Pijush Bandyopadhyay

Pijush Bandyopadhyay is a Bangladeshi stage, television and film actor.[1] He is a former managing director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC).[2]

Pijush Bandyopadhyay
পীযুষ বন্দোপাধ্যায়
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationActor, director
Spouse(s)Joyosree Kor Joya

Career

Bandyopadhyay started his acting career through the theatre troupe "Bahubachan". Later, he worked with "Natyachakrais". In 1973, he, along with Nasiruddin Yousuff and Selim Al Deen, founded the troupe "Dhaka Theatre".[3]

Bandyopadhyay also directed stage plays including "Meenkanya", "Ekatturer Khudiram" and "Ekatturer Galpo". He acted in films Agami, "Ekatturer Jishu" and others.[1] In 2007, he published a recitation album titled "Tui Razakar".[4]

Bandyopadhyay was a freedom-fighter at the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[5]

Personal life

Bandyopadhyay is married to actress Joyosree Kor Joya.[6]

In October 2015, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sued Bandyopadhyay and three others in connection with embezzlement of over Tk 3.46 crore while procuring equipments for the BFDC.[2]

Works

Films
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References
  1. "'Professionalism is must for the development of theatre'--Pijush Bandyopadhyay". The Daily Star. September 18, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. "Ex-FDC MD Pijush sued for graft". The Daily Star. October 7, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. "Through the eyes of Pijush Bandyopadhyay". The Daily Star. 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  4. "Protest against War Criminals through poems". The Daily Star. December 25, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  5. Shah Alam Shazu (December 17, 2010). "Looking Back". The Daily Star. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  6. Nadia Sarwat (February 15, 2008). "Pijush and Joya: Heart to heart". The Daily Star. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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