Indian People's Theatre Association People: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Suchitra Mitra, Utpal Dutt, Zohra Segal, Ritwik Ghatak, Habib Tanvir

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Suchitra Mitra, Utpal Dutt, Zohra Segal, Ritwik Ghatak, Habib Tanvir, Prithviraj Kapoor, Safdar Hashmi, Balraj Sahni, Shama Zaidi, Shanta Gandhi, Dina Pathak, Salil Chowdhury, Anjan Srivastav, Surinder Kaur, Sombhu Mitra, Indian People's Theatre Association, Bhisham Sahni, Farooq Sheikh, Uzra Butt, Krishan Chander, Bijon Bhattacharya. Excerpt: Suchitra Mitra (19 September 1924 - 3 January 2011) was an Indian singer and composer, as well as a well-respected exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore. As an academic she remained a Professor and the Head of 'Rabindra Sangeet Department' at the Rabindra Bharati University for many years. Mitra was a playback singer, acted in a Bengali films as well, and was many years associated with IPTA. Mitra studied at the Scottish Church College, the University of Calcutta and at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India. She has also remained the Sheriff of Kolkata (2001). After prolonged illness Mitra died of a cardiac ailment on 3 January 2011, in Kolkata. Mitra's father, the celebrated litterateur, Saurindra Mohan Mukherjee, was a close associate of the Tagore family of Jorasanko. Suchitra Mitra's natural aptitude in music was recognized by Pankaj Mullick, who gave her, her first lesson in Rabindra Sangeet. From her childhood as the youngest member of her family, Suchitra cultivated her love for the songs and poetry of Tagore. She had an unerring ear for music and a natural gift of voice and expression. In 1941, Suchitra Mitra received a scholarship to Sangeet Bhavan in Santiniketan, where she had the rare privilege of learning from some of the greatest exponents of Rabindra Sangeet - Indiradevi Chaudhurani, Shantidev Ghosh and Shailajaranjan Mazumdar. Having obtained her Diploma from Santiniketan, Suchitra M...