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
Pabitra Kumar Deka later published in two big volumes published by the Assam Prakashan Parishad called "Bharatia Samantaral Dharar Sobi" and "Bishwa Chalachitra". Apart from that, he continued his satire writings in his columns "Birbolor Sinta" and "Soukadhaarar Semsemia Sitaan" for Sadin. On 5 January 2010, Pabitra Kumar Deka died in the GNRC hospital, Guwahati after a heart attack. The family members of late Deka have constructed an archive in his memory named "Pabitra Kumar Deka Archive" in 2018 in their residence at Pub Sarania, Guwahati 781003. "Roopkar Award" is also presented every year in his memory to a famous personality from stage,