Pabitra Kumar Deka opened in the 1960s. Deka was one of those people who promoted it in his magazine "Roopkar", to increase its intellectual acceptance and prominence among the classes. Today the Mobile theatre is employing thousands of people in Assam. Deka began to suffer from serious heart related ailments in the early 2000s. He continued to work, often receiving people from the film, stage and media for his advice. In addition to his job for "Sadin", he wrote about the history of world cinema for nearly ten years for "Sambhar", a Sunday supplement published with the daily "Asomiya Pratidin". The writings were
Nalini Prava Deka Radio broadcast Deka's radio plays on issues related to women and children.<br> According to "the Assam Tribune", Deka has "been like an institution to our society" and "has contributed immensely to the cultural and economic spheres of our state". "Dainik Sankarjyoti", an Assamese daily published in Guwahati, described how she played a significant part in nurturing the traditional indigenous Assamese lifestyle and social ethos by promoting indigenous Assamese weaving traditions (maintaining "taat xaal"—hand looms for weaving "mekhela sadawr" and "suriya chapkawn") and "dheki" (traditional Assamese crop grinders for rice and "pithaguri". Deka died on 15 June 2014 in Guwahati. ChaiTunes