Bijon Bhattacharya

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.

Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya in Nabanna
Born	(1906-07-17)17 July 1906 [1] Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died	19 January 1978(1978-01-19) (aged 71) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Theater Actor
Known for	Family - Binoy Bihari Laskar
Spouse	Mahasweta Devi (1947–1962)
Children	Nabarun Bhattacharya

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.^[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)