Shaoli Mitra Explained

Shaoli Mitra
Birth Date:	1948
Birth Place:	West Bengal, India
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality:	Indian
Known For:	Jukti Takko Aar Gappo
Occupation:	Actress
Parents:	Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra
Awards:	Padma Shri (2009) Banga Bibhushan (2012)

Shaoli Mitra [alternatively spelt as '''Shaonli Mitra''' ({{lang-bn|শাঁওলি মিত্র}}); {{circa}} 1948 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] theatre and film actress, director, and playwright. She played the role of Bangabala in Ritwik Ghatak's Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.^[2] She is the daughter of Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra, who were also theatre personalities.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Mitra was involved in drama from her childhood under the guidance of her parents Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra. She acted in the play Dakghar in the role of Amal. Later she also formed her own theatre group.^[5] In 2011, she became the chairperson of Rabindra Shardhoshato Janmabarsha Udjapon Samiti.^{[6] [7]} She worked with the Bohurupee productions. She also established the theatre group "Pancham Baidik" which is pioneer for producing widely acclaimed plays on women's emancipation.

Personal life and death

Mitra married to bahurupi's Kaliprasad Ghosh in July 1977. Mitra died of heart ailments on 16 January 2022 at the age of 73 at her home in South Kolkata.^[8]

Films

• Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (Character name Bongobala)^[9]

Plays

• Bitata Bitangsha^[9]
• Nathabati Anathabat^{[9] [10]}
• Putulkhela^{[9] [10]}
• Ekti Rajnaitik Hotya^[9]
• Hajabaralo^[10]
• Katha Amritasaman^[11]
• Lankadahan^[12]
• Chandali^[12]
• Pagla ghorha^[12]
• Pakhi^[10]
• Galileo r Jeeban^[10]
• Daakghar^{[9] [10]}
• Jodi Aar ek Baar^[10]
• As Sita in Sitakatha^[8]

Books

• Five Lords, Yet None a Protector & Words Sweet & Timeless^[13]
• Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra^[14]

Awards

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 for acting in Bengali theatre^[9]
• Banga Bibhushan in 2012 for lifetime achievement in theatre^{[1] [9]}
• Padma Shri in 2009 in Arts.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: প্রয়াত নাট্যকার শাঁওলি মিত্র, লোকচক্ষুর আড়ালে থেকেই চিরবিদায় নিলেন 'নাথবতী অনাথবৎ' . Indian Express Bangla . bn . 2022-01-16.
2. News: Jukti Takko Aar Gappo . https://web.archive.org/web/20060912130915/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051230/asp/etc/story_5652421.asp . dead . 12 September 2006 . 25 June 2012 . Telegraph Calcutta . 30 December 2005.
3. News: Shaonli Mitra : Theatre Person . 25 June 2012 . Outlook India . 23 October 1996.
4. Book: Radha Chakravarty . Crossings, stories from Bangladesh and India . 25 June 2012 . 2003 . Indialog Publications . 14–20 . 9788187981398.
5. News: বিশিষ্ট নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্রের জীবনাবসান . 16 January 2022 . . bn.
6. News: Tagore plans unveiled . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130644/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110727/jsp/calcutta/story_14293288.jsp . dead . 4 March 2016 . 25 June 2012 . Telegraph Calcutta . 27 July 2011.
7. News: Of myth and reality . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095927/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050917/asp/calcutta/story_5250427.asp . dead . 4 March 2016 . 25 June 2012 . Telegraph Calcutta . 17 September 2005.
8. News: . Saoli Mitra, eminent theatre personality, actress dies at 73 . 16 January 2022 . India Today . en.
9. News: . 16 January 2022 . Shaoli Mitra: চিরবিদায় শাঁওলি মিত্রের, শেষ ইচ্ছাপত্র মেনে সবার আড়ালে তাঁর শেষকৃত্য . . . 17 January 2022 . bn.
10. News: Ganguly . Soumya . 16 January 2022 . Shaoli Mitra Passed Away: প্রয়াত নাট্যব্যক্তিত্ব শাঁওলি মিত্র . . Kolkata . 17 January 2022 . bn.
11. News: . 16 January 2022 . প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র . . . 17 January 2022 . bn.
12. News: . 16 January 2022 . Shaoli Mitra Passes Away: প্রয়াত শাঁওলি মিত্র, ইচ্ছানুসারে সকলের অগোচরেই সম্পন্ন শেষকৃত্য . . Kolkata . 17 January 2022 . bn.
13. Book: Mitra . Saoli . Five lords, yet none a protector, and : two plays ;Words sweet and timeless . 2005 . Stree . Calcutta . 978-8185604497 . 224 . 13 February 2018.
14. Book: Mitra . Saoli . Gononatya, Nobonatya, Sotnatya O Sombhu Mitra . 1 January 2015 . Ananda Publishers . Bengal . 978-9350404829 . 260.