Bijon Bhattacharya ( bn, বিজন ভট্টাচার্য; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from

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. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist. Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in

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) to a Hindu, Bengali

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family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land. He became a member of the

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(IPTA).

Personal life

Bijon Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning

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writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a

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 Jauk'' * ''Aborodh'' * ''Krishnapaksha'' * ''Jionkanya'' * ''Hanskhalir Hans''

Films

* ''Tathapi'' (1950) * '' Chinnamul'' (1950) * '' Meghe Dhaka Tara'' (1960) * ''

Komal Gandhar ''Komal Gandhar'' ( bn, কোমল গান্ধার ''Kōmal Gāndhār''), also known as ''A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale'', is a 1961 Bengali film written and directed by legendary film maker Ritwik Ghatak. The title refers to the Hindus ...

'' (1961) * ''Kashtipathar'' (1964) * '' Subarnarekha'' (1965) * ''Swapna Niye'' (1966) * ''Kamallata'' (1969) * ''Padatik'' (1973) * '' Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' (1977) * ''Bhola Moira'' (1977) * ''Swati'' (1977) * ''Dooratwa'' (1979) * ''

Sharey Chuattor ''Sharey Chuattor'' ( bn, সাড়ে চুয়াত্তর; en, Seventy Four and Half) is a 1953 Indian Bengali-language comedy film, directed by Nirmal Dey, based on a story novel by Bijon Bhattacharya. The film stars Tulsi Chakra ...

'' (1953)

References

External links

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Interview with Mahashweta Devi
1906 births 1978 deaths Bengali writers Male actors from Kolkata Bengali male actors Bengali Hindus Indian Hindus Male actors in Bengali cinema Indian People's Theatre Association people Indian male dramatists and playwrights People from Faridpur District University of Calcutta alumni 20th-century Indian male actors 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Writers from Kolkata Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award {{India-film-bio-stub