| Amalendu Biswas | |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1925 |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Birth Place: | Yangon, Burma |
| Spouse: | Jyotsna Biswas |
| Children: | Aruna Biswas |
Amalendu Biswas (Bengali: অমলেন্দু বিশ্বাস; 29 May 1925 – 13 October 1987) was a Bangladeshi stage actor.[1] Calling Jatra Samrat, he specialized in jatra pala genre. He won Sequence of Merit Award by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 1980.[2] He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh posthumously in 1989.[2]
Biswas was born in 1925, whilst his father Surendralal Biswas was working at the customs department in Yangon, Burma. He belonged to a Hindu family originally from the village of Masjidia in Sitakunda, Chittagong District. He later returned to Chittagong during his childhood, and completed his matriculation in 1941.[3] He passed his FA from Robertson College in 1944.
Biswas started his career at the British Royal Air force. He left the service during World War II and formed a jatra troupe Charanika Jatra Shamaj.[4] He performed with the troupe Natta Company while he was in Kolkata.[2]
As a result of the Partition of India in 1947, he opted for Pakistan and returned to East Bengal. He served in department of railways in East Pakistan. A police warrant was issued against him for joining the 1969 mass uprising against Ayub Khan.[3]
Biswas was married to Jyotsna Biswas.[5] They had a daughter Aruna Biswas.[6]
In 2003, annual Amalendu Biswas Memorial Award was launched by Bangladesh Jatra Shilpa Unnayan Parishad (BJSUP) to award notable theater actors.[7] [4]