Pijush Bandyopadhyay is a Bangladeshi stage, television and film actor. He is a former managing director of

Bangladesh Film Development Corporation Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) is a government owned and operated corporation in Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nuzhat Yeasmin is the managing director of the corporation. History The organization was founded in 1959 as the East Pak ...

(BFDC). Bandyopadhyay was also the former CEO of the privately owned television channel

Ekushey Television Ekushey Television (; , in reference to 21 February), also known by its acronym ETV, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable television channel. It is headquartered in Kawran Bazar, Dhaka, and is Bangladesh's first ...

Career

Bandyopadhyay started his acting career through the theatre troupe "Bahubachan". Later, he worked with "Natyachakra". In 1973, he, along with

Nasiruddin Yousuff Nasiruddin Yousuff is a Bangladeshi stage and film director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film ''Guerrilla (2011 film), Guerrilla'' (2011). He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2010 fo ...

and

Selim Al Deen Muhamed Mianudin Ahmed (18 August 1949 – 14 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist. He was the founder chairperson of the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University. He was awarded Bangla Academy Liter ...

, founded the troupe "Dhaka Theatre". Bandyopadhyay also directed stage plays including "Meenkanya", "Ekatturer Khudiram" and "Ekatturer Galpo". He acted in films ''Agami'', "Ekatturer Jishu" and others. He played the main character in 'Agami', which was the first parallel movie in Bangladesh, as well as in the first TV serial of Bangladesh titled 'Shokal Shondha'. Some of his most memorable films are 'Bengali Beauty', 'Mrittika Maya', 'Guerilla' and 'Kittonkhola'. He also directed many stage plays including 'Meenkanya', 'Ekatturer Khudiram' and 'Ekatturer Galpo'. In 2007, he published a recitation album titled " Tui Razakar". Bandyopadhyay was a freedom-fighter at the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

in 1971.

Personal life

Bandyopadhyay is married to actress Jayosree Kar Jaya. He admires the ideologies of Rabindranath Tagore. He completed his bachelor degree from

Government Rajendra College Government Rajendra College () is a public college, located in Faridpur, Bangladesh. It offers higher-secondary education ( HSC). It has bachelor's degree and master's degree programmes as well, which divisions are affiliated with National Univers ...

, Faridpur and did masters from Mass Communication and Journalism Department,

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

False allegation

On October 7, 2015, Anti Corruption Commission filed a case against four people, including former FDC managing director Pijush Bandyopadhyay and three others for allegedly embezzling over Tk 3.46 crore from the FDC project by supplying low-quality audio and recording equipment to the corporation. During the investigation of the national anti-corruption agency, Pijush submitted an application to the commission claiming that he, as an artist, worked sincerely to modernise the FDC while he was its managing director during 2012-2014, and was not involved in any corruption. The commission during its investigation did not find Pijush's involvement in procuring equipments for the FDC and that is why his name was left out of the chargesheet.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandyopadhyay, Pijush Living people Bengali Hindus Bangladeshi Hindus Bangladeshi male film actors Bangladeshi male stage actors Bangladeshi male television actors Bangladeshi theatre directors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)