Partha Pratim Majumder

Partha Pratim Majumder born 18 January 1954 is a Bangladeshi mime artist who is considered the forerunner of mime art in Bangladesh Born in Pabna District in the northwestern part of the country Partha went to France in early 1980s 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 2010 he was awarded the Ekushey Padak one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh In 2011 the French government awarded him the Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres He is the elder brother of musician Bappa Mazumder and music composer Partha Sharothi Mojumdar 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 There he met with Jogesh Dutta an Indian mime artist and became interested in mime Between 1966 and 1972 he studied at the Jogesh Dutta Mime Academy and received basic knowledge about the art Meanwhile Bangladesh became independent after a ninemonth war and Partha moved back to his country In 1972 he was admitted to Government Music College in Dhaka before graduating in 1976 Partha started his career in the 1970s through singing and occasionally acting in some television and radio programs His career got a breakthrough in 1979 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 1981 to obtain professional training on mime under the French mime artist Etienne Decroux He was then introduced to Marcel Marceau who trained him from 1982 to 1985 In 1986 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 1994 he wrote choreographed and staged The Nightmare which was the first mimodrama pertaining to child abuse to be staged in South Asia Source Article Partha Pratim Majumder from Wikipedia in english licensed under CCBYSA 30