Bohurupee
{{Short description|Indian theatre group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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| formed = 1948
| location = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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| notable = Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, Kumar Roy{{cite web|title=A life devoted to theatre|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/A-life-devoted-to-theatre/articleshow/5631421.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707015231/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-02/kolkata/28122620_1_bohurupee-kumar-roy-floral-tribute|url-status=live|archive-date=7 July 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 March 2012}}
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Bohurupee is a Bengali premier theatre group. Bohurupee was founded in 1948{{cite web|title=Bohurupee 61|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090501/jsp/calcutta/story_10903033.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203125451/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090501/jsp/calcutta/story_10903033.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2013|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=8 March 2012}} 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.{{cite book|last=Johri|first=Meera|title=Greatness of spirit : profiles of Indian Magsaysay Award winners|year=2010|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|location=Delhi|isbn=8170288584|pages=59–60}}
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. 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. 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
References
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External links
- {{Official website| https://web.archive.org/web/20120702141815/http://bohurupeeindia.org:80/}}
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Category:1948 establishments in West Bengal
Category:Theatre companies in India
Category:Organisations based in Kolkata