 A scene from Char Adhyay (1951), [1] a play staged by Bohurupee | |
| Formation | 1948 |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Location | |
Notable members | Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, Kumar Roy [2] |
Bohurupee is a Bengali premier theatre group. Bohurupee was founded in 1948 [3] by several active members who left the Indian People's Theatre Association. The group was created to present the experimental Bengali drama in unusual form. [4]
After breaking away from Indian People's Theatre Association, prominent Bengali theatre personalities like Sombhu Mitra, Bijon Bhattacharya created Bohurupee in 1948. The group came into prominence as a composite drama form. This period was a period of struggle for Bohurupee. [4] Between 1950 and 1958 they directed multiple important plays. They staged Rabindranath Tagore's play Char Adhyay in 1951. In 1958, they stage another work of Tagore - Raktakaravi. [4] In Putulkhela (1958), which was a depiction of Ibsen's Doll's House, Bohurupee touched a sensitive contemporary issue in bold manner. Dasachakra (1962) was adapted from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen.