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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|8|22}}
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| death_place = [[Kolkata]]
| spouse = [[Tripti Mitra]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = Actor, director, playwright
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1970
| children = [[Shaoli Mitra]]
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'''Sombhu Mitra''' (22 August 1915 – 19 May 1997) was an Indian film and stage actor, director, playwright, reciter and an [[Indian theatre]] personality, known especially for his involvement in [[Bengali theatre]], where he is considered a pioneer. He remained associated with the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] (IPTA) for a few years before founding the ''Bohurupee'' theatre group in Kolkata in 1948. He is most noted for films like ''[[Dharti Ke Lal]]'' (1946), ''[[Jagte Raho]]'' (1956), and his production of ''Rakta Karabi'' based on [[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore's]] play in 1954 and ''Chand Baniker Pala'', his most noted play as a playwright.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OEc4wcNwMbMC&pg=PA277&dq=%22Sambhu+Mitra&as_brr=0#PPA277,M1 Chand Baniker Pala :Shombhu Mitra] ''Interterxt: a study of the dialogue between texts'', by R.Kundu, Rama Kundu Ghosh. Published by Sarup & Sons, 2008. {{ISBN|81-7625-830-X}}. ''Page 277-78''</ref><ref>''History of Indian Literature : [2].1911–1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy'', by Sisir Kumar Das, various. Published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], 1995. {{ISBN|81-7201-798-7}}. ''Page 163''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PGWa7v08JikC&pg=PT302&dq=%22Sombhu+Mitra&lr=&as_brr=0#PPT305,M1 Shombhu Mitra] ''Authors speak'', by Sachidananda. Published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], 2006. {{ISBN|81-260-1945-X}}. ''Page 277-289''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA63&dq=%22Sombhu+Mitra&lr=&as_brr=0 Shombhu Mitra] ''Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle'', by Asha Kasbekar.
Published by ABC-CLIO, 2006. {{ISBN|1-85109-636-1}}. ''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RvTAkBHCQecC&pg=PA203&dq=%22Sombhu+Mitra&lr=&as_brr=0 Shobhu Mitra] ''Not the other avant-garde: the transnational foundations of avant-garde performance'', by James Martin Harding, John Rouse. University of Michigan Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-472-06931-4}}. ''Page 203-205''.</ref>

In 1966, the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] awarded him with its highest award, the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] for lifetime contribution, then in 1970, he was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honour,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> and in 1976 the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]].

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]]), India, on 22 August 1915, Sombhu Mitra was the sixth child of three sons and four daughters born of Sarat Kumar Mitra, an employee of the Geological Survey of India, and Satadalbasini Mitra. His mother died when he was 12 years old.<ref name=bio>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyMitraSom.htm Biography of Sombhu Mitra] The 1976 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] website.</ref>

He started his schooling in Chakraberia Middle English School, Calcutta and later continued in the [[Ballygunge Government High School]], Calcutta, where he developed interest reading Bengali plays and became active in school dramatics. He joined [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta|St. Xavier's College]] at the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1931, and soon started attending the local theatre.<ref name=bio/>

==Career==

His first appearance in [[Bengali theatre]] was in Rangmahal Theatre in north Kolkata in 1939, thereafter he moved to the Minerva, Natyaniketan and Srirangam theatres.

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

He married [[Tripti Mitra]] née Bhaduri, who was also a celebrated personality in the [[Bengali theatre]]. Their daughter, [[Shaoli Mitra|Shaoli]] is a noted actress, director and playwright.<ref>[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1997/august/homage.htm Sombhu Mitra] [[CPI (M)|CPI]], Index August 1997.</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970520/14050253.html A thespian who touched dizzy heights] [[Indian Express]], 20 May 1997.</ref>

==The Bohurupee productions==
Under Sombhu Mitra's direction, the Bohurupee staged several successful productions. In December 1950, the Bohurupee presented three 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 also presented the Bengali adaptations of several well-known dramas from the world stage. [[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 Of Galileo|The Life of Galileo]] by [[Bertolt Brecht]] directed by [[Fritz Bennewitz]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Calcutta|first1=Life|title=Life of Galileo in Calcutta|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810215-life-of-galileo-in-calcutta-772646-2013-11-28|website=www.indiatoday.in|access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref>

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

He died in Kolkata.

==Filmography==
Sombhu Mitra performed in several movies in Bengali and 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 story and screenplay of ''[[Jagte Raho]]'' (1956) and also co-directed it along with Amit Maitra. He also directed a 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 awards, which include the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] for ''[[Jagte Raho]]'' at the 1957 [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], the ''Desikottama'' from [[Visva Bharati University]] in 1989,<ref>[http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/at_a_glance/desikot.htm List of Desikottamas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215213359/http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/at_a_glance/desikot.htm |date=15 February 2015 }}</ref> an honorary D. Litt from both [[Rabindra Bharati University]] and [[Jadavpur University]] in Kolkata, the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1976<ref>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationMitraSom.htm Ramon Magsaysay Award citation for Sombhu Mitra]</ref> for journalism, literature and creative communication arts and the Padmabhushan in the same year. He received the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 1966. For his contribution in the movies, he won the Grand-Prix Award at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]. [[Madhya Pradesh]] Government honoured him with ''[[Kalidas Samman]]'' (1982–83).<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970520/14050253.html A thespian who touched dizzy heights] [[Indian Express]], 20 May 1997</ref>

;[[National Film Awards]]
*[[4th National Film Awards|1956]] – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] – ''Ek Din Ratre''<ref name="4thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Bengali Theatre]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1119051}}

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