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	\|name= Tara Sundari ~~<small>''Tarasundari''</small>~~		\|name= Tara Sundari
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	\|birth_date= 1878<ref name="riw">{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oihkAAAAMAAJ&q=Tara+Sundari\| title=Re-searching Indian women\| last=Ramaswamy\| first=Vijaya\| date=1 January 2003\| publisher=Manohar\| isbn=9788173044960\| pages=347\| language=en}}</ref>		\|birth_date= 1878<ref name="riw">{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oihkAAAAMAAJ&q=Tara+Sundari\| title=Re-searching Indian women\| last=Ramaswamy\| first=Vijaya\| date=1 January 2003\| publisher=Manohar\| isbn=9788173044960\| pages=347\| language=en}}</ref>
	\|birth_place= [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]		\|birth_place= [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
	\|death_date= 19 April 1948<ref name="puroshree">{{cite book \| title=Kolkata Puroshree \|date=20 April 2010 \|publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation \|location=Kolkata \|page=6 \|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/downloads/Puroshree_April_2010.pdf}}</ref>		\|death_date= 19 April 1948<ref name="puroshree">{{cite book \| title=Kolkata Puroshree \|date=20 April 2010 \|publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation \|location=Kolkata \|page=6 \|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/downloads/Puroshree_April_2010.pdf}}</ref>
	\|death_place= [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\|death_place= [[West Bengal]], [[India]]

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{{short description|Bengali theater actress}}
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|name= Tara Sundari <small>''Tarasundari''</small>
|image=
|caption=
|birth_name= Tara Sundari
|birth_date= 1878<ref name="riw">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oihkAAAAMAAJ&q=Tara+Sundari| title=Re-searching Indian women| last=Ramaswamy| first=Vijaya| date=1 January 2003| publisher=Manohar| isbn=9788173044960| pages=347| language=en}}</ref>
|birth_place= [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date= 19 April 1948<ref name="puroshree">{{cite book | title=Kolkata Puroshree |date=20 April 2010 |publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation |location=Kolkata |page=6 |url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/downloads/Puroshree_April_2010.pdf}}</ref>
|death_place= [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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|occupation = Theatre actress, singer, dancer
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'''Tara Sundari''' (stage name '''Tarasundari''') (1878 - 19 April 1948) was a Bengali theater actress, singer, and a dancer.<ref name="puroshree"/> She is known for notable performances in plays such as ''Durgeshnandini'', ''Harishchandra'', and ''Riziya''.<ref name="samsad">{{cite book | last1=Sengupta |first1=Subodh Chandra |title=Samsad Bangali Choritabhidhan |date=May 1976 |publisher=Sahitya Samsad |location=Kolkata |page=190 |edition=1st}}</ref> Tarasundari and Aparesh Chandra were one of the most successful on-stage pair of the Bengali theatre actors.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Lahari |first1=Sukriti |script-title=bn:বিনোদিনীর পরে |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/patrika/other-theatre-girls-like-noti-binodini-1.180859 |access-date=18 March 2019 |agency=Anandabazar Patrika |publisher=ABP |date=25 July 2015 |language=bn}}</ref>

==Early life==
Tara Sundari was born to a poor family in [[Calcutta]] in 1878.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLWGAwAAQBAJ&q=Tara+Sundari&pg=PA326| title=Prostitution and Beyond: An Analysis of Sex Workers in India| last1=Sahni| first1=Rohini| last2=Shankar| first2=V. Kalyan| last3=Apte| first3=Hemant| date=9 July 2008| publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132100362| pages=326| language=en}}</ref> She had an elder sister named Nrityokali.<ref name="binodini">{{cite book |last1=Vidyabhushan |first1=Upendranath |title=Binodini O Tarasundari |date=13 February 1920 |publisher=Shishir Publishing House |location=Kolkata}}</ref> The actress, [[Binodini Dasi]], was her neighbour there.

==Career==
In 1884, with the help of Binodini, she joined the [[Star Theatre, Kolkata|Star Theatre]] in [[Kolkata]].<ref name="tarasundori">{{cite news |last1= Murshid |first1= Golam |date= 2005 |script-title=bn:সুকুমারী থেকে সুচিত্রা |agency= অন্যদিন ঈদ সংখ্যা |pages= 106 |publisher= Mazharul Islam |language=bn}}</ref> Her first role was in ''Chaitanya Lila'' by [[Girish Chandra Ghosh]], where she played the role of a boy. She learned to act from [[Amrita Lal Basu|Amritalal Mitra]]. Kashinath Chattopadhay was her dance teacher.<ref name="samsad"/> Her first role as a girl was in 1889 at the play ''Haranidhi'' by [[Girish Chandra Ghosh]]. She learned to sing from Ramtaran Sanyal for this play.<ref name="binodini"/> While there, she started using the [[stage name]], 'Tarasundari'.

After appearing in three shows, she left the Star Theatre. At that time the Minerva Theatre, under the supervision of Girish Ghosh, was producing ''Karmeti Bai''. An actress known as Tinkori, who was playing the lead role, left the theatre at the same time. Tarasundari, on Girish Ghosh's request, temporarily played the role of Karmeti Bai for two shows. She was praised for a remarkable performance on such short notice. In the year 1894, her portrayal of Shaibalini in the play ''Chandrashekhar'' made her very popular.<ref name="samsad"/> She acted in the play ''Sarala'' where she played the role of Gopal. She appeared in a few shows at City Theatre during this time also. She then took a break from acting.

==Later career==
After a long hiatus from theatre, Tarasundari returned to acting when the Indian Dramatic Club opened under the supervision of Amarendranath Datta, a well known actor and playwright of that time. She took part in a number of plays, where her acting was acclaimed.<ref name="ts">{{cite web | last1=Mallik| first1=Wahida| title=Tara Sundari| url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Tara_Sundari| website=Banglapedia| access-date=15 November 2017| language=en}}</ref><ref name="riw"/>

When Amarendranath formed Classic Theatre in 1897, Tarasundari joined it with him. Here she gave one of the finest performances of her life as ''Sreelekha'' in ''Hariraj''.<ref name="binodini"/> After leaving the Classic Theatre, she rejoined the Star Theatre. Her memorable performances during this time include Shaiba/Shaivya in ''Harishchandra'', ''Basantashena'', and Annapurna in ''Mayabosan''. She went on to work with other groups like the newly established Arora, Minerva, and Kohinoor Theatres.<ref name="binodini"/>

After that, in 1922, she again left acting for some time<ref name="binodini"/> following the death of her son. She moved to [[Bhuvaneshwar]] where she founded a monastery, and devoted her time to religious activities.

==Return from retirement and death==
At the request of Girish Chandra Ghosh she returned to Kolkata and started acting again. Her first play after returning from retirement was Ayesha in ''[[Durgeshnandini]]''. She went on to act in ''Harishchandra'' as Shaivya, she played the protagonist in ''Rizia'', and [[Saraswati]] in ''Balidan''. She worked in the early days of theater in Bengal with Shishir Kumar Bhaduri. The pinnacle of her career came when she worked at the Mitra Theatre. She acted in Jana as the titular character, and played the role of Durga in ''Shre Durga'' in 1926.

She died in 1948.<ref name="ts" />

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