Keya Chakraborty
| Keya Chakraborty | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 5, 1942 Kolkata , West bengal , India |
| 💀Died | March 12, 1977 (aged 34) Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaMarch 12, 1977 (aged 34) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1958–1977 |
| Notable work | Tin Poisar Pala(play) Bhalomanush(play) Antigone(Play) |
Keya Chakraborty (5 August, 1942 - 12 March, 1977) was a amateur Indian actress.[1]
Birth and personal life
Keya Chakraborty was born in an aristocratic family in north Kolkata. Her father's name is Ajit Chakraborty. However, she was brought up by her mother. She became a lecturer at Scottish Church College after obtaining an M.A. in English from there.[2][3]
Life as an actress
Keya was fond of acting since her time in college. During her time as a student in Scottish Church College, she won the best actress award in the inter-college drama competitions in 1958, 1959 and 1960. She was invited to Delhi and Mysore for inter-university youth festival. However, she started mainstream acting through the plays produces by the Nandikar group. Her debut was in 1961 in the play "Char Adhyay". She was a regular on the stage since 1966. She gained fame and popularity through her role in "Tin Poisar Pala", an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera". She played a remarkable dual role in the bengali adaptation "Bhalomanush" of Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan". She was awarded the 'Best actress' award by West Bengal Jornalists' Association for her role in "Antigone". She left her job as a lecturer in 1974 to act full time at Nandikar, without pay. Nandikar had a golden age during this time, with Ajitesh Bandopadhyay, Asit Bandopadhyay, Rudraprasad Sengupta and herself performing simultaneously. Her last role was in the play "Football".
She was also a translator, translating "Saint Joan" by George Bernard Shaw. She has often acted in films, however her primary field of work was on stage. She had also written essays on theatrics.
In 1975, she wrote Mrs R P Sengupta, an essay about artistic labor of women.[4]
Death
She died of drowning in the Ganges, during an outdoor shoot of the film "Jibon Je Rokom", on 12 March 1977 at Sankrail.[5]
In Popular Culture
Natoker Moto was a 2015 biographical Bengali language film, which was roughly based on the life and tragic death of Keya Chakraborty, an alumna, who subsequently became a prominent theatre personality. The character based on her is called Kheya in the film.
References
- ↑ Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu ed., Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan, Part I, Sahitya Sansad, Kolkata, August 2016, p. 160, ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6 Search this book on
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- ↑ Datta 2008, p. 589: "Some Alumni of Scottish Church College"
- ↑ Datta 2008, p. 573: "Teaching Staff: English"
- ↑ Banerjee, Trina Nileena (15 April 2022). "Why the real problems that a theatre actress might face are not on the stage but outside it". Scroll. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ Ganguly, Dharitri (30 March 2026). "Keya Chakraborty: The first actor who drowned while shooting in Bengal". Indulge Express. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
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