Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya (1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian actor from West Bengal associated with Bengali theatre and films. He was an eminent playwrigh t and dramatist.

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. 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.. Actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is his nephew.

Works Dramas Agun Nabanna (Fresh Harvest) (1944) Jabanbandi (Confession) 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)