Ramaprasad Banik

{{Short description|Bengali actor, director and playwright (1954–2010)}}

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| name = Ramaprasad Banik

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| native_name = রমাপ্রসাদ বণিক

| birth_date = {{Birth-date|28 December 1954}}

| birth_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|27 December 2010|28 December 1954}}

| death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Sumitra Banik

| children = 2

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Ramaprasad Banik (রমাপ্রসাদ বণিক) (1954–2010) was a Bengali theatre actor, director and playwright.{{cite news|title=Theatre personality Ramaprasad Banik dead|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/article1011849.ece|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=29 December 2010}}{{cite web|title=Eminent theatre personality Ramaprasad Banik dead|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/eminent-theatre-personality-ramaprasad-banik-dead-news-national-km2o4gajjeh.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231191522/http://www.sify.com/movies/eminent-theatre-personality-ramaprasad-banik-dead-news-national-km2o4gajjeh.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 December 2010|website=Sify (Source: IANS)|access-date=25 June 2012}} He also worked in films and televisions. He started his career at a very early age with Putul khela, which was an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. This play was directed by Sombhu Mitra. Banik was called protégé of the Sombhu Mitra. Banik wrote and acted in many plays for Bohurupee. In 1981 he left Bohurupee he created his own theatre group Chena Mukh. In 1991 he created another theatre group "Theatre Passion" He was a very prominent part of the Nehru Children's Museum theatre classes.{{cite web|title=Rama Prasad Banik dies at private hospital in Kolkata|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bangla/top-stories/2010/rama-prasad-banik-died-kolkata-291210.html|work=OneIndia|access-date=25 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218135817/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bangla/top-stories/2010/rama-prasad-banik-died-kolkata-291210.html|archive-date=18 February 2013}}

Career

=Plays=

;With Bohurupee

  • Putul Khela
  • Dashachakra
  • Chhera Tar
  • Dashachakra
  • Chhar Addhaye
  • Jadi Arekbar

;With Chena Mukh

  • Ranee Kahini
  • Icchegari
  • Aguntuk
  • Pakhi
  • Sharanagato

;With Theatre Passion

  • Kabikatha
  • Trata
  • The Tempest
  • Dahanshil
  • Antar Bahir
  • Sparshak
  • Bhablai Bhalo
  • Anukul
  • Anko Sir, Golapi Babu ar Tipu
  • Iti Mritajan

;With Nehru Children's Museum

  • Mahabidya Primary
  • Ekla Pagol
  • Manoniyo Shotyo
  • Jodio Sandhya
  • Anubhab
  • Sarashwati Samipeshu
  • Luxembourg er Laxmi
  • Bhalobasha
  • Parichoy

;With Purba Paschim

  • Angshumati
  • Patolbabu Film Star

;With Anya Theatre

  • Ache Ache Sthan

;With Taki Natyam

  • Good Morning Nishikanta

;With IFTA

  • Ghasiram Kotwal

;With Ajantrik

  • Pratham Path

=Films=

=Television soap operas=

  • Janmabhumi
  • Draupadi
  • Kanakanjali
  • 13 no. Barir Rahasya (as Hukakasi)
  • Mahaprabhu
  • Mohini
  • Bhanga Garar Khela
  • Aleya
  • Banhishikha
  • Ek Posla Bristi
  • Raja and Goja

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