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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Ardhendu Sekhar Mustafi''' (25 January 1850 — 5 September 1908) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] actor, playwright and theater personality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0384|title=Mustafi, Ardhendu Sekhar|website=oxfordreference.com|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox person <br />
| honorific_prefix =<br />
| name = Ardhendu Shekar Mustafi<br />
| native_name = অর্ধেন্দু শেখর মুস্তাফি<br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| birth_date = 25 January, 1850<br />
| birth_place = [[Bagbazar]], [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]]<br />
| death_date = 5 September, 1908<br />
(aged 58)<br />
|death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Hare school]]<br />
| nationality = [[British Raj|British Indian]] <br />
| spouse = <br />
| occupation = Theater Actor, director, and writer <br />
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}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Mustafi was born at [[Bagbazar]], [[Kolkata]], [[British India]] in 1850. He studied in the [[Hare School]]. Mustafi first performed in 1867 in a satire drama ''Kichhu Kichhu Bujhi'' at [[Pathuriaghata]] Royal palace. He joined Bagbazar Amateur Theater group and performed in ''Sadhabar Ekadashi'', written by novelist [[Dinabandhu Mitra]]. He was known as a rival and associates actor of [[Girish Chandra Ghosh]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nG-OllODYQkC&q=Ardhendu+Mustafi&pg=PA254|title=The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power|last=Partha Chatterjee|date=8 April 2012|isbn=978-0691152011|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref> Mustafi helped Ghosh to establish the National Theater in 1872. [[Amrita Lal Basu]] described Mustafi as 'An actor made by God' because he could perform different type of characters in a play. In ''[[Nil Darpan|Nildarpan]]'', Mustafi played both male and female roles including the characters of antagonist Englishman, Wood Sahib.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCtEDwAAQBAJ&q=Ardhendu+Mustafi&pg=PT194|title=Mapping the Path to Maturity: A Connected History of Bengal and the North-East|last=Bipasha Raha, Subhayu Chattopadhyay|date=22 December 2017|isbn=9781351034128|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref> He was also a successful drama teacher of Kolkata. Mustafi acted in various stages including Indian National Theater, Great National Theater, Emerald Theater, Arya Natya Samaj, [[Minerva Theatre, Kolkata|Minerva]], Aurora and [[Star Theatre, Kolkata|Star Theater]] since 1872 to 1904. He also wrote a book named ''Binar Jhankar''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.289731|title=Binar Jhankar|last=Mustafi, Ardhendu Shekhar|access-date=October 29, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Plays==<br />
* ''Nabin Tapaswini''<br />
* ''Durgeshnandini''<br />
* ''Sirajddaula''<br />
* ''Mir Kashim''<br />
* ''Prafulla''<br />
* ''Rizia''<br />
* ''Pratapaditya''<br />
* ''Buro Shaliker Ghare Ro''<br />
* ''Meghnadbadh''<br />
* ''Balidan''<br />
* ''Hirakchurna''<br />
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