Kumar Roy
| Kumar Roy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1926 Dinajpur, Bangladesh |
| Died |
2010 Kolkata, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Theatre director, actor |
| Notable work | Direction of Nabanna (1948) |
Kumar Roy (1926–2010)[1] was a Bengali theatre actor, director and playwright.[2] In 1983 he won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He was associated with the group Bohurupee.[3] In 1948 he directed the classic play Nabanna.[4]
Plays
Direction
- Chauryananda (by Tulsi Lahiri, 1956)
- Natyakarer Bipatti (by Ajit Ganguli, 1956)
- Geetaratna (by Chittaranjan Ghosh, 1956)
- Mrichchakatik (by Śūdraka, 1979)
- Galileo (by Bertolt Brecht, 1980)
- Rajdarshan (by Manoj Mitra, 1982)
- Aguner Pakhi (by Jean Anouilh, 1984)
- Malini (by Rabindranath Tagore, 1986)
- Mr. Kakatua (by Prashanta Deb, 1987)
- Yayati (by Girish Karnad, 1988)
- Kinu Kaharer Thetar (by Manoj Mitra, 1988)
- Nabanna (by Bijon Bhattacharya, 1989)
- Nindapanke (by Jean-Paul Sartre, 1991)
- Shyama (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1992)
- Akbar Birbal (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1993)
- Piriti Parama Nidhi (by Chittaranjan Ghosh, 1994)
- Sinduk (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1995)
- Muktadhara (by Rabindranath Tagore, 1996)
- Ek Din Ek Rat (by Sisir Kumar Das, 1997)
- Lal Kaner (Rabindranath Tagore's Rakta Karabi in Hindi 1986, under the Sangeet Kala Mandir)
- Itihaser Atmaa (by Ashim Chatterjee, 2000)
- Fulla Ketur Pala (2002)
- Nishiddha Thikana (2004)
- Deepa Danda (2005)
Acting
- Rakta Karabi
- Putulkhela
- Bisarjan Raja
- Muktadhara
- Pagla Ghoda
- Mudrarakshas
- Baki Itihas
- Chop Adalat Cholche
- Mrichchaakatik
- Galileo
- Raj Darshan
- Dharmadharma
- Aguner Pakhi
- Malini
- Nabanna
- Nindapanke
- Ek Din Ek Raat
Awards
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, (1983)[3]
- Dinabandhu Puraskar [5]
- National Theatre Award of India
References
- ↑ "Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dead". Deccan Herald. Feb 28, 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ↑ "Kumar Roy's death leaves a void". The Statesman. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Noted Bengali theatre personality Kumar Roy dies of heart ailment". Times of India. Feb 28, 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ↑ Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker (1 November 2005). Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India since 1947. University of Iowa Press. pp. 407–. ISBN 978-0-87745-961-3. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ↑ "Kumar Roy biography". Bohurupee. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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