| Niranjan Goswami | |
| Birth Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Occupation: | Mime artist Stage director |
| Known For: | Mime [Mukabhinaya] |
| Website: | www.mimeindia.in |
| Awards: | Padma Shri Sangeet Natak Akademi |
Niranjan Goswami is an Indian mime artist and stage director, credited by many with pioneering the art form of mime in India.[1] [2] He is the founder of Indian Mime Theatre, a group promoting the art of Mukhabhinaya (silent acting).[3]
He started his career in the late 1960s with Bahurupi, a local theatre group, but later joined Rabindra Bharati University for a course in theatre. In 1976, he founded Indian Mime Theatre for promoting mime and has performed on many stages in India and abroad.[4] He is a visiting professor at the National School of Drama (NSD) and many other theatre institutions.[5] He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2002.[6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to Arts.[7]