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Bhattacharjee
Bhattacharya, Bhattacharyya, and Bhattacharjee are three common spellings of a Bengali Brahmin and surname. In Bengal, Bhattacharjees, together with Banerjees, Chatterjees, Gangulys and Mukherjees, form the Kulin Brahmins. Notable persons with this surname * A. Bhattacharya, Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s *Abhi Bhattacharya (1921−1993), Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema *Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 1958), Indian playback singer and composer *Abhinash Bhattacharya, leader in revolutionary movement for Indian independence *Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965), Indian film director and screenwriter, ''Raakh'' *Amitabha Bhattacharya, Indian professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an author of digital communication *Amitabh Bhattacharya, Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood *Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian actor *Anuradha Bhattacharyya (born 1975), Indian writer * Arindam Bha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee also known as Buddha Babu (born 1 March 1944) is an Indian Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ... politician and a former member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as the List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. He is a senior leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist), having served as a member of the politburo between 2002 and 2015. Bhattacharjee is known for leading a spartan and honest livelihood. Early life Born in 1944 in north Calcutta, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee belongs to a family which had produced another famous son. Revolutionary poet Sukanta Bhattacharya was his father's cousin. A former student of Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya, Bhattacha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitabha Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut film was '' Rasta'', directed by Bratya Basu, with Mithun Chakraborty. He has done many Bengali films & Hindi films as well. Apart from this, he was seen in a Bengali show named ''Checkmate'' and currently he is portraying the character of Dr. Subhankar Banerjee, the male protagonist of ''Bikele Bhorer Phool''. Filmography Hindi *''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002) *'' Saanjh'' (2004) *'' Kalyug'' (2005) Bengali * '' Rasta'' 2003 * '' Swapne Dekha Rajkanya'' 2004 * ''Shakti'' 2004 * '' Akritagno'' 2004 * '' Shikar'' 2006 * ''Je Jon Thake Majhkhane'' 2006 * '' Abhinetri'' 2006 * ''Tulkalam'' 2007 * '' Shudhu Tomar Jonyo'' 2007 * ''Tumi Kar'' 2008 * ''Tollywood Focus'' 2008 * ''Sedin Dujone'' 2008 * ''Rangamati'' 2008 * ''Hello Kolkata'' 2008 * '' Jhar Sheshe'' (unreleased) 2008 * ''Eka Eka'' (unreleased) 2008 * ''Baghini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulin Brahmin
Kulin Brahmins are the Bengali Brahmins belonging to Hindu religion. They trace their ancestry to five families of Kannauj who migrated to Bengal. History In the 11th century AD, after the decline of the Pala dynasty, a Hindu king, Adi Sura brought in five Brahmins and their five attendants from Kanauj, his purpose being to provide education for the Brahmins already in the area whom he thought to be ignorant, and revive traditional orthodox Brahminical Hinduism. These Vedic Brahmins were supposed to have nine ''gunas'' (favoured attributes), among which was insistence on same rank marriages. Multiple accounts of this legend exist, and historians generally consider this to be nothing more than myth or folklore lacking historical authenticity. The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan. The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as Mukherjees, Chatterjees, Banerjees, Gangulys and Bhattacharjees, were each designated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anirban Bhattacharya
Anirban Bhattacharya (born 7 October 1986) is an Indian actor, theatre actor, singer and director. His first successful theatre production was ''Debi Sarpamasta'', written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. His other notable works are ''Anthony Soudamini'', ''Nagamandala'' (famous play by Girish Karnad), ''Jara Agun Lagay'', ''Bisorjan'', ''FM Mahanagar'', ''Karu Basana'', ''Awdyo Shesh Rajani'', ''Athoi'' etc. In 2017, he got the Mahindra Excellence Theatre Awards (META) as Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for ''Awdyo Shesh Rajani''. In 2015, he started his film career with the Zee Bangla telefilm ''Kader Kuler Bou''. He got fame for his character as Bishan Roy from the film ''Eagoler Chokh''. For playing this role, he was picked up as the Filmfare Awards East for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2017. In 2019, He got his first Best Actor Award for the role of ''Nikhilesh Chowdhury'' from the movie Ghawre Bairey Aaj which was immensely praised by critics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitabh Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharya (born 16 November 1976) is an Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood films. He shot to fame with the film ''Dev.D'' with the song "Emotional Atyachar" turning an instant hit. He sang this song under the name "Band Master Rangeela And Rasila". He also lent his voice to this song with Amit Trivedi. He has been continuously writing lyrics for a variety of Bollywood movies since then and has also sung a few of them. Bhattacharya has also maintained a close association with Amit Trivedi since their first film '' Aamir''. He has written the lyrics or sang for most of the film albums composed by the latter. His lyrics have been variously described as "frillfree" and "smartly worded". A National Award-winning lyricist, he has won the National Award for the song "Agar Zindagi" from the film ''I Am''. He won his first Filmfare award for the song "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" in 2012. In his song-writing career he has won highest number of awards, precisel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Brahmin
The Bengali Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. The Bengali Brahmins, along with Baidyas and Kayasthas, are regarded among the three traditional higher castes of Bengal. In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were primarily, but not exclusively, drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in West Bengal. History Multiple land-grants to Brahmins, from since the Gupta Era have been observed. The Dhanaidaha copper-plate inscription, dated to 433 CE, is the earliest of them and records a grantee Brahmin named Varahasvamin. The 7th-century Nidhanpur copperplate inscription mentions that a marshy land tract adjacent to an existing settlement was given to more than 208 Vaidika Brahmins (Brahmins versed in the Vedas) belonging to 56 gotras and different Vedic schools. It is traditionally believe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibhu Bhattacharya
Bibhu Bhattacharya (17 September 1944 – 22 September 2011) was a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. He was born in Jharia, Bihar, British India (now Jharia, Jharkhand, India). He gained prominence and became a household name only in 1998 as Jatayu (Lalmohan Ganguly) in Sandip Ray’s ''Feluda'', based on stories by his late father, maestro Satyajit Ray. In 2011, he died of Cardiac arrest in Howrah, West Bengal. Acting career Bibhu Bhattacharya never attended any school. He was acting in studios, when other boys of his age were studying. At the age of four-and-a-half he started acting in a film called '' Maryada'', starring Uttam Kumar. He was called Master Bibhu, one of the most prominent child actors in Bengali films and very popular with actors like Jahar Ganguly and Chhabi Biswas. He played the title role in the movie ''Prahlad'' (1952) and did movies like ''Bindur Chhele'' (1952), ''Dhruba'' (1953), ''Rani Rashmoni'' (1955) and ''Dui Bon'' (1955). After he grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidhayak Bhattacharya
Bidhayak Bhattacharya (7 February 1907 – 15 November 1986) was a Bengali novelist, play writer and actor. His birth name was Bagalaranjan. Early life Bhattacharya was born at Ziaganj in Murshidabad district in 1907 in British India. His father's name is Haricharan Bhattacharya. In 1937, Rabindranath Tagore called him in a new name as ''Bidhayak''. He passed entrance from Raja Bijoy Singh Vidyamandir of Ziaganj. Thereafter he came Kolkata in 1929 and joined in Amrita Bazar Patrika as journalist. He became popular as theater personality after the release of ''Meghmukti'' in 1938. Bhattacharya started his career in All India Radio, Kolkata under the guidance of Kazi Nazrul Islam. Literary career 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. Bhattacharya wrote number of Bengali novel and short stories in various magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya ( bn, বিজন ভট্টাচার্য; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist. Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) to a Hindu, Bengali Brahmin family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land. He became a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). Personal life Bijon Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a Bengali writer, was born in 1948. Works Dramas * ''Agun'' * ''Nabanna'' (Fresh Harvest) (1944) * ''Jabanbandi'' (Confession) * ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (14 October 1924 – 6 August 1997) was an Indian writer. He was one of the pioneers of modern Assamese literature. He was the first ever Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, which was awarded to him in the year 1979 for his novel ''Mrityunjay'' (Immortal), followed by Indira Goswami in 2001. He was also a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese in 1961 for his Assamese novel ''Iyaruingam'', which is considered a masterpiece of Indian literature. In 2005, a translation of the work published by Katha Books with the title ''Love in the Time of Insurgency'' was released. Another famous novel written by Bhattacharya is ''Aai'' (Mother). He was the President of Asam Sahitya Sabha (Assam Literary Society) during 1983-1985. In 1997, Bhattacharyya died due to a brief illness at the private college hospital in Guwahati. Editor of 'Ramdhenu' Dr Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya earned the respect of the entire Assamese modern literary sphere for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikash Bhattacharya
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya is an Indian Communist politician and lawyer. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Mayor of Kolkata from 2005 to 2010, heading the Kolkata municipal corporation, led by the Left Front (West Bengal) in the state of West Bengal. Bikash Bhattacharya hails from the Kalighat region of Kolkata. He joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a student. He is a lawyer by profession. He took over the reins of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation from the outgoing Mayor Subrata Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress party. He was appointed as the Advocate General of Tripura for 5 years. Being a senior advocate he leads various remarkable cases like "Saradha", "Narada sting operation" etc. Recently, he has become the poster-boy of TMC government opposition by his cascading eloquence and fiery oratory. He fought from the Jadavpur Loksabha constituency in 2019 Loksabha election for CPI(M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basu Bhattacharya
Basu Bhattacharya (1934–19 June 1997) was an Indian film director of Hindi films. He is perhaps best known for his 1966 film ''Teesri Kasam'', starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman (based on the short story "Maare Gaye Gulfam" by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1967. The most popular and critically acclaimed film which he directed remains ''Avishkaar'', starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, which received five stars in Bollywood Guide ''Collections'' and for which Khanna received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1975. In 1979, he produced '' Sparsh'', which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and the film also won the Filmfare Best Movie Award. He served as president of the Indian Film Directors' Association from 1976 to 1979. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. None of his works were successful after 1983. He started his career in 1958 by assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |