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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.
This chapter is about the brilliant dramatist and theatre personality Bijon Bhattacharya and his epoch making play Nabanna (The Harvest Festival). You would be looking at a brief account of Bhattacharya’s life and work and his career which earned him critical accolades and then would concentrate on the play itself, exploring the different ...
Jul 17, 2023 · Bijon Bhattacharya, the radical playwright and actor from Bengal L eading playwright, director, actor, script writer for films and political activist Bijon Bhattacharya is synonymous with his play, Nabanno, but people seldom discuss the political thinker’s ideals and theories.
One such phenomenal artiste, playwright and director was Bijon Bhattacharya (1915-78), who brought a slice of the common working class person’s life onto the stage. Bhattacharya’s classic play Nabanna (New Harvest) is set against the backdrop of the 1943 Bengal famine that took away over two million lives.
Bijon Bhattacharya was born on 17 July 1917 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Faridpur, Bangladesh]. He was an actor and writer, known for Nagin (1954), Sharey Chuattar (1953) and Dharti Ke Lal (1950).
Jul 24, 2015 · West Bengal. Legendary playwright remembered. Bijon Bhattacharya has inspired a number of theatre personalities but in Howrah most have not had the temerity to work on his plays or do any research on his works.
Jan 19, 2023 · Playwright Bijon Bhattacharya passed away on this day in the city. He is most remembered for his play Nabanna, but wrote several other plays, as well as film scripts, and was an acclaimed actor on stage and screen.
Dec 24, 2015 · Bijon Bhattacharyas play, Nabanna (New Crop/Harvest), written in the context of the Bengal famine of 1943, transformed the grammar of Bengali playwriting and acting. It was first staged in October 1944 under the banner of the IPTA.
Bijon Bhattacharya (1915–78) was a noted theatre and film personality from Bengal. Nabanna, based on the Bengal famine tragedy of 1943, was and remains to be one of his most celebrated works.
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Bengali dramatist and actor. Born in the countryside of what is now Bangladesh, he saw rural life at first hand, using this knowledge as primary material. Moving to Calcutta ... From: Bhattacharya, Bijon in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance ».
