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Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya in Nabanna
Occupation
Theater actor
Theater actor
Known for
Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
Bijon Bhattacharya (1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian actor from West Bengal associated with Bengali theatre and films.[2] He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.
Personal life
Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) to a Bengali family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land.[3] He became a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).
Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.Template:Citation needed. Actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is his nephew.
Works
Dramas
- Agun
- Nabanna (Fresh Harvest) (1944)
- Jabanbandi (Confession)[4]
- Kalanka
- Mara Chand (Dead Moon) (1951)
- Gotrantar (Change of Lineage) (1959)
- Debi Garjan (Shouting of the Goddess) (1966)
- Garbhabati Janani (Pregnant Mother) (1969)
- Krishnapaksha
- Aj Basanta
- Chalo Sagare
- Lash Ghuirya Jauk
- Aborodh
- Krishnapaksha
- Jionkanya
- Hanskhalir Hans
Films
- Tathapi (1950)
- Chinnamul (1951)
- Sharey Chuattor (1953)
- Bari Theke Paliye (1958)
- Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) - Taran Master
- Komal Gandhar (1961) - Gagan
- Kashtipathar (1964)
- Trishna (1965)
- Subarnarekha (1965) - Haraprasad
- Swapna Niye (1966)
- Kamallata (1969)
- Parineeta (1969)
- Nabarag (1971)
- Pratham Basanta (1971)
- Padatik (1973) - Activist's Father
- Thagini (1974)
- Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1974) - Jagannath
- Bhola Moira (1977)
- Swati (1977)
- Dooratwa (1979) - (final film role)
References
- ↑ Bhattacharya, Bijan. Banglapedia. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ↑ India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. ABC-CLIO(2011). ISBN 978-0-313-37462-3
- ↑ The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1{{#if:Kennedy|, Kennedy}. Oxford University Press(2003). ISBN 978-0-191-72781-8
- ↑ Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Iowa Press(2005). ISBN 978-0-87745-961-3