Khazarian king
Partha Pratim Majumder
Bangladeshi mime artist (born )
Partha Pratim Majumder (Bengali: পার্থ প্রতিম মজুমদার; born 18 January [1]) is a Bangladeshi mime artist who is considered the "forerunner" of mime art in Bangladesh.[2][3] Born in Pabna District in the north-western part of the country, Partha went to France in early s under a scholarship program and trained under Marcel Marceau.
Since then he has been performing in several countries throughout the world earning international recognition. In , he was awarded the Ekushey Padak, one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh. In , the French government awarded him the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[4] He is the elder brother of musician Bappa Mazumder and music composer Partha Sharothi Mojumdar.
Early life
Partha was born to Himangshu Kumar Bishwash and Shusrika Bishwash in Kalachadpara of Pabna district which was then part of East Pakistan. Born as Premanshu Kumar Biswas, Partha was later adopted by Ustad Barin Mazumder and Ila Majumder. After receiving primary education at Jubilee School, he was sent to Chandannagar, India and was admitted in Dr.
Shitol Prasad Ghosh Ideal School.
Partha pratim majumder biography of rory van He has immensely contributed to capacity-building in human and statistical genetics in India. Anthropological Science [Japan] Archived from the original on 19 January Mahalanobis in the S.There he met with Jogesh Dutta, an Indian mime artist and became interested in mime. Between and he studied at the Jogesh Dutta Mime Academy and received basic knowledge about the art. Meanwhile, Bangladesh became independent after a nine-month war and Partha moved back to his country. In he was admitted to Government Music College in Dhaka before graduating in The major lift up in his life was when he presented a solo performance at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in [5]
Career
Partha started his career in the s through singing and occasionally acting in some television and radio programs.
His career got a break-through in [1] His solo performance at Shilpakala Academy impressed the then French Ambassador to Dhaka, Loic Moreau and the director of Alliance Française, Gerard Grousse, who offered him a scholarship in to obtain professional training on mime under the French mime artist Etienne Decroux.[1] He was then introduced to Marcel Marceau who trained him from to In Partha performed a solo titled Boatman of Padma at the UNESCO Headquarter in Paris which was the first mime act at the World Heritage Centre.
In he wrote, choreographed and staged The Nightmare which was the first mimodrama pertaining to child abuse to be staged in South Asia.[6][7]