Jatra Star Shivshankar Panda: From Stage Hero to Fading Memory in East Medinipur

• Shivshankar Panda, once known as 'Shree Bhattacharya', was a superhit hero of the Jatra world in Medinipur.
• He joined professional Jatra at 23, quickly gaining fame for his powerful dialogue delivery and stage presence in over 200 plays.
• Panda was highly popular across East Medinipur, West Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, and Jhargram districts.
• He mentored many young actors, teaching them dialogue delivery, stage movement, and emotional expression.
• Now, due to age, he no longer performs, and his once-dazzling career is slowly fading into memory, a testament to forgotten rural talents.