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{{short description|Bengali theatre director and actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Meghnad Bhattacharya
| image = Meghnad Bhattacharya 2024.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952}}
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| known_for = Director of ''[[Sayak]]''
| occupation = Actor
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'''Meghnad Bhattacharya''' (born 1952)<ref name="Seagull Theatre Quarterly">{{cite book|title=Seagull Theatre Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-wJAQAAMAAJ|access-date=21 December 2012|year=2001|publisher=Seagull Foundation for the Arts|page=221}}</ref> is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] theatre director and actor.<ref name="Publishing2008">{{cite book|author=Outlook Publishing|title=Outlook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|access-date=21 December 2012|date=2008-05-27|publisher=Outlook Publishing|pages=22–}}</ref> He is the artistic director of Bengali theatre group ''[[Sayak]]''. He has also acted in few Bengali films and television serials.<ref name="Filmography of Meghnad Bhattacharya">{{cite web|title=Filmography of Meghnad Bhattacharya|url=http://www.gomolo.com/meghnad-bhattacharya-movies-list-filmography/8585|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=21 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meghnad Bhattacharya biography|url=http://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/adver/109428.html|access-date=21 December 2012}}</ref> In 1979 under the leadership of Bhattacharya and ''Sayak'' ''Bijon Theatre'' was established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meghnad Bhattacharya biography|url=http://theatresayak.org/The%20Director.html|access-date=21 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415215523/http://theatresayak.org/The%20Director.html|archive-date=15 April 2013}}</ref>

== Biography ==
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Bhattacharya was born in 1952. In December 1973 he founded the Bengali theatre group ''[[Sayak]]'' which till January 2012 has staged 21 full length and 7 short length plays.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

== Works ==

=== Plays ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Drama !! Note
|-
| 1978 || Naramedh ||
|-
| 1979 || Duihuzurer goppo ||
|-
| 1981 || Sadhusanga ||
|-
| 1982 || Kalbhianga || Short play
|-
| 1983 || Anubikshan ||
|-
| 1983 || Sonarmathaoala Manush || Example
|-
| 1985 || Gyan Briksher Fol || Example
|-
| 1986 || Parui Masher Bishoy Ashoy || Short play
|-
| 1987 || Astitwa || Short play
|-
| 1988 || Jadio Swapna ||
|-
| 1990 || Beokuf ||
|-
| 1991 || Daibaddha ||
|-
| 1993 || Basbhumi ||
|-
| 1996 || Karnabati ||
|-
| 1998 || Aa-aa-ka-kha||
|-
| 1999 || Marachand || Short play
|-
| 2001 || Andhagali ||
|-
| 2001 || Nari || Short play
|-
| 2002 || Badhutantra ||
|-
| 2004 || Saanjbela ||
|-
| 2005 || Benche Thaka ||
|-
| 2006 || Dildar ||
|-
| 2007 || Swarna-champa || Short play
|-
| 2008 || Dournama ||
|}

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Director
|-
| 1990 || Jowar Bhanta || Dulal Bhowmik
|-
| 1993 || Aatmajo || [[Nabyendu Chatterjee]]
|-
| 1994 || [[Shilpi]] || Nabyendu Chatterjee
|-
| 1994 || Nati Binodini || Dinen Gupta
|-
| 1997 || Dus Number Bari || Biresh Chattopadhyay
|-
| 2003 || Parampar ||
|}

==Awards==
* [[ABP Ananda]] Sera Bangali Award: 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/west-bengal/kolkata/abp-ananda-sera-bengali-2022/cid/1394293|title=বাঙালির ছক-ভাঙা গরিমার স্পর্ধাকে কুর্নিশ|trans-title=|website=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|date=25 December 2022|access-date=26 December 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://theatresayak.org/The%20Director.html|Biography of Meghnad Bhattacharya at Sayak's official website}}

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CaitlinBecker07 at 17:40, 8 February 2026