Tripti Mitra (''

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

'' Bahaduri; 25 October 1925 – 24 May 1989) was a popular

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n actress of

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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. ...

, noted theatre director, with whom she co-founded pioneering theatre group ''Bohurupee'' in 1948. She has acted in films like ''

Jukti Takko Aar Gappo ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' (''Jukti tôkko aːr gôppo'', ''Reason, Debate and a Story'') is a 1974 Bengali film directed by auteur of Indian cinema Ritwik Ghatak. ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' was Ritwik Ghatak's last film. The film was believed t ...

'' and ''

Dharti Ke Lal (; ) is a 1946 Hindustani film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas). It was jointly written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Bijon Bhattacharya, based on plays by Bhattacharya and the story '' ...

''. She was awarded

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given by

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, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama in 1962 for Theatre acting, and the

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in 1971 by

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in Arts field.

Early life and education

Tripti Mitra was born in Dinajpur (

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) 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

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from that school, she got admission in Ashutosh College. 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 (alternatively spelt as Shaonli Mitra (); 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 ...

, 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 (17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian actor from West Bengal associated with Bengali theatre and films. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist. Personal life Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in ...

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

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'' (Harvest) based on

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, director

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took her to Bombay to act in Gana Natya Sangha's film ''

'' 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

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's last film, ''

'' (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 day ...

. 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

*''

'' (1974) *''Charankabi Mukunda Das'' (1968) *''Seba'' (1967) *''Kanchanranga'' (1964) *''Suryasnan'' (1962) *'' Manik'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1959) *''Shubha Bibaha'' (1959) *''Asha'' (1956) *''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'' (1955) *''Rickshaw-Wala'' (1955) *'' Moyla Kagaj'' (1954) *''Pathik'' (1953) *''Bodhodoy'' (Short) (1951) *'' Gopinath'' (1948) *''

'' (1946)

Plays

*Agun *Nabanna *Jabanbandi *Gopinath *Ulukhagra *Chaar Adhyay (based on

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'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 *

in 1971 *

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in 1989

References

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