timeline/theatre/|website=www.thelivetheatre.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Theatre of India]]
* [[Bengali theatre]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]
[[Category:Indian drama teachers]]
[[Category:Jadavpur University alumni]]
[[Category:National School of Drama alumni]]
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[[Category:1967 births]]

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