Bijon Bhattacharya
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Personal life
Bhattacharya was born in 1906 at Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) to a Bengali 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).
Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Works
Dramas
- 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
- 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
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External links
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- Interview with Mahashweta Devi
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- 1906 births
- 1978 deaths
- Bengali writers
- Male actors from Kolkata
- Bengali male actors
- Bengali Hindus
- Indian Hindus
- Male actors in Bengali cinema
- Indian male dramatists and playwrights
- People from Faridpur District
- University of Calcutta alumni
- 20th-century Indian male actors
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Ritwik Ghatak