Bijon Bhattacharya Explained

Bijon Bhattacharya
Birth Date:	1906 7, df=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Death Place:	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality:	Indian
Known For:	Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
Spouse:	Mahasweta Devi (1947–1962)
Children:	Nabarun Bhattacharya
Occupation:	Theater Actor

Bijon Bhattacharya (Bengali: বিজন ভট্টাচার্য; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal.^[2] He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.

Bhattacharya was born in 1906 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.^[3] He became a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).

Personal life

Bijon Bhattacharya married the Jnanpith Award-winning Bengali writer, Mahasweta Devi. Their only son Nabarun Bhattacharya, a Bengali writer, was born in 1948.

Works

Dramas

• Agun
• Nabanna (Fresh Harvest) (1944)
• Jabanbandi (Confession)^[4]
• 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)

External links

• • Interview with Mahashweta Devi

Notes and References

1. Web site: ভট্টাচার্য, বিজন (Bhattacharya, Bijan) . bn . 2024-02-29.
2. Book: Arnold P. Kaminsky. Roger D. Long PhD. India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic. 2011. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-37462-3. 431.
3. Book: Kennedy, Dennis . 2003 . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance: A-L. Vol. 1 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-191-72781-8 . 8 August 2020 . 11 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201011124513/https://books.google.com/books?id=j_Z7RAAACAAJ . live .
4. Book: Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker. Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947. 2005. University of Iowa Press. 978-0-87745-961-3. 407–. 11 October 2020. 21 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130621090007/http://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA407. live.