Read the bio below and try to give details on shyamanand jalan 's: - residence - years active - known for - death date - organization - birth date - name - occupation - death place - birth place - alma mater Bio: shyamanand jalan -lrb- 13 january 1934 -- 24 may 2010 -rrb- was an influential kolkata-based indian thespian , theatre director , and actor . he is credited for the renaissance period of modern indian theatre and especially the hindi theatre in kolkata from the 1960s to 1980s . he was the first to perform modernist mohan rakesh , starting with his magnum opus '' ashadh ka ek din '' -lrb- one day in ashad -rrb- in 1960 and in the coming years bridged the gap between hindi theatre and bengali theatre , by mounting hindi productions of works by bengali playwrights , like badal sircar 's '' evam indrajit '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- and '' pagla ghora '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , which in turn introduced sircar to rest of the country . in 2005 , he directed his first and only film '' eashwar mime co. '' , which was an adaptation of dibyendu palit 's story , '' mukhabhinoy '' , by vijay tendulkar . also noted as an actor in stage plays , he is well remembered for his performance as the don in roland joffe 's 1992 film '' city of joy '' . he also worked with reputed parallel cinema directors . he acted in mrinal sen 's television series , '' tasveer apni apni '' , and later in '' arohan '' by shyam benegal , '' kahan kahan se guzar gaya '' by ms sathyu , and '' chokh '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- by utpalendu chakrabarty . he co-founded theatre group '' anamika '' in 1955 , impresario organisation '' anamika kala sangam '' in 1967 , and later in 1972 , he left anamika to form his own '' padatik '' theatre group , of which he remained director for the rest of his life ; padatik dance center was launched in 1989 , a school for classical and contemporary dance in kolkata . he received the 1972 sangeet natak akademi award for direction , awarded by the sangeet natak akademi , india 's national academy of music , dance & drama , and later remained the vice-chairman of the akademi -lrb- 1999 -- 2004 -rrb- .
- residence is kolkata- years active is 1949 -- 2009- known for is founder-director '' padatik '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- theatre group- death date is 24 may 2010- organization is vice-chairman sangeet natak akademi -lrb- 1999 -- 2004 -rrb-- birth date is 13 january 1934- name is shyamanand jalan- occupation is theatre director , actor- death place is kolkata , west bengal- birth place is muzaffarpur , bihar- alma mater is scottish church college , calcutta