Tapas Sen

Tapas Sen
Born11 September 1924 (1924-09-11)
Dhubri, Assam, India
Died(2006-06-28)28 June 2006
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
(now Kolkata)
NationalityIndian
OccupationLight Designer

Tapas Sen ( 11 September, 1924 – 28 June, 2006)[1] was a noted Indian stage lighting designer, who was an important figure in 20th-century Indian theatre.[2] He started working with Bengali theatre movement in Kolkata in the late 1940s, along with noted directors, Utpal Dutt and Shambhu Mitra. Later he became a founding member of the Indian People's Theatre Association's (IPTA), Delhi chapter, and worked closely with Hindi theatre. Through his career stretching five decades he worked theatre directors, Ebrahim Alkazi, Vijay Tendulkar, and also dancers Sadhana Bose, Chandralekha, Birju Maharaj and Kelucharan Mahapatra.[3][4][5] He was known not only for his creative stage lighting, but also had a significant impact on the work of leading theatre director of the time.[1]

He was awarded the 1974 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1974, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004.

  1. ^ a b Stanley Hochman (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. VNR AG. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. ^ Richard Pilbrow (1997). Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life. Nick Hern Books. pp. 306–. ISBN 978-1-85459-273-6. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  3. ^ Sadanand Menon (20 August 2006). "Tribute: True to his own light". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
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  5. ^ Kirti Jain (8 July 2006). "Theatre's torch-bearer". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 July 2013.