| 词条 | Usha Ganguly |
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| name = Usha Ganguly | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place =Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for =Founder-director Rangakarmee theatre group (1976) | education = | alma_mater = | years_active =1970–present | occupation =theatre director, actor, activist}} Usha Ganguly (born 1945) is an Indian theatre director-actor and activist, most known for her work in Hindi theatre in Kolkata in the 1970s and 1980s. She founded Rangakarmee theatre group in 1976, known for its productions like Mahabhoj, Rudali, Court Martial, and Antaryatra.[1][2][3] Apart from thespian Shyamanand Jalan of Padatik (established 1972), she is only other theatre director to practice Hindi theatre in Kolkata, which is largely Bengali speaking.[4][5] She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Direction, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama in 1998.[6] She has also been honoured by the West Bengal Government as the best actress for the play Gudia Ghar.[1] Early life and educationBorn in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in a family from village Nerva in Uttar Pradesh, Usha Ganguly learnt Bharatanatyam dance and later moved to Kolkata, where she studied at Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata and did her master's degree in Hindi literature.[7] CareerShe started her career as a teacher at Bhowanipur Education Society College, Calcutta, an undergraduate college affiliated with University of Calcutta, in 1970. Also in the same year, she started acting with Sangit Kala Mandir and also started work for her first play Mitti Ki Gadi (based on Mrichchakatikam by Shudrak) (1970), where she played the role of Vasantsena.[8] She continued teaching as a Hindi Lecturer at Bhowanipur Education Society College, till her retirement in 2008 and practised theatre alongside.[9] She formed a theatre group, Rangakarmee, in January 1976.[8] Initially since was trained as a dancer, the group invited outside directors, like M.K. Anvase, who directed Mother, Tripti Mitra directed Gudi Ghar, an adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House, besides Rudra Prasad Sengupta and Vibhash Chakravorty, before she started directing herself, having trained under Tripti Mitra and Mrinal Sen. She started directing in the 1980s and soon her energetic style and disciplined ensemble work with young, large casts brought a resurgence of Hindi theatre in the city. Her important productions include Mahabhoj (Great Feast) in 1984, based on Mannu Bhandari novel, Ratnakar Matkari's Lokkatha (Folktale) in 1987, Holi by playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar in 1989, and Rudali (1992), her own dramatised version of a story by Mahashweta Devi, Himmat Mai, an adaptation of Brecht's Mother Courage and notably Court Marital written by playwright Swadesh Deepak.[9] She has written a play Kashinama (2003), based on a story, Kaane Kaun Kumati Lagi from the Kashinath Singh's classic work, Kashi Ka Assi and an original play Khoj. She also worked on the script of Raincoat (2004) a Hindi film based on O Henry's The Gift of the Magi, directed by Rituparno Ghosh. In the coming years, she also translated and adapts plays into Hindi. Rangakarmee started its education wing in the 1990s, today it regularly takes its repertoire on tours across India and undertakes education extension activities in theatre with underprivileged people.[10] In 2005, Rangkarmee was the only Indian theatre group to perform at the Theatre der Welt Festival in Stuttgart, Germany.[8] It staged the play Rudali at "Punj Pani festival" at Lahore in 2006.[11] The group staged its first multilingual production, Bhor about the minds of inmates of a drug rehab centre in August 2010.[12] Plays
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References1. ^1 {{cite news |title=Using theatre to voice her deepest concerns |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040920/cth2.htm#6 |publisher=The Tribune |date=20 September 2004 }} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Calcutta, home to Hindi Theatre |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/advertise.nsf/%28docid%29/70B426B140A9AA74652569420029534A |publisher=The Hindu |date=29 October 1997 |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725211658/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/advertise.nsf/%28docid%29/70B426B140A9AA74652569420029534A |archive-date=25 July 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Panelist: Usha Ganguly – South Asian Theater Festival, 2009 |url=http://www.satf2010.org/2009/panelist.html#ushagangugli |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235144/http://www.satf2010.org/2009/panelist.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2011-07-27 |year=2009 |publisher=South Asian Theater Festival}} 4. ^Dharwadker, p. 440 5. ^{{cite news |title=The language of expression|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1499222.ece?textsize=large&test=1 |publisher=The Hindu |date=1 March 2011 |location=Chennai, India |first=Prabalika M. |last=Borah}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website|access-date=17 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=17 February 2012|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Change-makers to beat bias |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060422/asp/calcutta/story_6131589.asp |publisher=The Telegraph |date=22 April 2006 |location=Calcutta, India}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Everyone is not going to sit silent...? |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050723/asp/calcutta/story_5025280.asp |publisher=The Telegraph (Kolkata) |date=23 July 2005 |location=Calcutta, India}} 9. ^1 {{cite web |title=Usha Ganguly:Profile and Interview at Prithivi Theatre Festival 2006|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/interviews/usha_ganguli.asp |date=November 2006 |publisher=mumbaitheatreguide.com|archiveurl=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/interviews/usha_ganguly.pdf|archivedate=November 2006}} 10. ^{{cite news |title=Theatre adapts to changes |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/theatre-adapts-changes-780 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date= 26 February 2011 }} 11. ^{{cite news |title=Samaaj, Rudali and Sassi Punnoo at Punj Pani festival |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\\04\\06\\story_6-4-2006_pg13_4 |publisher=Daily Times |date=6 April 2006 }} 12. ^{{cite news |title=Waiting for a new dawn|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Waiting-for-a-new-dawn/656489/ |publisher=Indian Express |date=6 August 2010 }} 13. ^{{cite news |title=Drama: March 12 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110310/jsp/calcutta/story_13694069.jsp |publisher=The Telegraph (Kolkata) |date=10 March 2011 |location=Calcutta, India}}
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