Bohurupee

Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, Kumar Roy^[2]

Bohurupee is a Bengali premier theatre group. Bohurupee was founded in 1948^[3] 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.^[4]

Early days

After breaking away from Indian People's Theatre Association, prominent Bengali theatre personalities like Sombhu Mitra, Bijon Bhattacharya created Bohurupee in 1948. The group came into prominence as a composite drama form. This period was a period of struggle for Bohurupee.^[4] Between 1950 and 1958 they directed multiple important plays. They staged Rabindranath Tagore's play 'Char Adhyay' in 1951. In 1958, they stage another work of Tagore - Raktakaravi.^[4] In Putulkhela (1958), which was a depiction of Ibsen's Doll's House, Bohurupee touched a sensitive contemporary issue in bold manner. Dasachakra (1962) was adapted from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen.

Selected plays

• Char Adhyay (1951).
• Raktakaravi (1954).
• Putulkhela (1958).
• Visarjan (1961).
• Dasachakra (1962).
• Raja Oidipous (1964).
• Raja (1964).
• Chop! Adalat Cholche (1971).
• Dakghar (1973).
• Ghare Baire (1974).
• Mrichchhakatika (1979).
• Galileo (1980).
• Rajdarsan (1982).
• Aguner pakhi (1984).
• Mr. Kakatuya (1987).
• Kinu Kaharer Thetar (1988).
• Nabanna (1989).

Awards

• Airlines Cultural Organisation - Kolkata - Contribution to Bengali Theatre
• Anya Theatre - Kolkata - Distinguished Theatre personality Natya Swapnakalpa - 2004
• Dishari - Kolkata - Best Actor - Nisiddha Thikana - 2004

See also

• Sombhu Mitra
• Tripti Mitra
• Kumar Roy

References

External links

• Official website