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{{Short description|Indian stage lighting designer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tapas Sen
| image = File:Tapas Sen.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
|birth_date= {{Birth date text |11 September 1924}}
| birth_place = [[Dhubri]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2006|06|28}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br/>(now [[Kolkata]])
| other_names =
| occupation = Light Designer
| known_for =
}}
'''Tapas Sen''' ( 11 September 1924 – 28 June 2006)<ref name="Hochman1984"/> was a noted [[India]]n [[Stage lighting|stage]] [[lighting designer]], who was an important figure in 20th-century [[Indian theatre]].<ref name="Pilbrow1997">{{cite book|author=Richard Pilbrow|title=Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4viNulYb3XsC&pg=PA306|accessdate=6 July 2013|year=1997|publisher=Nick Hern Books|isbn=978-1-85459-273-6|pages=306–}}</ref> He started working with [[Bengali theatre]] movement in [[Kolkata]] in the late 1940s, along with noted directors, [[Utpal Dutt]] and [[Shambhu Mitra]]. Later he became a founding member of the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]]'s (IPTA), Delhi chapter, and worked closely with [[Hindi theatre]]. Through his career stretching five decades he worked theatre directors, [[Ebrahim Alkazi]], [[Vijay Tendulkar]], and also dancers [[Sadhana Bose]], [[Chandralekha (dancer)|Chandralekha]], [[Birju Maharaj]] and [[Kelucharan Mahapatra]].<ref name="hindu06">{{Cite news | title = Tribute: True to his own light|author=Sadanand Menon | url = http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/08/20/stories/2006082000240500.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060823095715/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/08/20/stories/2006082000240500.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 August 2006 | date = 20 Aug 2006 | work = [[The Hindu]]| accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="monsters06"/><ref name="business06">{{Cite news | title = Theatre's torch-bearer|author=Kirti Jain | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/theatre-s-torch-bearer-106070801027_1.html | publisher =Business Standard | date = 8 July 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref> He was known not only for his creative [[stage lighting]], but also had a significant impact on the work of leading theatre director of the time.<ref name="Hochman1984">{{cite book|author=Stanley Hochman|title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&pg=PA38|accessdate=6 July 2013|year=1984|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-07-079169-5|page=37}}</ref>

He was awarded the 1974 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1974, given by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004.

==Career==

Tapas Sen was born in 1924 in [[Dhubri]], Assam. His father was Matilal Sen and mother's name was Subarnalata <ref name=one>{{cite web | title = Sangeet Natak Akademi condoles the death of Tapas Sen |work=Oneindia | url = http://www.oneindia.com/2006/06/29/sangeet-natak-akademi-condoles-the-death-of-tapas-sen-1151589958.html|date=29 June 2006| accessdate = 2015-02-25 }}</ref> He started his career in theater with the production of a shadow play on the 1943 Bengal famine with [[Mrinal Sen]].<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/14vidya_64kala/aJAZM5A0rb0 Theatre personality " Tapas Sen " dead ]</ref><ref name=one/> Amongst his most noted lighting installations are for ''[[Son et lumière (show)|son et lumière]]'', [[sound-and-light-show]]s at historical venues in [[Delhi]], like the [[Red Fort]], [[Purana Quila]] and at the [[Qutb Minar]]. He also created lighting for noted stage venues across India including Birla Theatre in Kolkata, [[Siri Fort Auditorium]], [[Kamani Auditorium]] in Delhi, and Rabindra Natya Manch in Mumbai. Besides doing [[architectural lighting design]] for important outdoor venues and monuments like [[Khajuraho]], [[Konark]], [[Elephanta Caves|Elephanta]] and [[Ujjain]]. In 1988, he designed the lighting for the opening ceremonies of the "Festival of India" at Moscow and Paris, under [[Dashrath Patel]]. He was also part of the 50-person team for the lighting design of the [[Eiffel Tower]] in 2000. The entire design was done by 50 light designers and engineers using 5 lifts for a span of 2 years, 2 months and 5 days.<ref name="hindu06"/>

He was awarded the 1974 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in Theatre Arts, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, conferred by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archivedate=2015-05-30}}</ref> India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and subsequently the academy also the highest honour the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar'' winners (Akademi Fellows)|publisher=Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|archivedate=2014-12-06}}</ref> He also was awarded the [[Kalidas Samman]], by [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] for the year 1997-98. He was a fellow of the Lighting Designers, UK and the Indian Society of Lighting Engineers.<ref name=one/>

He remained active even into his late years, in January 2006, he did the lighting for a production of [[Tagore]]'s play ''Visarjan'' which premiered at [[Madhusudan Mancha]] in Kolkata.<ref name="telegraph06">{{Cite news | title = And he said, let there be light' | url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/calcutta/story_5720969.asp | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130706174802/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/calcutta/story_5720969.asp | url-status =dead | archive-date =6 July 2013 | publisher =The Telegraph | date =14 January 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref> He died on 28 June 2006 in Kolkata due to a heart attack, at the age of 81. His body was donated for medical research.<ref name="monsters06">{{Cite web | title = Theatre personality Tapas Sen dead | url = http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1176623.php/Theatre_personality_Tapas_Sen_dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130706132256/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1176623.php/Theatre_personality_Tapas_Sen_dead | url-status = dead | archive-date = 6 July 2013 | publisher = Monsters and Critics | date = 29 June 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|4903693}}

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[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Lighting designers]]
[[Category:Hindi theatre]]
[[Category:Bengali theatre personalities]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian designers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]
[[Category:People from Dhubri district]]
[[Category:Artists from Assam]]

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