Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya (বিজন ভট্টাচার্য; 17 July 1906 – 19 January 1978) was an Indian theatre and film actor from West Bengal. 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. 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.

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)