Bhisham Sahni (August 8, 1915 - July 11, 2003) was a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay Tamas ("Darkness"), a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002.
He was the brother of the noted Hindi film actor, Balraj Sahni.
Bhisham Sahni was born on Aug 08, 1915 in Rawalpindi. Later he ear...
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Bhisham Sahni (August 8, 1915 - July 11, 2003) was a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay Tamas ("Darkness"), a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002.
He was the brother of the noted Hindi film actor, Balraj Sahni.
Bhisham Sahni was born on Aug 08, 1915 in Rawalpindi. Later he earned a master's degree in English at Government College in Lahore, and also attended Khalsa College, Amritsar.
He joined the struggle for Indian independence, and was jailed for his participation in the Quit India Movement of 1942. Upon Partition, he and his Punjabi Hindu family were forced to move to Amritsar.
In the late 1940s, he worked with his brother as a stage performer in Mumbai with the Indian People's Theatre Association. In 1950, he became a lecturer in English at Delhi College.
From 1957 to 1963, he lived in Moscow and worked as a...
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