Background
Vijay Bose was born in Haridwar 21 September 1927. His father Late H.D.Bose was a Station Master. His mother was a house wife.
Vijay Bose was born in Haridwar 21 September 1927. His father Late H.D.Bose was a Station Master. His mother was a house wife.
He formed his theatre group, North Indian Theatrical Association (NITA) in 1949, with the help of some radio artistes, where not just acted but also went on directplays written by playwrights like Sharat Chandra Chatterji, Rabindranath Tagore, Kamaleshwar and Upendra Nath "Ashk". There he was with Sh.O.P.Sharma (Mantriji) director of the dramatic club From that place he was bitten by the bug of dramatics.
After he came back from Layallpur he auditioned in Lucknow All India Radio as Drama Voice in 1947 and got selected in very first attempt.
At Lucknow after participating in many radio plays for about two years as a casual artist. In 1949 when Allahabad All India Radio Station was established the then Asstt.
Station Director Sh.Sunil Bose ji called him here at Allahabad and Vijay Bose Joined as a permanent staff artist. He served AKASVANI Allahabad for 40 years.
In his 40 years stay at Akaswani Allahabad many famous poets and play writers such as Pt.Sumitra Nandan Pant, Doctor.Ram Kumar Verma, Girja Kumar Mathur, Upendra Nath Ashk, Amrit Lal Nagar, Mahadevi Verma,Doctor.H.R.Bachchan,Cine Actor Prithviraj Kapur Ji & C V Rao et cetera had blessed Vijay Bose from time to time for his excellent voice texture and directing ability.
During his 40 years tenure of AKASVANI Allahabad he participated and directed about 1500 plays and also ably handled Children’s Programme BALSANGH from there he was famous as 'BARE BHAIYA’. Apart from his day to day AKASVANI job he also established a drama troupe in Allahabad city in 1950, its name was North Indian Theatrical Association. He directed many famous plays like 'Biraj Bahu’, 'Anarkali’,'Alagh Alagh Raste’ 'Bhartendu Harishchandra’, 'Adhuri Awaj’, & 'Parda Uthao parda girao’
During 40 years tenure of AKASVANI Allahabad and the North Indian Theatrical Association period few names are mentioned here who ably associated with Vijay Bose ‘Bare Bhaiya’ – Sri.
Kaushal Bihari Lal, Sri.
Knight Bachelor Lal, Smt. Shobha Berry (VOA), Chandramohan Sharma (Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy), Sri. Raja Zutshi, Sri. Palok Bose (retired justice), Late Devbrata Dixit (ex-commissioner Mirjapur), Sri.
Ram Chandra Gupta, Doctor Niraj Tripathi et cetera
