:Sisir Bhaduri

{{Infobox person

| name = Sisir Bhaduri

| image = Seeta 1933.jpg

| caption = A scene from Seeta, 1933

| birth_name = Sisir Kumar Bhaduri

| birth_date = 2 October 1889

| birth_place = Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|06|30|1889|10|2|df=y}}

| death_place = Baranagar, West Bengal, India

| occupation = Theater and stage actor

}}

Shishir Kumar Bhaduri or Sisir Kumar Bhaduri (2 October 1889 – 30 June 1959) was an Indian stage actor and theatre founder, commonly referred to as the pioneer of modern Bengali theatre. He was an actor, director, playwright and scenic designer.{{Cite web |title=Some unknown facts about actor Sisir Bhaduri |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/some-unknown-facts-about-actor-sisir-bhaduri-1.615273 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}} After Girish Chandra Ghosh, he introduced realism and naturalism in Indian theatre.{{cite web |date=16 June 2013 |title=The lonely monarch |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130616/jsp/calcutta/story_17010792.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230504/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130616/jsp/calcutta/story_17010792.jsp |archive-date=23 May 2014 |access-date=2014-05-23 |publisher=The Telegraph}}

Life

Born in Midnapore, West Bengal, he studied at Scottish Church College Kolkata, where he began participating in theatre. He was also a professor of Metropolitan College (today's Vidyasagar College). In 1921, he left his job to become a full-time stage actor.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour by the Government of India in 1959.{{cite web |title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead }} He refused the award, saying that if he accepted it would send a wrong signal that the Government has helped to promote theatre culture in the country.

The 2013 play Nihsanga Samrat, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay, is based on the 2005 Bengali novel of the same name, written by Sunil Gangopadhyay, on the life of Bhaduri.{{cite web | title = The lonely monarch | publisher=The Telegraph|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130616/jsp/calcutta/story_17010792.jsp |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230504/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130616/jsp/calcutta/story_17010792.jsp |url-status = dead |archive-date = 23 May 2014 |date=16 June 2013| access-date = 2014-05-23 }}

Filmography

=Director=

Chanakya (1939)
Talkie of Talkies (1937)... a.k.a. Dasturmoto Talkie
Seeta (1933)
Palli Samaj (1932)
Bicharak (1929)... a.k.a. The Judge
Andhare Alo (1922)... a.k.a. The Influence of Love
Barer Bazar (1922)... a.k.a. Marriage Market (India: English title)
Kamale Kamini (1922)... a.k.a. Maid of the Lotus
Mohini (1921)... a.k.a. Ekadashi... a.k.a. Triumph of Fate

=Actor=

Chanakya (1939) .... Chanakya
Talkie of Talkies (1937) (as Sisir Bhaduri) .... Prof. Digambar Majumdar... a.k.a. Dasturmoto Talkie
Seeta (1933) .... Ram
Palli Samaj (1932) .... Ramesh
Bicharak (1929)... a.k.a. The Judge
Andhare Alo (1922) .... Satyendra... a.k.a. The Influence of Love
Kamale Kamini (1922)... a.k.a. Maid of the Lotus
Mohini (1921)... a.k.a. Ekadashi... a.k.a. Triumph of Fate

Bibliography

[https://books.google.com/books?id=3YeI9xN75D4C&dq=The+Lonely+Monarch+Translated+by+Swapna+Dutta&pg=PP1 The Lonely Monarch], by Sunil Gangopadhyay. tr. by Swapna Dutta, Hachette UK, 2013. {{ISBN|978-93-5009-628-4}}.