Bidhayak Bhattacharya (7 February 1907 â€" 15 November 1986) was an
Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist.[1]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 and
mother's name Satyabati.[2] 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.[citation needed]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),[3] Rakter Dak (1941), Tumi
O Ami (1941),[3] Chirantani (1942), [3]Rajpath (1949), Khabar Balchhi
(1950),[3] 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.[citation needed]
Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist.[1]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 and
mother's name Satyabati.[2] 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.[citation needed]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),[3] Rakter Dak (1941), Tumi
O Ami (1941),[3] Chirantani (1942), [3]Rajpath (1949), Khabar Balchhi
(1950),[3] 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.[citation needed]
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