Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya
	Bijon Bhattacharya in Nabanna
Born	17 July 1906 ; Faridpur , Bengal Presidency , British India ; (now in Bangladesh )
Died	19 January 1978 (aged 71) ; Calcutta , West Bengal , India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Theater Actor
Known for	Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
Spouse	Mahasweta Devi (1947?1962)
Children	Nabarun Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya ( Bengali : ???? ?????????? ; 17 July 1906 ? 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal . ^[2] 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 [ edit ]

Bijon Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award -winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi . Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya , a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.

Works [ edit ]

Dramas [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

^ "??????????, ???? (Bhattacharya, Bijan)" (in Bengali) . Retrieved 29 February 2024 .
^ Arnold P. Kaminsky; Roger D. Long PhD (2011). India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic . ABC-CLIO. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-313-37462-3 .
^ Kennedy, Dennis (2003). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-191-72781-8 . Archived from the original on 11 October 2020 . Retrieved 8 August 2020 .
^ Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker (2005). Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947 . University of Iowa Press. pp. 407?. ISBN 978-0-87745-961-3 . Archived from the original on 21 June 2013 . Retrieved 11 October 2020 .

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[বাংলাপিডিয়া-1] "??????????, ???? (Bhattacharya, Bijan)" (in Bengali) . Retrieved 29 February 2024 .

[KaminskyPh.D.2011-2] Arnold P. Kaminsky; Roger D. Long PhD (2011). India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic . ABC-CLIO. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-313-37462-3 .

[3] Kennedy, Dennis (2003). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-191-72781-8 . Archived from the original on 11 October 2020 . Retrieved 8 August 2020 .

[Dharwadker2005-4] Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker (2005). Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947 . University of Iowa Press. pp. 407?. ISBN 978-0-87745-961-3 . Archived from the original on 21 June 2013 . Retrieved 11 October 2020 .

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