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Dulal Roy is an Indian theatre actor, director and playwright from Assam.
Biography
Dulal Roy was born on April 1, 1943, in Sorbhog in Barpeta, Assam.[1][2] His primary education was from Cotton Collegiate Government H.S. School in Guwahati and he done his graduation from Cotton College, Guwahati.[1]
His affinity for drama, which began during his school days, intensified during his college years. In his second year of college, he translated Narayan Gangopadhyay's play Bharate Chai into Assamese under the title Janani and staged it. Its success led to the formation of a society called the Cotton College Dramatic Society.[1]
Due to his interest in acting, after graduation, Dulal Roy joined the National School of Drama in New Delhi and completed diploma in dramatic arts in direction in 1966.[1]
After completing his diploma, Roy returned to Assam with the aim of reviving the theatre scene in Assam, but two years later, in 1968, he joined the Film and Television Institute, Pune, to further his understanding of the various facets of audio-visual media, and obtained a diploma in film editing.[1] During his time working with prominent filmmakers like Tarun Dutta, Asit Sen, Rajinder Singh Bedi and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, he worked as an assistant editor on films like Zafar, Buddha Mil Gaya, Anand and Dastak.[1]
Career
Roy has held many positions such as Executive Board Member of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Member of the Planning and Theatre Committee of the ICCR, Member of the Expert Committee of the National School of Drama, and Member of the Expert Committee of the Young Theatre Worker of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.[1] Later, he became the Project Director of the Sattriya Kendra, Guwahati a center started by Sangeet Natak Akademi to support Sattriya and allied traditions[3]
Works
Dulal Roy has directed over 80 plays, written numerous plays for stage, radio, and television, and acted in many plays.[1][3] His play Prayosi was an independent play based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.[1] Another notable play is the independent adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's Russian satire The Reviser.[1]
Awards and honors
- 1973: Best Production and Best Direction awards at the All India Full-Length Drama Competition held in Delhi (for Prayosi).[1]
- 1977: Best Production and Best Direction awards at the All India Full-Length Drama Competition held in Delhi[1]
- 1999: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for stage direction[3]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Stage set for change - Personality". Telegraph India.
- ^ "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 and 2023" (PDF). Press information bureau, Government of India. p. 10.
- ^ a b c "Dulal Roy on Ankiya Bhaona and the Sattriya tradition". The Hindu. 9 May 2013.