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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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Bijon Bhattacharya | |
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 Bijon Bhattacharya in Nabanna | |
| Born | 17 July 1915 |
| Died | 19 January 1978 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Mahasweta Devi (1947–1962) |
| Children | Nabarun Bhattacharya |
Bijon Bhattacharya (Bengali: বিজন ভট্টাচার্য) (17 July 1915 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal.[1]He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.
Bhattacharya was born in 1915 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.[2] 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)[3]
- 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 (1950)
- Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960)
- Komal Gandhar (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 (1953)
References[edit]
- ↑ 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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