Dwijen Bandyopadhyay (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017) was a veteran

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actor and theater personality from

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. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at

Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on 8 May 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. I ...

from 1996 to 2014.

Career

Dwijen Bandyopadhyay had a degree in Chartered Accountancy and had been the Chief Accountant at ''

Amrita Bazar Patrika ''Amrita Bazar Patrika'' was one of the oldest daily newspapers in India. Originally published in Bengali script, it evolved into an English format published from Kolkata and other locations such as Cuttack, Ranchi and Allahabad. The paper ...

'' for many years until the company closed down. He joined as a professor in the department of Drama at Rabindra Bharati University,

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

right after he came to the limelight through a popular

comedy-cum-thriller series ''Abar Jakher Dhan.'' Later during the early 2000s he found ground in the acting industry through the TV serials ''Chuni Panna'' and ''Labonyer Sansar''. He acted in various movies and T.V. serials. Bandyopadhyay played in both intellectual and mainstream films along with continuing his work in the culture of

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. He performed in dramas like; ''Amitakshar'', ''Ghora'', ''Samabartan'', ''Balidan'', ''Abhimukh'', ''Dashchakra'', ''Mallabhumi'', and ''Mushthijog, Gunadharer Asukh, Spardhabarna, Monoshchokhyu, Ainshiddho and Bhootnath.'' Bandyopadhyay constituted his own theatre group ''Samstab'' in 1982. His last stage performance was on 1st January, 2016 of the play ''Bhootnath'' at Girish Manch after which he succumbed to a major nerve problem and several minor cerebral strokes.

Partial filmography

* ''

Shudhu Tumi ''Shudhu Tumi'' () is a 2004 Bengali romantic action drama film directed by Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy, produced by Sagar Bhora and Siddhartha Bhora, and starring Prosenjit and Koel in the lead roles. Zubeen Garg composed the music. C ...

'' (2004) * ''

Chander Bari ''Chander Bari'' is a 2007 Bengali film directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film centers on a middle class joint family. The film is based on a Bengali story written by Pracheta Gupta. Majumdar used some Rabindra Sangeets in this film. Plot The Sa ...

'' (2007) * '' Ami Yasin ar Madhubala'' (2007) * ''

Gorosthaney Sabdhan (film) ''Gorosthaney Sabdhan'' (Bengali: গোরস্থানে সাবধান) is a 2010 Bengali thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel of the same name by Satyajit Ray. The film was released on 10 December 2010. It is differ ...

'' (2010) * ''Prem By Chance'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Katakuti'' (2011) * ''

Gosainbaganer Bhoot ''Gosaibaganer Bhoot'' (, ) is a 2011 Indian Bengali Comedy film, comedy-fantasy film directed by Nitish Roy, based on a novel by Bengali writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. The music/lyrics was composed by Bengali brand Chandrabindoo (band), Chandr ...

'' (2011) * '' Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy'' (2012) * '' Hawa Bodol'' (2013) * '' Phoring'' (2013) * ''

Ashchorjyo Prodeep ''Aschorjyo Prodeep'' () is a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Anik Dutta. The film is based on a short story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. It is Dutta's second feature film as a director. The film's theatrical trailer was released on ...

'' (2013) * '' Badshahi Angti'' (2014) * ''

Jaatishwar ''Jatismar'' is a 2014 Indian Bengali musical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Swastika Mukherjee. The main focus of the plot revolves around the life and notable works of Anthony Fir ...

'' (2014) * ''

Ichchhemotir Gappo ''Ichchhemotir Gappo'' ( the story of ichchhemoti) is a 2015 Bengali film directed by Atanu Hazra, Adinath Das and Kaushik Sengupta, and produced by Pradip Churiwal and Saikat Mitra for Macneill Media Pvt Ltd. The music is composed by Kalyan Sen ...

'' (2015) * ''

Shajarur Kanta ''Shajarur Kanta'' () is a Bengali mystery novel written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay in 1967. The murderer kills people using porcupine quills thrust from behind into the heart. Plot The story starts with the death of a beggar, found dead w ...

'' (2015) * ''Beche Thakar Gaan'' (2016) * ''Neemphul'' (2020)

Award

In 1992 he received

Paschim Banga Natya Akademi Paschim Banga Natya Akademi is a learned society for drama and theatre in West Bengal, India. Established on 26 September 1987, it is a wing of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal. The aim of this societ ...

award for his acting in the

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named ''Balidan''.

Death

Dwijen Bandyopadhyay had been suffering from a major nerve problem for a year and nine months. It affected his speech and the right part of the body causing him to be unable to walk normally. Because of this, he couldn't work onstage or onscreen leading him to suffer from immense depression. On 27 September 2017, Bandyopadhyay died of a massive heart attack at his residence at 2:00am in

at 68.

References

1949 births 2017 deaths Bengali theatre personalities Indian male film actors Male actors from Kolkata Bengali male actors Male actors in Bengali cinema 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors

External links

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