About Bijay Mishra
Lived 1936 – 2020 (aged 83). Bijay Mishra was an Indian writer, playwright, screenwriter, dialogue writer, lyricist and film director.
Bijay Mishra (20 November 1936 – 26 April 2020) was a dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter from India. He was also a mainstream script writer in Odia Cinema & TV Industry. He was a recipient of the State Sahitya Academy Award (1968, 1988), Konark Samman as well as the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award.
Early life
Bijay Mishra was born in 1936 in Niligiri, Balasore, Odisha, India.
Starting as a playwright from the year 1960, his first play "JANANI" was staged in Annapurna Theatre, Cuttack, by a professional theatre group in the year 1960. One of the pioneers of the modern theatre movement in the state. A prolific scriptwriter of Odia Film and Television Industry, he was honored with the Think Foundation CSR Lifetime Achievement Award.
His play Tata Niranjana has been translated in Hindi, Nepali, Kannada and in several other Indian languages. This play has won a national award from All India Radio.
Death Bijay Mishra died on 26 April 2020.
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Indian playwright
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Bijay Mishra was born on 16 July 1936.
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Bijay Mishra died on 26 April 2020.
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Bijay Mishra was a writer, playwright, screenwriter, dialogue writer, lyricist and film director.
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