Tripti Mitra (''

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

'' Bahaduri; 25 October 1925 – 24 May 1989) was a popular Indian actress of Bengali theatre and films, and wife of

Sombhu Mitra 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. H ...

, noted theatre director, with whom she co-founded pioneering theatre group ''Bohurupee'' in 1948. She has acted in films like '' Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' and '' Dharti Ke Lal''. She was awarded

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...

, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama in 1962 for Theatre acting, and the Padma Shri in 1971 by Government of India in Arts field.

Early life and education

Tripti Mitra was born in Dinajpur ( British India) on 25 October 1925. Her father was Ashutosh Bhaduri and mother was Shailabala Debi. In Dinajpur Minor School she studied up to class six, then she came to Kolkata and got admission in Pyaricharan School. After passing Higher Secondary Examination from that school, she got admission in

Ashutosh College Asutosh College (Bengali: আশুতোষ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It was established in 1916 as the South Subur ...

. But she could not complete her studies since she got a job. She married

in December, 1945. She had a daughter

Shaoli Mitra Shaoli Mitra শাঁওলি মিত্র); 1948 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian Bengali theatre and film actress, director, and playwright. She played the role of ''Bangabala'' in Ritwik Ghatak's ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo''. She is ...

, who was an actress and director.

Career

Tripti Mitra had been acting in theatre since her teens. She first acted in her cousin

Bijon Bhattacharya Bijon Bhattacharya ( bn, বিজন ভট্টাচার্য; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist. Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Farid ...

's play ''Agun'' (Fire) in 1943. After watching her stage performance in noted IPTA play, '' Nabanna'' (Harvest) based on

Bengal famine of 1943 The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II. An estimated 0.8 to 3.8 million Bengalis perished, out of a population of 60.3 millio ...

, director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas took her to Bombay to act in Gana Natya Sangha’s film '' Dharti Ke Lal'' in 1943, partly based on the play. Her first Bengali film was ''Pathik'' in 1953, the film was directed by Debaki Kumar Basu. She also acted in Ritwik Ghatak's last film, '' Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' (1974). In 1948, Shombhu and Tripti Mitra founded their own theatre group named

Bohurupee Bohurupee is a Bengali premier theatre group. Bohurupee was founded in 1948 by several active members who left the Indian People's Theatre Association. The group was created to present the experimental Bengali drama in unusual form. Early days ...

. She acted in innumerable plays mostly along with her husband

,a colossus in the field of theatre, to become one of the most legendary beings of Bengali theatre, most famous for her role as Nandini, the protagonist of Rabindranath Tagore's '' Rakta Karabi''. She also acted in ''Jago Hua Savera'', a 1959 Urdu movie produced in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), based on a Manik Bandopadhya's classic novel ''Padma Nadir Majhi''. Tripti Mitra died on 24 May 1989.

Filmography

*'' Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' (1974) *''Charankabi Mukunda Das'' (1968) *''Seba'' (1967) *''Kanchanranga'' (1964) *''Suryasnan'' (1962) *'' Manik'' (1961) * '' The Day Shall Dawn'' (1959) *''Shubha Bibaha'' (1959) *''Asha'' (1956) *''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'' (1955) *''Rickshaw-Wala'' (1955) *'' Moyla Kagaj'' (1954) *''Pathik'' (1953) *''Bodhodoy'' (Short) (1951) *'' Gopinath'' (1948) *'' Dharti Ke Lal'' (1946)

Plays

*Agun *Nabanna *Jabanbandi *Gopinath *Ulukhagra *Chaar Adhyay (based on Rabindranath Tagore's novella of the same name) * Rakta Karabi (Tagore's "Red Oleander") *Raja (Tagore's "The King of the dark chamber") *Baki Itihaas *Daakghor (she produced and directed Tagore's The Post Office (play)) *Sutorang *Aparajita *Visarjan

Awards

in 1962 * Padma Shri in 1971 * Kalidas Samman by Madhya Pradesh Government in 1989

References

External links

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