Bijon Bhattacharya

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Bijon Bhattacharya was a prominent Indian playwright and actor associated with the Indian People's Theatre Association and known for his socially conscious Bengali dramas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengali dramatist
Indian playwright
Indian stage actor
person
associatedWith Communist Party of India NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1917-07-17
dateOfDeath 1978-01-19
ethnicGroup Bengali people NERFINISHED
familyName Bhattacharya NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork acting
playwriting
theatre
genre political theatre
social drama
givenName Bijon NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced Bengali political theatre
influencedBy Bengal famine of 1943 NERFINISHED
knownFor foundational work in IPTA theatre
realist portrayal of rural Bengal
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
medium film
stage
memberOf Indian People's Theatre Association NERFINISHED
movement Indian People's Theatre Association NERFINISHED
name Bijon Bhattacharya NERFINISHED
notableFor socially conscious Bengali dramas
notableWork Jabanbandi NERFINISHED
Mara Chand NERFINISHED
Nabanna NERFINISHED
plays depicting peasant struggles
occupation actor
playwright
theatre director
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED
British India
Faridpur District NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath India
Kolkata NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment left-wing politics
regionOfActivity Bengal NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED
spouse Mahasweta Devi NERFINISHED
workedInLanguage Bengali NERFINISHED
workLocation Kolkata NERFINISHED

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Mahasweta Devi spouse Bijon Bhattacharya
Meghe Dhaka Tara castMember Bijon Bhattacharya