Guruprasad Mainali showed the temporary conflict of married life as a 'straw fire'. The same story was brought to the screen by Pratap Subba, in which Chame was played by Tank Sharma.
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Tank Sharma was born in 1938 in Bhote village of Dabaipani, a quiet, green tea plantation settlement in Darjeeling. By that time, India had not been freed from the clutches of British colonial rule. It was a time when the country was not yet independent. However, in the heart of a child from that hilly side, the love and passion for creation was slowly growing.
He started playing drama from 1951. When he lived in his uncle's house Mangpu . From there, his fascination with the stage started to grow. At the age of 10, he got the role of Sudama's son in the play 'Krishna-Sudama'. Even today, he has not been able to forget the dialogue he spoke in that play, ``Baba, I'm hungry.''
Then worked on 'Dui Ghere Deepak'. During his childhood, Aruna Lama's uncle got close to artist CB Lama. At that time, Lama had directed and acted in the play 'Sumti' based on the Bengali work 'Ramer Sumti' by the Bengali writer Sharad Chandra Chattopadhyay . "That's where the deep connection with drama came from," said Sharma, who was met in Salabari, a Nepali-speaking area near Siliguri, one day recently.
From Mangpu, he reached Darjeeling for further studies. Acting stopped for a while after starting studies at Turnbull High School . However, he could not deviate from his love for theatre.
Somehow he joined the drama again. In 1956, the rehearsal of the play 'Bharat Niwas' was going on at the Gorkha Dukh Niwarak Sammelan (GDNS). His brother-in-law took him there . The first dialogue of the actor was, 'Careful! The Maharaj is riding in the palace.' The dialogue was little, but that was the beginning.
especially, he was kept in the play only as a door . He had no dialogue in that role. However, he got a chance when the character of Humme who had his own name did not know how to pronounce that dialogue. After the
, his role was promoted during the rehearsal and ended up in Laxman. He appeared in the audience as Lakshman who entered the play as a doorman.
From there, his acting on the stage of Darjeeling started to be established .
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The team of Pratap Subba, Hridaynath Lama and Ratan Mote announced the first one-man play competition in Darjeeling. However, Tank Sharma's team had a strong opinion that they should not participate in the competition. Leading playwright KB Moktan had a different opinion. He was in favor of participating in the competition.
After a long discussion, the team reached a decision to show in a non-competitive drama . Finally, a comedy drama was prepared at the request of the organizer. The audience loved the play with different style and dialogue.
After that play, Sharma fell under the eyes of director Pratap Subba.
Subba told him that day, "One day I will make a feature film, 'Paraal Ago'". I will give you the role of Chame.' Hearing that, Sharma was shocked.
The time for the construction of 'straw fire' has come. Sharma was confirmed in the role of Chame. At that time, he was the father of three children. The age was also around 42 years. He was employed in the district administration office of Darjeeling. He was transferred to the subdivision office of Kharsang for making straw fire. The construction started from 1975 and the straw fire was released in 1978.
Paralko Ago is a famous story of Nepali writer Guru Prasad Mainali. The expression ``fire of straw'' to the temporary quarrels of married life deeply exposes the psychology of Chame and Gounthali . The same story was brought to the screen by Pratap Subba, in which Chame's lively performance was done by Tank Sharma.
After the release of Paral Aga, Sharma's talk increased in Darjeeling.
Tulsi Ghimire came to know about Sharma . While he was in the film struggle in Bombay . He was planning to make a movie called 'Flute'. He also intended to give a role to Sharma . Accordingly, he would get the role of a retired soldier (recruit). That film was half shot in Ghimire's hometown Kalebung and Bombay. For the role, Sharma asked for a recruiter's outfit and went to Bombay. "I got the role but neither the salary nor the facilities," Sharma remembers, "I went to Bombay twice and spent 42 days". When he came back, he had to find the ticket himself.'
But, that sorrow taught him.
became more known as an artist despite not getting paid. "First I played in black and white, then I appeared in color," he said with a laugh.
In 1981, 'Bansuri' was released . He was about 50 years old at that time. After that, he did not get any film offer. Life turned back to work. Acting gradually left. However, the appetite for drama is still the same.
After retiring in 1997, he became active in social work . Even today, they meet at Salbari, Kamez Surwal and Bhadgaon in the team . "Darjeeling is far away", he says, "only my sentimental relationship with Darjeeling remains".
