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			{{Short description\|Indian actor (1915–1978)}}
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = ~~<!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name -->~~Bijon Bhattacharya		\| name = Bijon Bhattacharya
	\| image = Bijon bhattacharya.jpg		\| image = Bijon bhattacharya.jpg
	\| alt = Bijon Bhattacharya		\| alt = Bijon Bhattacharya
	\| caption = Bijon Bhattacharya in ''[[Nabanna (play)\|Nabanna]]''		\| caption = Bijon Bhattacharya in ''[[Nabanna (play)\|Nabanna]]''
	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name =
	\| birth_date = {{~~Birth~~ date\|df=~~yes\|~~1915\|~~07\|17~~}}		\| birth_date = 1906
	\| birth_place =		<ref name = "বাংলাপিডিয়া">{{cite web \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Bijan \|title=Bhattacharya, Bijan \|website=Banglapedia \|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref>{{additional citation needed\|reason=All other sources say he was born in 1915 or 1917.\|date=February 2026}}
	\| death_date ={{Death date ~~and age~~\|df=yes\|1978\|01\|19~~\|1915\|07\|17~~}}		\| birth_place = [[Faridpur, Bangladesh\|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
	\| death_place =		\| death_date = {{Death date\|df=yes\|1978\|01\|19}}
	~~\| nationality = Indian~~		\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], West Bengal, India
	\| other_names =		\| other_names =
	\| known_for =		\| known_for = Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
	\| spouse = [[Mahasweta Devi]] (1947–1962)		\| spouse = [[Mahasweta Devi]] (1947–1962)
	\| children = [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]		\| children = [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]
	\| occupation = ~~Actor~~		\| occupation = Theater actor
	}}		}}
	'''Bijon Bhattacharya''' (~~{{lang-bn\|বিজন ভট্টাচার্য}}) (17 July 1915~~ – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and ~~film actor from~~ [[West Bengal]].<ref name="KaminskyPh.D.2011">{{cite book\|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky\|author2=Roger D. Long PhD\|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA431\|year=2011\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3\|page=431}}</ref>He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.		'''Bijon Bhattacharya''' (1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian actor from [[West Bengal]] associated with [[Bengali theatre]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal\|films]].<ref name="KaminskyPh.D.2011">{{cite book \|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky \|author2=Roger D. Long PhD \|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA431 \|year=2011 \|publisher=ABC-CLIO \|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3 \|page=431}}</ref> He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.

	Bhattacharya was born in ~~1915~~ at [[Faridpur District\|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.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Kennedy \|first=Dennis \|date=2003 \|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-191-72781-8 \|access-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-date=11 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref> He became a member of the [[Indian ~~People’s~~ Theatre Association]] (IPTA).		==Personal life==
			Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at [[Faridpur District\|Faridpur]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) to a Bengali family, and was an early witness to the destitution and penury of the peasantry of that land.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Kennedy \|first=Dennis \|date=2003 \|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-191-72781-8 \|access-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-date=11 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|url-status=live}}</ref> He became a member of the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] (IPTA).

	~~==Personal life==~~		Bhattacharya married the [[Jnanpith Award]]-winning [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] writer, [[Mahasweta Devi]]. Their only son [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]], a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.{{citation needed\|date=May 2025}}. Actor [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] is his nephew.
	~~Bijon~~ Bhattacharya married the [[Jnanpith Award]]-winning [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] writer, [[Mahasweta Devi]]. Their only son [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]], a [[Bengali ~~language\|Bengali]]~~ writer, was born in 1948.

	==Works==		==Works==
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	* ''Agun''		* ''Agun''
	* ''[[Nabanna (drama)\|Nabanna]]'' (Fresh Harvest) (1944)		* ''[[Nabanna (drama)\|Nabanna]]'' (Fresh Harvest) (1944)
	* ''Jabanbandi'' (Confession)<ref name="Dharwadker2005">{{cite book\|author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker\|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407\|year=2005\|publisher=University of Iowa Press\|isbn=978-0-87745-961-3\|pages=407–\|access-date=11 October 2020\|archive-date=21 June 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621090007/http://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407\|url-status=live}}</ref>		* ''Jabanbandi'' (Confession)<ref name="Dharwadker2005">{{cite book \|author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker \|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407 \|year=2005 \|publisher=University of Iowa Press \|isbn=978-0-87745-961-3 \|pages=407– \|access-date=11 October 2020 \|archive-date=21 June 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621090007/http://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
	* ''Kalanka''		* ''Kalanka''
	* ''Mara Chand'' (Dead Moon) (1951)		* ''Mara Chand'' (Dead Moon) (1951)
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	=== Films ===		=== Films ===
	* ''Tathapi'' (1950)		* ''Tathapi'' (1950)
	* ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (~~1950~~)		* ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1951)
	* ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'' (1960)		* ''[[Sharey Chuattor]]'' (1953)
	* ''[[Komal Gandhar]]'' (1961)		* ''[[Bari Theke Paliye]]'' (1958)
			* ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film)\|Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'' (1960) - Taran Master
			* ''[[Komal Gandhar]]'' (1961) - Gagan
	* ''Kashtipathar'' (1964)		* ''Kashtipathar'' (1964)
	* ''[[Subarnarekha (1962 film)\|Subarnarekha]]'' (1965)		* ''Trishna'' (1965)
			* ''[[Subarnarekha (1962 film)\|Subarnarekha]]'' (1965) - Haraprasad
	* ''Swapna Niye'' (1966)		* ''Swapna Niye'' (1966)
	* ''Kamallata'' (1969)		* ''Kamallata'' (1969)
	* ''Padatik'' (1973)		* ''Parineeta'' (1969)
	* ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]'' (~~1977~~)		* ''Nabarag'' (1971)
			* ''Pratham Basanta'' (1971)
			* ''Padatik'' (1973) - Activist's Father
			* ''Thagini'' (1974)
			* ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]'' (1974) - Jagannath
	* ''Bhola Moira'' (1977)		* ''Bhola Moira'' (1977)
	* ''Swati'' (1977)		* ''Swati'' (1977)
	* ''Dooratwa'' (1979)		* ''Dooratwa'' (1979) - (final film role)
	* ''[[Sharey Chuattor]]'' (~~1953~~)

	==References==		==References==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* {{IMDb name\|0080346}}		* {{IMDb name\|0080346}}
	*[http://revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n2/devi.htm Interview with Mahashweta Devi]		* [http://revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n2/devi.htm Interview with Mahashweta Devi]

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>Arpi Mitra: He was a playwright and dramatist.

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He was a playwright and dramatist.

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	'''Bijon Bhattacharya''' ({{lang-bn\|বিজন ভট্টাচার্য}}) (17 July 1915 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from [[West Bengal]].<ref name="KaminskyPh.D.2011">{{cite book\|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky\|author2=Roger D. Long PhD\|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA431\|year=2011\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3\|page=431}}</ref>		'''Bijon Bhattacharya''' ({{lang-bn\|বিজন ভট্টাচার্য}}) (17 July 1915 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from [[West Bengal]].<ref name="KaminskyPh.D.2011">{{cite book\|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky\|author2=Roger D. Long PhD\|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA431\|year=2011\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3\|page=431}}</ref>He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.

	Bhattacharya was born in 1915 at [[Faridpur District\|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.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Kennedy \|first=Dennis \|date=2003 \|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-191-72781-8 \|access-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-date=11 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref> He became a member of the [[Indian People’s Theatre Association]] (IPTA).		Bhattacharya was born in 1915 at [[Faridpur District\|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.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Kennedy \|first=Dennis \|date=2003 \|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-191-72781-8 \|access-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-date=11 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref> He became a member of the [[Indian People’s Theatre Association]] (IPTA).
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bijon Bhattacharya
| image = Bijon bhattacharya.jpg
| alt = Bijon Bhattacharya
| caption = Bijon Bhattacharya in ''[[Nabanna (play)|Nabanna]]''
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|07|17}}
| birth_place =
| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1978|01|19|1915|07|17}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for =
| spouse = [[Mahasweta Devi]] (1947–1962)
| children = [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]
| occupation = Actor
}}
'''Bijon Bhattacharya''' ({{lang-bn|বিজন ভট্টাচার্য}}) (17 July 1915 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from [[West Bengal]].<ref name="KaminskyPh.D.2011">{{cite book|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky|author2=Roger D. Long PhD|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA431|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3|page=431}}</ref>

Bhattacharya was born in 1915 at [[Faridpur District|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kennedy |first=Dennis |date=2003 |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-191-72781-8 |access-date=8 August 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> He became a member of the [[Indian People’s Theatre Association]] (IPTA).

==Personal life==
Bijon Bhattacharya married the [[Jnanpith Award]]-winning [[Bengali language|Bengali]] writer, [[Mahasweta Devi]]. Their only son [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]], a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] writer, was born in 1948.

==Works==
=== Dramas ===
* ''Agun''
* ''[[Nabanna (drama)|Nabanna]]'' (Fresh Harvest) (1944)
* ''Jabanbandi'' (Confession)<ref name="Dharwadker2005">{{cite book|author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407|year=2005|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-0-87745-961-3|pages=407–|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621090007/http://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''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]]'' (1961)
* ''Kashtipathar'' (1964)
* ''[[Subarnarekha (1962 film)|Subarnarekha]]'' (1965)
* ''Swapna Niye'' (1966)
* ''Kamallata'' (1969)
* ''Padatik'' (1973)
* ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]'' (1977)
* ''Bhola Moira'' (1977)
* ''Swati'' (1977)
* ''Dooratwa'' (1979)
* ''[[Sharey Chuattor]]'' (1953)

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0080346}}
*[http://revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv5n2/devi.htm Interview with Mahashweta Devi]

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