Bishnupriya Dutt

Bishnupriya Dutt, daughter of legendary theatre personalities Utpal Dutt and Sova Sen , is currently Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded a Ph.D. for her work on 'Contributions of Theatre Magazines in the Growth and Genesis of Theatre Aesthetics' from the University of Calcutta. Her recent publications include: 'Actress Stories: Binodini and Amal Allana', in Sue Ellen Case and Elaine Aston (eds),...See more

Bishnupriya Dutt, daughter of legendary theatre personalities Utpal Dutt and Sova Sen , is currently Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded a Ph.D. for her work on 'Contributions of Theatre Magazines in the Growth and Genesis of Theatre Aesthetics' from the University of Calcutta. Her recent publications include: 'Actress Stories: Binodini and Amal Allana', in Sue Ellen Case and Elaine Aston (eds), Staging International Feminisms (2007). She received a DAAD fellowship in Germany to study alternate aesthetic models for the theatre in post-colonial India. Dr Dutt has been an active member of the Feminist Working Group of the International Federation of Theatre Research, and has worked with the People's Little Theatre, the largest repertoire in Calcutta. In 2006, she produced a play based on autobiographies of five actresses, titled Nati . This innovative play had its performance text created through a collaborative effort by the participant actresses. See less