Santanu Bose
{{Short description|Indian director and drama teacher}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Santanu Bose
| image = File:Santanu Bose Portrait.jpg
| caption = Santanu Bose
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|11|27}}
| birth_place = Kolkata
| occupation = Actor, director
| alma_mater = Drama Studio London
}}
Santanu Bose is an Indian-theatre director and drama teacher. He has worked extensively on multicultural issues in collaborative process.{{cite web|title=Contemporary Theatre Practices|url=http://www.actorfactor.net/master-dope-series-workshops.php|website=www.actorfactor.net|accessdate=24 February 2018}} He is the dean of the academic affairs{{cite web|last1=Tribune News Service|title=Eminent poets to be part of art event|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/eminent-poets-to-be-part-of-art-event/535140.html|website=www.tribuneindia.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}} and associate professor, World Drama of National School of Drama, (NSD) New Delhi.{{cite news|last1=Parshathy J. Nath|title=The function of theatre|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lit-for-life/the-function-of-theatre/article22472016.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 January 2018 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Faculty Members|url=https://nsd.gov.in/delhi/index.php/faculty-members/|website=nsd.gov.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
Early life and education
Bose studied comparative literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1992. He started his theatre career with an apprenticeship under Tripti Mitra. He further studied design and direction at National School of Drama, New Delhi in 1992–1995. In 1996, he was awarded Charles Wallace Fellowship and went on to study acting at Drama Studio London. There he acted in the play Our Man with an international cast under the direction of Peter Layton.
Career
He came back to India and started working as a lecturer in art direction at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata and later he joined the National School of Drama as assistant professor of World drama.{{cite web|title=Faculty Members|url=https://nsd.gov.in/delhi/index.php/faculty-members/|website=nsd.gov.in|accessdate=25 February 2018}} He has also taught as visiting faculty at Rabindra Bharati University, University of Hyderabad, Jamia Milia University, and Indira Gandhi Nation Open University.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
Bose received critical acclaim as an actor in the short film Sunder Jeebon, directed by Sandeep Chaterjee.{{cite web|title=They too have won the National Award...|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300180200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040109061810/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2003/08/03/stories/2003080300180200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2004|website=The Hindu|date=2003-08-03|accessdate=24 February 2018}} He has done research and sections of dialogue for the Film "Name of a River" by Anup Singh{{cite web|last1=UNT News Desk|title=ICCR Jammu launching a new Series 'SAMVAAD' from 30th January, 2018|url=http://www.universalnewstimeline.com/iccr-jammu-launching-a-new-series-%E2%80%98samvaad%E2%80%99-from-30th-january-2018|website=www.universalnewstimeline.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=ICCR Jammu launching a new series 'Samvaad' from Jan 30|url=http://www.journeyline.in/newsdet.aspx?q=146573|website=www.journeyline.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}} and done Art Direction for the film Reaching Silence by Jahar Kanungo.{{cite web|last1=BIFF Archive|title=Reaching Silence|url=http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history10_02.asp?mode=view&idx=10045&piff_code=2005|website=www.biff.kr|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
He has also created over 60 theatre pieces in India, England, Australia, Germany, France and Belgium.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} In 2000, he founded Monirath Theatre Group, in Calcutta. The German-Indian theatre collaborations with the Goethe Institute Calcutta have been an important part in the work done by his group.{{cite web|title=Monirath Theatre Group|url=https://culture360.asef.org/resources/monirath-theatre-group|website=culture360.asef.org|accessdate=24 February 2018}} Some of the notable works are:
- Sophocles's Antigone{{cite web|title=National Theatre Festival at Trivandrum|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantheatreresearch/mazUceDvz3M|website=groups.google.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Macbeth Question{{cite web|title=Works of William Shakespeare to be the theme for 25th UGC International Conference and Theater Festival|url=http://sholoanabangaliana.in/2015/03/12/works-of-william-shakespeare-to-be-the-theme-for-25th-ugc-international-conference-and-theater-festival/|website=sholoanabangaliana.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Goethe's Faust
- Widowed Pimp & House of Horrors{{cite web|last1=Kritika Dua|title=Mélange of Sickness, Fright and Demise|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/print.php?printFOR=storydetail&story_url_key=mlange-of-sickness-fright-and-demise§ion_url_key=vivacity|website=www.dailypioneer.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Bertolt Brecht and Elizabeth Hauptmann's Threepenny Opera{{cite web|title=Brecht's Threepenny Opera in India – a relevant classic Art reflecting society|url=https://mediaindia.eu/art-culture/brechts-threepenny-opera-in-india-a-relevant-classic/|website=mediaindia.eu|date=November 2017 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Mahasweta Devi's Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa{{cite web|title=Mahasweta Devi: Voice of the Margins|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/mahasweta-devi-voice-of-the-margins-2941264/|website=indianexpress.com|date=29 July 2016 |accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Raddi Bazaar{{cite web|title=Raddi Bazaar: On the importance of life and living|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/686681/raddi-bazaar-on-the-importance-of-life-and-living/|website=tribune.com|date=24 March 2014 |accessdate=19 March 2018}}
- Kala Khatta Chuski Kholi Khokha Khopcha{{cite web|last1=Kavita Nagpal|title=Existentialist life unfolds outside theatre|url=http://archive.asianage.com/arts/existentialist-life-unfolds-outside-theatre-101|website=asianage.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Girish Karnad's Raktkalyan{{cite web|title=Theatre Festival Explore Myth, Abstract – review|url=http://www.pressreader.com/india/the-asian-age/20151016/282668981196815|via=PressReader|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Sottor-Uttor{{cite web|title=The new wave|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20090209-the-new-wave-738883-2009-01-30|website=www.indiatoday.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
- Roddur Wala Goli{{cite web|title=The Live Theatre|url=http://www.thelivetheatre.com/about/timeline/theatre/|website=www.thelivetheatre.com|accessdate=24 February 2018}}
See also
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