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Tapas Sen
Tapas Sen
Born	11 September 1924; Dhubri, Assam, India
Died	28 June 2006; Calcutta, West Bengal, India; (now Kolkata)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Light Designer

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Tapas Sen ( 11 September, 1924 – 28 June, 2006)^[1] was a noted Indian stage lighting designer, who was an important figure in 20th-century Indian theatre.^[2] He started working with Bengali theatre movement in Kolkata in the late 1940s, along with noted directors, Utpal Dutt and Shambhu Mitra. Later he became a founding member of the Indian People's Theatre Association's (IPTA), Delhi chapter, and worked closely with Hindi theatre. Through his career stretching five decades he worked theatre directors, Ebrahim Alkazi, Vijay Tendulkar, and also dancers Sadhana Bose, Chandralekha, Birju Maharaj and Kelucharan Mahapatra.^[3]^[4]^[5] He was known not only for his creative stage lighting, but also had a significant impact on the work of leading theatre director of the time.^[1]

He was awarded the 1974 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1974, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004.

Career[edit]

Tapas Sen was born in 1924 in Dhubri, Assam. His father was Matilal Sen and mother's name was Subarnalata ^[6] He started his career in theater with the production of a shadow play on the 1943 Bengal famine with Mrinal Sen.^[7]^[6] Amongst his most noted lighting installations are for son et lumière, sound-and-light-shows at historical venues in Delhi, like the Red Fort, Purana Quila and at the Qutb Minar. He also created lighting for noted stage venues across India including Birla Theatre in Kolkata, Siri Fort Auditorium, Kamani Auditorium in Delhi, and Rabindra Natya Manch in Mumbai. Besides doing architectural lighting design for important outdoor venues and monuments like Khajuraho, Konark, Elephanta and Ujjain. In 1988, he designed the lighting for the opening ceremonies of the "Festival of India" at Moscow and Paris, under Dashrath Patel. He was also part of the 50-person team for the lighting design of the Eiffel Tower in 2000. The entire design was done by 50 light designers and engineers using 5 lifts for a span of 2 years, 2 months and 5 days. ^[3]

He was awarded the 1974 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Theatre Arts, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi,^[8] India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and subsequently the academy also the highest honour the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004.^[9] He also was awarded the Kalidas Samman, by Government of Madhya Pradesh for the year 1997-98. He was a fellow of the Lighting Designers, UK and the Indian Society of Lighting Engineers.^[6]

He remained active even into his late years, in January 2006, he did the lighting for a production of Tagore's play Visarjan which premiered at Madhusudan Mancha in Kolkata.^[10] He died on 28 June 2006 in Kolkata due to a heart attack, at the age of 81. His body was donated for medical research.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Stanley Hochman (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. VNR AG. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ Richard Pilbrow (1997). Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life. Nick Hern Books. pp. 306–. ISBN 978-1-85459-273-6. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Sadanand Menon (20 August 2006). "Tribute: True to his own light". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Theatre personality Tapas Sen dead". Monsters and Critics. 29 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ Kirti Jain (8 July 2006). "Theatre's torch-bearer". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sangeet Natak Akademi condoles the death of Tapas Sen". Oneindia. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ Theatre personality " Tapas Sen " dead
^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
^ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar winners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014.
^ "And he said, let there be light'". The Telegraph. 14 January 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

External links[edit]

Tapas Sen at IMDb

[Hochman1984-1] Stanley Hochman (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. VNR AG. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[Pilbrow1997-2] Richard Pilbrow (1997). Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life. Nick Hern Books. pp. 306–. ISBN 978-1-85459-273-6. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[hindu06-3] Sadanand Menon (20 August 2006). "Tribute: True to his own light". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[monsters06-4] "Theatre personality Tapas Sen dead". Monsters and Critics. 29 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[business06-5] Kirti Jain (8 July 2006). "Theatre's torch-bearer". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[one-6] "Sangeet Natak Akademi condoles the death of Tapas Sen". Oneindia. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[7] Theatre personality " Tapas Sen " dead

[8] "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.

[9] "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar winners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014.

[telegraph06-10] "And he said, let there be light'". The Telegraph. 14 January 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

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+'''Tapas Sen''' ( 11 September, 1924 – 28 June, 2006)<ref name="Hochman1984"/> was a noted [[India|Indian]] [[Stage lighting|stage]] [[lighting designer]], who was an important figure in 20th-century [[Indian theatre]].<ref name="Pilbrow1997">{{cite book|author=Richard Pilbrow|title=Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4viNulYb3XsC&pg=PA306|accessdate=6 July 2013|year=1997|publisher=Nick Hern Books|isbn=978-1-85459-273-6|pages=306–}}</ref> He started working with [[Bengali theatre]] movement in [[Kolkata]]  in the late 1940s, along with noted directors, [[Utpal Dutt]] and [[Shambhu Mitra]]. Later he became a founding member of the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]]'s (IPTA), Delhi chapter, and worked closely with [[Hindi theatre]]. Through his career stretching five decades he worked theatre directors, [[Ebrahim Alkazi]], [[Vijay Tendulkar]], and also dancers [[Sadhana Bose]], [[Chandralekha (dancer)|Chandralekha]], [[Birju Maharaj]] and [[Kelucharan Mahapatra]].<ref name="hindu06">{{Cite news | title = Tribute: True to his own light|author=Sadanand Menon | url = http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/08/20/stories/2006082000240500.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060823095715/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/08/20/stories/2006082000240500.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 August 2006 | date = 20 Aug 2006 | work = [[The Hindu]]| accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="monsters06"/><ref name="business06">{{Cite news | title = Theatre's torch-bearer|author=Kirti Jain | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/theatre-s-torch-bearer-106070801027_1.html | publisher =Business Standard  | date = 8 July 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref> He was known not only for his creative [[stage lighting]], but also had a significant impact on the work of leading theatre director of the time.<ref name="Hochman1984">{{cite book|author=Stanley Hochman|title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&pg=PA38|accessdate=6 July 2013|year=1984|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-07-079169-5|page=37}}</ref>
+He was awarded the 1974 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1974, given by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004.
 ==Career==
-Amongst his most noted lighting installations are for ''[[Son et lumière (show)|son et lumière]]'', [[sound-and-light-show]]s at historical venues in [[Delhi]], like the [[Red Fort]], [[Purana Quila]] and at the [[Qutb Minar]]. He also created lighting for noted stage venues across India including Birla Theatre in  Kolkata, [[Siri Fort Auditorium]], [[Kamani Auditorium]] in Delhi, and Rabindra Natya Manch in Mumbai. Besides lighting important outdoor venues like like [[Khajuraho]], [[Konark]], [[Elephanta Caves|Elephanta]] and [[Ujjain]]. In 1988, he designed the lighting for the opening ceremonies of the "Festival of India" at Moscow and Paris, under [[Dashrath Patel]]. <ref name="hindu06"/>
+Tapas Sen was born in 1924 in [[Dhubri]], Assam. His father was Matilal Sen and mother's name was Subarnalata <ref name=one>{{cite web | title = Sangeet Natak Akademi condoles the death of Tapas Sen |work=Oneindia | url = http://www.oneindia.com/2006/06/29/sangeet-natak-akademi-condoles-the-death-of-tapas-sen-1151589958.html|date=29 June 2006| accessdate = 2015-02-25 }}</ref> He started his career in theater with the production of a shadow play on the 1943 Bengal famine with [[Mrinal Sen]].<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/14vidya_64kala/aJAZM5A0rb0 Theatre personality " Tapas Sen " dead ]</ref><ref name=one/> Amongst his most noted lighting installations are for ''[[Son et lumière (show)|son et lumière]]'', [[sound-and-light-show]]s at historical venues in [[Delhi]], like the [[Red Fort]], [[Purana Quila]] and at the [[Qutb Minar]]. He also created lighting for noted stage venues across India including Birla Theatre in Kolkata, [[Siri Fort Auditorium]], [[Kamani Auditorium]] in Delhi, and Rabindra Natya Manch in Mumbai. Besides doing [[architectural lighting design]] for important outdoor venues and monuments like [[Khajuraho]], [[Konark]], [[Elephanta Caves|Elephanta]] and [[Ujjain]]. In 1988, he designed the lighting for the opening ceremonies of the "Festival of India" at Moscow and Paris, under [[Dashrath Patel]]. He was also part of the 50-person team for the lighting design of the [[Eiffel Tower]] in 2000. The entire design was done by 50 light designers and engineers using 5 lifts for a span of 2 years, 2 months and 5 days. <ref name="hindu06"/>
-He was awarded the 1974 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in Theatre Arts, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, conferred by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website}}</ref> India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and subsequently the academy also the highest honour the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar'' winners (Akademi Fellows)|publisher=Official website}}</ref> He also was awarded the [[Kalidas Samman]], by [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] for the year 1997-98.
+He was awarded the 1974 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in Theatre Arts, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, conferred by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archivedate=2015-05-30}}</ref> India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and subsequently the academy also the highest honour the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar'' winners (Akademi Fellows)|publisher=Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|archivedate=2014-12-06}}</ref> He also was awarded the [[Kalidas Samman]], by [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] for the year 1997-98. He was a fellow of the Lighting Designers, UK and the Indian Society of Lighting Engineers.<ref name=one/>
-He remained active even into his late years, in January 2006, he did the lighting for a production of [[Tagore]]'s play ''Visarjan'' which premeired at [[Madhusudan Mancha]] in Kolkata.<ref name="telegraph06">{{Cite news  | title = And he said, let there be light' | url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/calcutta/story_5720969.asp | publisher =The Telegraph | date =January 14, 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref> He died on June 28, 2006 in Kolkata due to a heart attack, at the age of 81. His body was donated for medical research.<ref name="monsters06">{{Cite web | title = Theatre personality Tapas Sen dead|url = http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1176623.php/Theatre_personality_Tapas_Sen_dead | publisher =Monsters and Critics | date = Jun 29, 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref>
+He remained active even into his late years, in January 2006, he did the lighting for a production of [[Tagore]]'s play ''Visarjan'' which premiered at [[Madhusudan Mancha]] in Kolkata.<ref name="telegraph06">{{Cite news  | title = And he said, let there be light' | url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/calcutta/story_5720969.asp | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130706174802/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/calcutta/story_5720969.asp | url-status =dead | archive-date =6 July 2013 | publisher =The Telegraph | date =14 January 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref> He died on 28 June 2006 in Kolkata due to a heart attack, at the age of 81. His body was donated for medical research.<ref name="monsters06">{{Cite web | title = Theatre personality Tapas Sen dead | url = http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1176623.php/Theatre_personality_Tapas_Sen_dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130706132256/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1176623.php/Theatre_personality_Tapas_Sen_dead | url-status = dead | archive-date = 6 July 2013 | publisher = Monsters and Critics | date = 29 June 2006 | accessdate = 6 July 2013 }}</ref>
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