Pijush Bandyopadhyay

Bangladeshi actor

Pijush Bandyopadhyay

পীযুষ বন্দোপাধ্যায়
Nationality| Bangladeshi
Occupation(s)| Actor, director
Spouse| Jayosree Kar Jaya

Pijush Bandyopadhyay is a Bangladeshi stage, television and film actor.[1] He is a former managing director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC). [2] Bandyopadhyay is also the CEO of the privately owned television channel Ekushey Television.[3]

## Career

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Bandyopadhyay started his acting career through the theatre troupe "Bahubachan". Later, he worked with "Natyachakra". In 1973, he, along with Nasiruddin Yousuff and Selim Al Deen, founded the troupe "Dhaka Theatre".[4]

Bandyopadhyay also directed stage plays including "Meenkanya", "Ekatturer Khudiram" and "Ekatturer Galpo". He acted in films Agami, "Ekatturer Jishu" and others.[1] 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".[5]

Bandyopadhyay was a freedom-fighter at the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[6]

## Personal life

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Bandyopadhyay is married to actress Jayosree Kar Jaya.[7] He admires the ideologies of Rabindranath Tagore. He completed his bachelor degree from Government Rajendra College, Faridpur and did masters from Mass Communication and Journalism Department, University of Dhaka.

### False allegation

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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.[8] 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.

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1988 | Suchona | Mohajon |
1993 | Ekattorer Jishu | priest |
1995 | Moha Milon | Zahid Mollik |
1995 | Shilpi |  |
2000 | Uttarer Khep |  |
2000 | Kittonkhola | Idu |
2001 | Meghla Akash | Baker Shakib |
2003 | Adhiar | zaminder | [9]
2008 | Amar Ache Jol | Nishad and Dilshad's father |
2011 | Amar Bondhu Rashed | Ibu's father |
2011 | Guerrilla | Anwar Hussain |
2013 | Mrittika Maya | Saidur Rahman |
2014 | Aami Shudhu Cheyechhi Tomay |  |
2014 | Buno Haansh |  |
2018 | Bengali Beauty | K.M. Iftekhar |
2018 | Koli 2.0 |  | (final film role)

## References

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1. ^ a b "'Professionalism is must for the development of theatre'--Pijush Bandyopadhyay". The Daily Star. September 18, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
2. ^ "ACC charge sheet in FDC case spares Pijush Bandyopadhyay". New Age. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
3. ^ একুশে টেলিভিশনে 'বঙ্গবন্ধু কর্নার' উদ্বোধন সংস্কৃতি প্রতিমন্ত্রীর. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). June 20, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
4. ^ "Through the eyes of Pijush Bandyopadhyay". The Daily Star. 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
5. ^ "Protest against War Criminals through poems". The Daily Star. December 25, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
6. ^ Shah Alam Shazu (December 17, 2010). "Looking Back". The Daily Star. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
7. ^ Nadia Sarwat (February 15, 2008). "Pijush and Joya: Heart to heart". The Daily Star. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
8. ^ "ACC charge sheet in FDC case spares Pijush Bandyopadhyay". New Age. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
9. ^ Mallick, Sadya Afreen (September 25, 2003). "A tapestry of joy and sorrow of our common man". The Daily Star.

## External links

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* Pijush Bandyopadhyay at IMDb