Nationality Indian Education University of Calcutta Died November 15, 1986, India | Role Playwright Name Bidhayak Bhattacharya Known for Journalist, Playwright | |
Born February 7, 1907 ( 1907-02-07 ) Ziaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India Other names Yashodhar Misra
Manas Das Movies Bhranti Bilas, Akash Ar Mati Similar People Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Uttam Kumar, Shyamal Mitra | ||
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Bidhayak Bhattacharya (7 February 1907 – 15 November 1986) was an Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist.
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- Sunday suspense ekti khoon bidhayak bhattacharya
- Early life
- Career
- Honors
- References
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Early life
He was born on 7 February 1907 at Ziaganj in Murshidabad, West Bengal. His birth name was Bagalaranjan Bhattacharya.he was better known as 'Bidhayak', a name given him by Rabindranath Tagore. His pen-names were 'Yashodhar Misra' and 'Manas Das'. His father's name Haricharan Bhattacharya. He had 5 siblings and he was the elder brother. He passed the Entrance examination in 1928 from Edward Coronation High Institution (now Raja Vijoy Singh Vidyamandir) and served as a journalist at Amrita Bazar Patrika and Yugantar. Later he was editor of Rupayan, Mancharupa and Chhabiwala. He also taught at the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan.
Career
He wrote short stories, novels and plays, but he was more famous as a playwright, writing over 25 plays. His plays are mainly on social and domestic themes. Meghmukti was first staged in 1938 at rangmahal theatre in Calcutta and became popular. His other popular plays are Matir Ghar (1939), Bish Bachhar Age (1940), Rakter Dak (1941), Tumi O Ami (1941), Chirantani (1942), Rajpath (1949), Khabar Balchhi (1950), Ksudha (1956), Anthony Kaviyal, Nati Vinodini, Khelaghar, Tahar Namti Ranjana, Ujan Yatra, and Kanna Hasir Pala. He also dramatised several of sharat chandra chattopadhyay's novels, such as Baikunther Will (1944), Bipradas etc. Fateh Lohani based the motion picture Akash Ar Mati (1959) on one of his stories. Bidhayak Bhattacharya's novels include Chaka Ghurchhe, Brddha Bidhata, Ratri Yader Din.
Honors
He received many honours for his contributions to literature and journalism. They are