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'''Dwijen Bandyopadhyay''' (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017<ref>{{cite news|title = প্রয়াত অভিনেতা দ্বিজেন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/actor-dwijen-banerjee-passes-away-dgtl-1.681323|publisher = আনন্দবাজার প্রত্রিকা|date =27 September 2017| access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref>) was a veteran Bengali actor and theater personality from [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at [[Rabindra Bharati University]] from 1996 to 2014.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Dwijen Bandyopadhyay has a degree in Chartered Accountancy and has been the Chief Accountant at ''[[Amrita Bazar Patrika]]'' for many years until the company closed down. He joined as a professor in the department of Drama at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata right after he came to the limelight through a popular [[Bengali language|Bengali]] comedy-cum-thriller series ''Abar Jakher Dhan.'' Later during the early 2000s he found ground in the acting industry through the TV serials ''Chuni Panna'' and ''Labonyer Sansar''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1050707/asp/calcutta/story_4960668.asp|title=Gods and men must be crazy|date=7 July 2005|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> He acted in various movies and T.V. serials. Bandyopadhyay played in both intellectual and mainstream films along with continuing his work in the culture of [[Group theatre of Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/veteran-bengali-actor-dwijen-bandyopadhyay-dead/1/1056959.html|title=Veteran Bengali actor Dwijen Bandyopadhyay dead|last=PTI|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/veteran-bengali-actor-dwijen-bandyopadhyay-dead-117092700542_1.html|title=Veteran Bengali actor Dwijen Bandyopadhyay dead|date=27 September 2017|website=business-standard.com|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/veteran-bengali-actor-dwijen-bandyopadhyay-dead/1155463|title=Veteran Bengali actor Dwijen Bandyopadhyay dead|website=outlookindia.com|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> He performed in dramas like; ''Amitakshar'', ''Ghora'', ''Samabartan'', ''Balidan'', ''Abhimukh'', ''Dashchakra'', ''Mallabhumi'', and ''Mushthijog, Gunadharer Asukh, Spardhabarna, Monoshchokhyu, Ainshiddho and Bhootnath.'' Bandyopadhyay constituted his own theatre group ''Samstab'' in 1982.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsmen.in/news-item/actor-dwijen-banerjee-of-jaatishwar-fame-passes-away-in-kolkata/|title=Actor Dwijen Banerjee of Jaatishwar fame passes away in Kolkata|website=newsmen.in|access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref> His last stage performance was on 1st January, 2016 of the play ''Bhootnath'' at Girish Manch after which he succumbed to a major nerve problem and several minor cerebral strokes.<br />
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==Partial filmography==<br />
* ''[[Shudhu Tumi]]'' (2004) <br />
* ''[[Chander Bari]]'' (2007)<br />
* ''[[Chander Bari|Ami Yasin ar Madhubala]]'' (2007)<br />
* ''[[Gorosthaney Sabdhan (film)]]'' (2010)<br />
* ''Prem By Chance'' (2010)<br />
* ''[[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]'' (2010)<br />
* ''Katakuti'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Gosainbaganer Bhoot]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Hawa Bodol]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[Phoring]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[Ashchorjyo Prodeep]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[Badshahi Angti (film)|Badshahi Angti]]'' (2014)<br />
* ''[[Jaatishwar]]'' (2014)<br />
* ''[[Ichchhemotir Gappo]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''[[Shajarur Kanta (2015 film)|Shajarur Kanta]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''Beche Thakar Gaan'' (2016) <br />
* ''Neemphul'' (2020)<br />
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== Award ==<br />
In 1992 he received [[Paschim Banga Natya Akademi]] award for his acting in the [[drama]] named ''Balidan''.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Dwijen Bandyopadhyay had been suffering from a major nerve problem for a year and nine months. It affected his speech and the right part of the body causing him to be unable to walk normally. Because of this, he couldn't work onstage or onscreen leading him to suffer from immense depression. On 27 September 2017, Bandyopadhyay died of a massive heart attack at his residence at 2:00am in [[Kolkata]] at 68.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/tollywood-actor-dwijen-bandyopadhyay-dies-at-68-of-cardiac-arrest/other/news/1001976.html|title=Tollywood actor Dwijen Bandyopadhyay dies at 68 of cardiac arrest|website=uniindia.com|date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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