Ramaprasad Banik

Ramaprasad Banik
রমাপ্রসাদ বণিক
Born28 December 1954 (1954-12-28)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
DiedDecember 27, 2010(2010-12-27) (aged 55)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationActor
SpouseSumitra Banik
Children2

Ramaprasad Banik (রমাপ্রসাদ বণিক) (1954–2010) was a Bengali theatre actor, director and playwright.[1][2] He also worked in films and televisions. He started his career at a very early age with Putul khela, which was an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. This play was directed by Sombhu Mitra. Banik was called protégé of the Sombhu Mitra. Banik wrote and acted in many plays for Bohurupee.[1] In 1981 he left Bohurupee he created his own theatre group Chena Mukh. In 1991 he created another theatre group "Theatre Passion"[2] He was a very prominent part of the Nehru Children's Museum theatre classes.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Theatre personality Ramaprasad Banik dead". The Hindu. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Eminent theatre personality Ramaprasad Banik dead". Sify (Source: IANS). Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Rama Prasad Banik dies at private hospital in Kolkata". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.