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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bidhayak Bhattacharya<br />
| native_name = বিধায়ক ভট্টাচার্য্য <br />
| birth_name = Baglaranjan Bhattacharya<br />
| birth_date = 7 February 1907<br />
| birth_place = [[Jiaganj]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now Jiaganj, [[West Bengal]], India)<br />
| death_date = 15 November 1986 (aged 79)<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Writer, Novelist, Dramatist, Journalist<br />
}}<br />
'''Bidhayak Bhattacharya''' (7 February 1907 – 15 November 1986) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] novelist, play writer and actor. His birth name was Bagalaranjan.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Bhattacharya was born at [[Jiaganj]] in [[Murshidabad district]] in 1907<ref>{{Cite book|last=Civacaṅkari|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fRjAAAAMAAJ&q=Bidhayak+Bhattacharya|title=Knit India Through Literature: The East|date=1998|publisher=Eastwest Books (Madras)|isbn=978-81-86852-63-7|language=en}}</ref> in [[British India]]. His father's name is Haricharan Bhattacharya.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=Ramkrishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJ6qCAAAQBAJ&q=Bidhayak+Bhattacharya|title=Natye Upekkhito: Life and Writings of Bidhayak Bhattacharya|publisher=Sristisukh Prokashan LLP|isbn=978-1-63415-334-8|language=bn}}</ref> In 1937, [[Rabindranath Tagore]] called him in a new name as ''Bidhayak''. He passed entrance from Raja Bijoy Singh Vidyamandir of Jiaganj. Thereafter he came [[Kolkata]] in 1929 and joined in [[Amrita Bazar Patrika]] as journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=bn:বিধায়ক নামটি দিয়েছিলেন রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/west-bengal-almost-forgets-theatre-personality-bidhayak-bhattacharya-1.902522|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref> He became popular as theater personality after the release of ''Meghmukti'' in 1938. Bhattacharya started his career in [[All India Radio|All India Radio, Kolkata]] under the guidance of [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VL3rDwAAQBAJ&dq=Bidhayak+Bhattacharya+Akashbani&pg=PA4|title=AKASHVANI: Vol. XXIV. No. 46. |date=1959-11-15 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Publications Division (India) |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Literary career==<br />
He was the writer of the story of several Bengali films namely ''Krishna Kaveri'', ''Akash Ar Mati'', ''Dhuli'', ''Matir Ghar'' and ''Prithibi Amare Chay''. He also directed the film ''Krishna Kaveri'' in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Krishna Kaveri (1949) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/krishna-kaveri-34823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130015344/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/krishna-kaveri-34823|url-status=live|archive-date=30 November 2020|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Cinestaan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Krishna Kaveri (1949)|url=https://indiancine.ma/FNB|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> Bhattacharya wrote number of Bengali novel and short stories in various magazine. He published more than thirty successful plays.<ref name=":0" /> Bhattacharya created a famous Bengali character ''Amaresh''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Unusual season|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/unusual-season-stories-that-refuse-to-pause/cid/1795948|access-date=2021-07-29|work=The Telegraph |location=Kolkata}}</ref> He received Sudhangshubala award in 1967 conferred by the [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]] for his literary works.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhattacharya, Bidhayak - Banglapedia|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Bhattacharya,_Bidhayak|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Banglapedia}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''[[Bhranti Bilas]]''<br />
* ''[[Deya Neya]]''<br />
* ''Tridhara''<br />
* ''[[Abak Prithibi]]''<br />
* ''[[Uttar Megh]]''<br />
* ''Abasheshe''<br />
* ''Gayer Meye''<br />
* ''Sudha''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|1291174}}<br />
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[[Category:1907 births]]<br />
[[Category:1986 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language novelists]]<br />
[[Category:People from Murshidabad district]]<br />
[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal]]</div>MYRA