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Indian actor (1915 - 1978)
Bijon Bhattacharya
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Born
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1906-07-17
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17 July 1906
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Died
| 19 January 1978
(1978-01-19)
(aged 71)
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Nationality
| Indian
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Occupation
| Theater Actor
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Known for
| Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
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Spouse
| Mahasweta Devi
(1947?1962)
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Children
| Nabarun Bhattacharya
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Bijon Bhattacharya
(
Bengali
:
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; 17 July 1906 ? 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from
West Bengal
.
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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.
[3]
He became a member of the
Indian People's Theatre Association
(IPTA).
Personal life
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Bijon Bhattacharya married the
Jnanpith Award
-winning
Bengali
writer,
Mahasweta Devi
. Their only son
Nabarun Bhattacharya
, a
Bengali
writer, was born in 1948.
Works
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Dramas
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- Agun
- Nabanna
(Fresh Harvest) (1944)
- Jabanbandi
(Confession)
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- 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
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References
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External links
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