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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bijon Bhattacharya<br />
| image = Bijon bhattacharya.jpg<br />
| alt = Bijon Bhattacharya<br />
| caption = Bijon Bhattacharya in ''[[Nabanna (play)|Nabanna]]''<br />
| birth_name =<br />
| birth_date = 1906<br />
<ref name = "বাংলাপিডিয়া">{{cite web |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Bijan |title=Bhattacharya, Bijan |website=Banglapedia |access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref>{{additional citation needed|reason=All other sources say he was born in 1915 or 1917.|date=February 2026}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faridpur, Bangladesh|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1978|01|19}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], West Bengal, India<br />
| other_names =<br />
| known_for = Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar<br />
| spouse = [[Mahasweta Devi]] (1947–1962)<br />
| children = [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]<br />
| occupation = Theater actor<br />
}}<br />
'''Bijon Bhattacharya''' (1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian actor from [[West Bengal]] associated with [[Bengali theatre]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal|films]].<ref name="KaminskyPh.D.2011">{{cite book |author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky |author2=Roger D. Long PhD |title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA431 |year=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-37462-3 |page=431}}</ref> He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) to a Bengali family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Dennis |date=2003 |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-191-72781-8 |access-date=8 August 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> He became a member of the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] (IPTA).<br />
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Bhattacharya married the [[Jnanpith Award]]-winning [[Bengali language|Bengali]] writer, [[Mahasweta Devi]]. Their only son [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]], a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}. Actor [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] is his nephew.<br />
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==Works==<br />
=== Dramas ===<br />
* ''Agun''<br />
* ''[[Nabanna (drama)|Nabanna]]'' (Fresh Harvest) (1944)<br />
* ''Jabanbandi'' (Confession)<ref name="Dharwadker2005">{{cite book |author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker |title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407 |year=2005 |publisher=University of Iowa Press |isbn=978-0-87745-961-3 |pages=407– |access-date=11 October 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621090007/http://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
* ''Kalanka''<br />
* ''Mara Chand'' (Dead Moon) (1951)<br />
* ''Gotrantar'' (Change of Lineage) (1959)<br />
* ''Debi Garjan'' (Shouting of the Goddess) (1966)<br />
* ''Garbhabati Janani'' (Pregnant Mother) (1969)<br />
* ''Krishnapaksha''<br />
* ''Aj Basanta''<br />
* ''Chalo Sagare''<br />
* ''Lash Ghuirya Jauk''<br />
* ''Aborodh''<br />
* ''Krishnapaksha''<br />
* ''Jionkanya''<br />
* ''Hanskhalir Hans''<br />
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=== Films ===<br />
* ''Tathapi'' (1950)<br />
* ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1951)<br />
* ''[[Sharey Chuattor]]'' (1953)<br />
* ''[[Bari Theke Paliye]]'' (1958)<br />
* ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film)|Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'' (1960) - Taran Master<br />
* ''[[Komal Gandhar]]'' (1961) - Gagan<br />
* ''Kashtipathar'' (1964)<br />
* ''Trishna'' (1965)<br />
* ''[[Subarnarekha (1962 film)|Subarnarekha]]'' (1965) - Haraprasad<br />
* ''Swapna Niye'' (1966)<br />
* ''Kamallata'' (1969)<br />
* ''Parineeta'' (1969)<br />
* ''Nabarag'' (1971)<br />
* ''Pratham Basanta'' (1971)<br />
* ''Padatik'' (1973) - Activist's Father<br />
* ''Thagini'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]'' (1974) - Jagannath<br />
* ''Bhola Moira'' (1977)<br />
* ''Swati'' (1977)<br />
* ''Dooratwa'' (1979) - (final film role)<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0080346}}<br />
* [http://revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n2/devi.htm Interview with Mahashweta Devi]<br />
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