Tripti Mitra | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tripti Bhaduri (1925-10-25)25 October 1925 |
| Died | 24 May 1989(1989-05-24) (aged 63) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation(s) | theatre actor, director |
| Known for | "Bohurupee" |
| Spouse | Sombhu Mitra |
| Children | Shaoli Mitra |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1971) |
Tripti Mitra (néeBahaduri; 25 October 1925 – 24 May 1989) was a popularIndian actress ofBengali theatre and films, and wife ofSombhu Mitra, noted theatre director, with whom she co-founded pioneering theatre groupBohurupee in 1948. She has acted in films likeJukti Takko Aar Gappo andDharti Ke Lal.
She was awardedSangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given bySangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama in 1962 for Theatre acting, and thePadma Shri in 1971 byGovernment of India in Arts field.
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 passingHigher Secondary Examination from that school, she got admission inAshutosh College. But she could not complete her studies since she got a job. She marriedSombhu Mitra in December, 1945. She had a daughterShaoli Mitra, who was an actress and director.[citation needed]
Tripti Mitra had been acting in theatre since her teens. She first acted in her cousinBijon Bhattacharya's playAgun (Fire) in 1943. After watching her stage performance in notedIPTA play,Nabanna (Harvest) based onBengal famine of 1943, directorKhwaja Ahmad Abbas took her to Bombay to act in Gana Natya Sangha's filmDharti Ke Lal in 1943, partly based on the play. Her first Bengali film wasPathik in 1953, the film was directed byDebaki Kumar Basu. She also acted inRitwik Ghatak's last film,Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1974).
In 1948, Shombhu and Tripti Mitra founded their own theatre group namedBohurupee.[1] She acted in innumerable plays mostly along with her husbandSombhu Mitra,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'sRakta Karabi. She also acted inJago Hua Savera, a 1959 Urdu movie produced in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), based on a Manik Bandopadhya's classic novelPadma Nadir Majhi.Tripti Mitra died on 24 May 1989.