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{{Short description|Bengali actress}}
{{Short description|Bengali actress (c.1948–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name       = Shaoli Mitra
| name               = Shaoli Mitra
| image       = A portrait of Saoli Mitra who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre - Acting (Bengali) by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg| alt         =
| image             = A portrait of Saoli Mitra who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre - Acting (Bengali) by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg
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| birth_name =  
| caption           = Mitra in October 2004
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|df=yes|Month DD, YYYY}} -->
| birth_name         =  
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| birth_date         = {{circa}} 1948
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|df=yes|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) -->
| birth_place        = [[West Bengal]], [[Dominion of India|India]]
| death_place =  
| death_date         = {{death date and given age|2022|01|16|73|df=yes}}<ref name="ieb">{{cite web |url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/eminent-bengali-theatre-personality-shaoli-mitra-passed-away-398074/ |title=প্রয়াত নাট্যকার শাঁওলি মিত্র, লোকচক্ষুর আড়ালে থেকেই চিরবিদায় নিলেন 'নাথবতী অনাথবৎ' |website=Indian Express Bangla |language=bn |access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref>
| nationality = Indian
| death_place       = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
| other_names =  
| nationality       = Indian
| known_for   = ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]''
| other_names       =  
| occupation = Actress
| known_for         = ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]''
| parents     = [[Sombhu Mitra]], [[Tripti Mitra]]
| occupation         = Actress
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] in 2009
| parents           = [[Sombhu Mitra]], [[Tripti Mitra]]
| awards             = [[Padma Shri]] (2009)<br />[[Banga Bibhushan]] (2012)
}}
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'''Shaoli Mitra''' (alternative spelling '''Shaonli Mitra''') is a Bengali theatre and film actress. She played the role of Bangabala in [[Ritwik Ghatak]]'s ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]''.<ref name="Jukti Takko Aar Gappo DVD">{{cite news|title=Jukti Takko Aar Gappo|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051230/asp/etc/story_5652421.asp|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=30 December 2005}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Sombhu Mitra]] and [[Tripti Mitra]], who were also theatre personalities.<ref name="Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person">{{cite news|title=Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?202354|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=Outlook India|date=23 October 1996}}</ref><ref name="Chakravarty2003">{{cite book|author=Radha Chakravarty|title=Crossings, stories from Bangladesh and India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UopjAAAAMAAJ|access-date=25 June 2012|year=2003|publisher=Indialog Publications|pages=14–20|isbn=9788187981398}}</ref> In 2011, she was a chairperson of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindra]] Shardhoshato Janmabarsha Udjapon Samiti.<ref name="Tagore plans unveiled">{{cite news|title=Tagore plans unveiled|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110727/jsp/calcutta/story_14293288.jsp|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=27 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="Of myth and reality">{{cite news|title=Of myth and reality|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050917/asp/calcutta/story_5250427.asp|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=17 September 2005}}</ref>
 
'''Shaoli Mitra''' [alternatively spelt as '''Shaonli Mitra''' ({{lang-bn|শাঁওলি মিত্র}}); {{circa}} 1948 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] theatre and film actress, director, and playwright.<ref name= "IT-Saoli"/> She played the role of ''Bangabala'' in [[Ritwik Ghatak]]'s ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]''.<ref name="Jukti Takko Aar Gappo DVD">{{cite news |title=Jukti Takko Aar Gappo |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051230/asp/etc/story_5652421.asp |access-date=25 June 2012 |newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta |date=30 December 2005}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Sombhu Mitra]] and [[Tripti Mitra]], who were also theatre personalities.<ref name="Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person">{{cite news |title=Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?202354 |access-date=25 June 2012 |newspaper=Outlook India |date=23 October 1996}}</ref><ref name="Chakravarty2003">{{cite book |author=Radha Chakravarty |title=Crossings, stories from Bangladesh and India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UopjAAAAMAAJ |access-date=25 June 2012 |year=2003 |publisher=Indialog Publications |pages=14–20 |isbn=9788187981398}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Mitra was involved in drama from her childhood under the guidance of her parents Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra.<ref name="Ananda"/> She acted in the play ''[[The Post Office (play)|Dakghar]]'' in the role of Amal. Later she also formed her own theatre group.<ref>{{Cite news |title=বিশিষ্ট নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্রের জীবনাবসান |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/event/eminent-theatre-artist-shaoli-mitra-passes-away/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=[[Sangbad Pratidin]] |language=bn}}</ref> In 2011, she became the chairperson of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindra]] Shardhoshato Janmabarsha Udjapon Samiti.<ref name="Tagore plans unveiled">{{cite news |title=Tagore plans unveiled |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110727/jsp/calcutta/story_14293288.jsp |access-date=25 June 2012 |newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta |date=27 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="Of myth and reality">{{cite news |title=Of myth and reality |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050917/asp/calcutta/story_5250427.asp |access-date=25 June 2012 |newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta |date=17 September 2005}}</ref> She worked with the [[Sombhu_Mitra#The_Bohurupee_productions|Bohurupee productions]]. She also established the theatre group "Pancham Baidik" which is pioneer for producing widely acclaimed plays on women's emancipation.<ref name= "IT-Saoli"/>
==Personal life and death==
Mitra died of heart ailments on 16  January 2022 at the age of 73 at her home in South Kolkata.<ref name= "IT-Saoli">{{Cite news |last=[[Press Trust of India]] |title=Saoli Mitra, eminent theatre personality, actress dies at 73 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/saoli-mitra-eminent-theatre-personality-actress-dead-1900765-2022-01-16 |url-status=live |access-date=16 January 2022 |via=India Today |language=en}}</ref>


===Films===
===Films===
*''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]''
*''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]'' (Character name Bongobala)<ref name="Ananda">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=16 January 2022 |title=Shaoli Mitra: চিরবিদায় শাঁওলি মিত্রের, শেষ ইচ্ছাপত্র মেনে সবার আড়ালে তাঁর শেষকৃত্য |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/eminent-theater-persona-shaoli-mitra-is-no-more-dgtl/cid/1323937 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |location=[[Kolkata]] |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=bn}}</ref>


===Plays===
===Plays===
*''Bitata Bitangsha''
*''Bitata Bitangsha''<ref name="Ananda"/>
*''Nathabati Anathabat''
*''Nathabati Anathabat''<ref name="Ananda"/><ref name="ABP">{{cite news |last=Ganguly |first=Soumya |date=16 January 2022 |title=Shaoli Mitra Passed Away: প্রয়াত নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্র |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/district/shaoli-mitra-passed-away-bengali-theatre-film-actress-shaoli-mitra-no-more-860317 |work=[[ABP Ananda]] |location=Kolkata |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=bn}}</ref>
*''Putulkhela''
*''Putulkhela''<ref name="Ananda"/><ref name="ABP"/>
*''Ekti Rajnaitik Hotya''  
*''Ekti Rajnaitik Hotya''<ref name="Ananda"/>
*''Hajabaralo''
*''Hajabaralo''<ref name="ABP"/>
*''Katha Amritasaman''
*''Katha Amritasaman''<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=16 January 2022 |title=প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র |url=https://epaper.anandabazar.com/imageview_60949_24127891_4_71_17-01-2022_0_i_1_sf.html |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |location=[[Kolkata]] |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=bn}}</ref>
*''Lankadahan''
*''Lankadahan''<ref name="Asianet">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=16 January 2022 |title=Shaoli Mitra Passes Away: প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র, ইচ্ছানুসারে সকলের অগোচরেই সম্পন্ন শেষকৃত্য |url=https://bangla.asianetnews.com/kolkata/eminent-theatre-personality-shaoli-mitra-passes-away-alb-r5ta7n |work=[[Asianet News]] |location=Kolkata |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=bn}}</ref>
*''Chandali''
*''Chandali''<ref name="Asianet"/>
*''Pagla ghorha''
*''Pagla ghorha''<ref name="Asianet"/>
*''Pakhi''
*''Pakhi''<ref name="ABP"/>
*''Galileo r Jeeban''
*''Galileo r Jeeban''<ref name="ABP"/>
*''Daakghar''
*''Daakghar''<ref name="Ananda"/><ref name="ABP"/>
*''Jodi Aar ek Baar''
*''Jodi Aar ek Baar''<ref name="ABP"/>
*As Sita in ''Sitakatha''<ref name= "IT-Saoli"/>


===Books===
===Books===
*''Five Lords, Yet None a Protector & Words Sweet & Timeless''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitra|first1=Saoli|title=Five lords, yet none a protector, and : two plays ;Words sweet and timeless|date=2005|publisher=Stree|location=Calcutta|isbn=978-8185604497|pages=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rNjAAAAMAAJ&q=Five+Lords,+Yet+None+a+Protector+%26+Words+Sweet+%26+Timeless|access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref>
*''Five Lords, Yet None a Protector & Words Sweet & Timeless''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitra |first1=Saoli |title=Five lords, yet none a protector, and : two plays ;Words sweet and timeless |date=2005 |publisher=Stree |location=Calcutta |isbn=978-8185604497 |pages=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rNjAAAAMAAJ&q=Five+Lords,+Yet+None+a+Protector+%26+Words+Sweet+%26+Timeless |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref>
*''Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitra|first1=Saoli|title=Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra|date=1 January 2015|publisher=Ananda Publishers|location=Bengal|isbn=978-9350404829|pages=260}}</ref>
*''Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitra |first1=Saoli |title=Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra |date=1 January 2015 |publisher=Ananda Publishers |location=Bengal |isbn=978-9350404829 |pages=260}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2003 for acting in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[theatre]]
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2003 for acting in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[theatre]]<ref name="Ananda"/>
* [[Banga Bibhushan]] in 2012 for lifetime achievement in [[theatre]]
* [[Banga Bibhushan]] in 2012 for lifetime achievement in [[theatre]]<ref name="ieb"/><ref name="Ananda"/>
* [[Padma Shri]] in 2009 in Arts.<ref>http://www.sensonmedia.net/information/padmashri_awards_west_bengal.htm</ref>
* [[Padma Shri]] in 2009 in Arts.<ref name="Ananda"/>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0593965}}


{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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Shaoli Mitra
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Mitra in October 2004
Bornc. 1948
Died (aged 73)[1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Known forJukti Takko Aar Gappo
Parent(s)Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra
AwardsPadma Shri (2009)
Banga Bibhushan (2012)

Shaoli Mitra [alternatively spelt as Shaonli Mitra (Bengali: শাঁওলি মিত্র); c. 1948 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian Bengali theatre and film actress, director, and playwright.[2] She played the role of Bangabala in Ritwik Ghatak's Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.[3] She is the daughter of Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra, who were also theatre personalities.[4][5]

Career[edit | edit source]

Mitra was involved in drama from her childhood under the guidance of her parents Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra.[6] She acted in the play Dakghar in the role of Amal. Later she also formed her own theatre group.[7] In 2011, she became the chairperson of Rabindra Shardhoshato Janmabarsha Udjapon Samiti.[8][9] She worked with the Bohurupee productions. She also established the theatre group "Pancham Baidik" which is pioneer for producing widely acclaimed plays on women's emancipation.[2]

Personal life and death[edit | edit source]

Mitra died of heart ailments on 16 January 2022 at the age of 73 at her home in South Kolkata.[2]

Films[edit | edit source]

Plays[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Five Lords, Yet None a Protector & Words Sweet & Timeless[13]
  • Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra[14]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "প্রয়াত নাট্যকার শাঁওলি মিত্র, লোকচক্ষুর আড়ালে থেকেই চিরবিদায় নিলেন 'নাথবতী অনাথবৎ'". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Press Trust of India. "Saoli Mitra, eminent theatre personality, actress dies at 73". Retrieved 16 January 2022 – via India Today.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Jukti Takko Aar Gappo". Telegraph Calcutta. 30 December 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  4. "Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person". Outlook India. 23 October 1996. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  5. Radha Chakravarty (2003). Crossings, stories from Bangladesh and India. Indialog Publications. pp. 14–20. ISBN 9788187981398. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 "Shaoli Mitra: চিরবিদায় শাঁওলি মিত্রের, শেষ ইচ্ছাপত্র মেনে সবার আড়ালে তাঁর শেষকৃত্য". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Kolkata. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. "বিশিষ্ট নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্রের জীবনাবসান". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Tagore plans unveiled". Telegraph Calcutta. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  9. "Of myth and reality". Telegraph Calcutta. 17 September 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Ganguly, Soumya (16 January 2022). "Shaoli Mitra Passed Away: প্রয়াত নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্র". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Kolkata. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. "প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Kolkata. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Shaoli Mitra Passes Away: প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র, ইচ্ছানুসারে সকলের অগোচরেই সম্পন্ন শেষকৃত্য". Asianet News (in Bengali). Kolkata. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. Mitra, Saoli (2005). Five lords, yet none a protector, and : two plays ;Words sweet and timeless. Calcutta: Stree. p. 224. ISBN 978-8185604497. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  14. Mitra, Saoli (1 January 2015). Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra. Bengal: Ananda Publishers. p. 260. ISBN 978-9350404829.

External links[edit | edit source]