Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya
	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

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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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[KaminskyPh.D.2011-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[Dharwadker2005-3] 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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