Santanu Bose is an Indian-theatre director and drama teacher. He has worked extensively on multicultural issues in collaborative process. He is the dean of the academic affairs and associate professor, World Drama of

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a drama school situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an independent school ...

, (NSD) New Delhi.

Early life and education

Bose studied

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Jadavpur University Jadavpur University ( abbr. JU) is a public state funded research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 25 July in 1906 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into ...

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in 1992. He started his theatre career with an apprenticeship under Tripti Mitra. He further studied design and direction at

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in 1992–1995. In 1996, he was awarded Charles Wallace Fellowship and went on to study acting at

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. There he acted in the play ''Our Man'' with an international cast under the direction of Peter Layton.

Career

He came back to India and started working as a lecturer in

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and later he joined the

as assistant professor of World drama. He has also taught as visiting faculty at Rabindra Bharati University, University of Hyderabad, Jamia Milia University, and Indira Gandhi Nation Open University. Bose received critical acclaim as an actor in the

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''Sunder Jeebon'', directed by Sandeep Chaterjee. He has done research and sections of dialogue for the Film "Name of a River" by Anup Singh and done Art Direction for the film ''Reaching Silence'' by Jahar Kanungo. He has also created over 60 theatre pieces in India, England, Australia, Germany, France and Belgium. In 2000, he founded Monirath Theatre Group, in Calcutta. The German-Indian theatre collaborations with the Goethe Institute Calcutta have been an important part in the work done by his group. Some of the notable works are: *

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* Macbeth Question *

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* Widowed Pimp & House of Horrors *

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and Elizabeth Hauptmann's Threepenny Opera *

Mahasweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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's Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa * Raddi Bazaar * Kala Khatta Chuski Kholi Khokha Khopcha *

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's Raktkalyan * Sottor-Uttor * Roddur Wala Goli

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bose, Santanu Indian theatre directors Indian drama teachers Jadavpur University alumni National School of Drama alumni Living people 1967 births

Early life and education

Career

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