Shova Sen felicitated by Greenwood Theatre Festival
News
-Staff
By Staff
Tuesday,
June
19,
2007
Kolkata
(UNI):
Octogenarian
Shova
Sen,
whose
six
decades
of
acting
in
stages
since
her
debut
in
''Nobanno''
in
late
40's
made
her
an
instant
celebrity,
was
awarded
''Utpal
Dutta
Smarak
Sanman''
for
her
lifetime
achievement
in
theatre.
Movie
actor
Om
Puri
presented
her
the
award,
named
after
her
late
husband
Utpal
Dutta,
and
a
cheque
of
Rs
50,000
at
the
end
of
sixth
''Greenwood
Spirit
Theatre
Festival''.
She
is
now
85
years
old
and
perhaps
the
only
surviving
personality
of
Bengal's
modern
theatre
movement
that
was
launched
in
late
40's.
Since
her
debutal
in
''Nobanno''
directed
by
her
late
husband,
she
had
creditable
role
in
Tiner
Talowar,
Kollol,
Pherari,
and
many
other
plays
and
some
movies
like
Nagarik
directed
by
Mrinal
Sen.
Tripti
Mitra
Smriti
puruskar
for
best
production
from
amongst
the
Kolkata
based
groups
went
to
Ragroop
for
its
much
acclaimed
play
''
''Mukhosh
Nritya''.
Shilpayan
from
North
24
Parganas
won
the
Bijon
Bhattacharya
Smriti
Samman
for
its
play
''
Satya
Shylock''
adpated
from
Shakespeare's
Merchant
of
Venice.
Both
the
awards
carry
Rs
25,000
cash
plus
certificates,
sponsored
by
Bengal
Shrachi,
a
real
estate
developer,
to
promote
theatre
movement
in
West
Bengal.
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