Shaoli Mitra

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Shaoli Mitra
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
Mitra in October 2004
Bornc. 1948
West Bengal, India
Died (aged 73)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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]

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]

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

Films[edit]

Plays[edit]

Books[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 "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.

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