Ayushman Mitra

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{{Short description|Indian fashion designer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}

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|name = Ayushman Raj
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|birth_date = 31 July 2006
|birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
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|nationality = Indian
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|occupation = [[Fashion designer]], [[Painter]], [[Actor]]
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'''Ayushman Raj''' known as '''Ayushman Mitra''' is an Indian fashion designer, painter, and actor from [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Meet Ayushman 'Bobo' Mitra, the Artist |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/culture/arts/interview-meet-ayushman-bobo-mitra-the-artist/cid/1778707 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> He is the owner of fashion label Bobo Calcutta and was a featured GenNext designer at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Cool Kids Of Queer Fashion: Bobo Calcutta By Ayushman Mitra |url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/fashion-and-beauty/the-cool-kids-of-queer-fashion-bobo-calcutta-by-ayushman-mitra |work=Verve Magazine |date=19 January 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==

Mitra was born in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] to a cosmopolitan family.<ref>{{cite web |title=Young designers shaping up fashion industry with new thoughts, ideas |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/young-designers-shaping-up-fashion-industry-with-new-thoughts-ideas-117121200521_1.html |website=Business Standard |publisher=Business Standard |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref>

Mitra eventually graduated from St Xavier' College Kolkata. Around this time, Mitra started painting professionally and got into group and solo exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Call me Bobo: The Galleon chat with artist Ayushman Mitra |url=http://www.galleonnews.com/2014/01/call-me-bobo-the-galleon-chat-with-artist-ayushman-mitra/ |website=Galleon News |publisher=Galleon News |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref>

==Career==

Mitra worked on sets for music festivals like the Bacardi NH7 weekender.<ref>{{cite web |title=The guy who’s spreading the love at Weekender |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/ayushman-mitra-art-nh7-weekender/ |website=Vogue India |publisher=Vogue India |accessdate=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826043907/https://www.vogue.in/content/ayushman-mitra-art-nh7-weekender/ |archive-date=26 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mitra's Bobo Calcutta label pushing the envelope on topics some might find uneasy.<ref name ="vervein">{{cite web |title=THE COOL KIDS OF QUEER FASHION: BOBO CALCUTTA BY AYUSHMAN MITRA |url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/fashion-and-beauty/the-cool-kids-of-queer-fashion-bobo-calcutta-by-ayushman-mitra |website=Verve Magazine India |publisher=Verge Magazine India |accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref> Mitra also had a role in the film ''[[Cosmic Sex]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Udta Punjab in Kolkata: Filmmakers protest against Nandan's ban on Cosmic Sex |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/cosmic-sex-bengali-film-udta-punjab-controversy-mahesh-bhatt-censor-board-kolkata-nandan-16102-2016-06-24 |website=India Today |publisher=India Today |accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref>

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==External links==
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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Indian male fashion designers]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
[[Category:St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni]]

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