Jogesh Dutta

Who is Jogesh Dutta?

Jogest Dutta is an Indian mime who for over fifty years pioneered, the art of mime in India, developed it, and finally propagated it in India and abroad. The exposure to life and people through hard and grim reality provided him with knowledge and experience gained first hand . This knowledge urged Jogesh to give it a vent though a form of expression . Thus Jogesh became a comedian portraying life and people around him . But how to express a basic human emotions and instincts where even words became redundant ? That was the birth cry of Indian mime in 1956, JOGESH DUTTA had found a form of expression, and become the " wordless wonder " . Once the technique had been found, the art was not late in coming . JOGESH has toured through the length and breadth of India showing his art, charming the people everywhere and infusing them with enthusiasm and interest . As an exponent of Indian culture he has circled the globe several times, bringing a tribute from abroad several times including U.K., u.s.a., U.S.S.R., Germany, France, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Holland, Afghanistan, the Middle East, Canada, etc. . He was the delegate to the world youth festival in Sofia in 1968 .